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From sponsoring the live broadcast of the 26th coronation anniversary of Kabaka Ronald Kimera Muwenda MutebiII on BBS TV to sending out various congratulatory messages to the King across all platforms, MTN Uganda left no stone unturned in expressing their love for the Kabaka and the Kingdom of Buganda. The telecom giant lined up a series of activities across its offices and service centers in the central region to honor and pay allegiance to the King of Buganda as he marked yet another year on the throne. Business came to a standstill at the Clock Tower MTN Service center in…
President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people in the hilly areas of Kigezi Sub-Region in South Western Uganda, who are engaged in subsistence farming on small land holdings, to shift and utilize their pieces of land to profitable modern agriculture practices to enhance their wealth and average health status. “Then medicine for poverty is wealth creation. And the cause for poverty is lack of sensitisation to the people by their leaders. For you people of Kisoro and Kabale on small acreage of land, I encourage you to grow Irish potatoes as compared to sorghum. From sorghum one can only fetch…
At least four protesters were killed and many injured by gunfire Thursday in the Sudanese city of Omdurman, opposition medics said, as hundreds of thousands took to the streets to pile pressure on the country’s military rulers. Organizers had called for a million-person march in cities across Sudan in response to the killing of young protesters in El-Obeid, southwest of the capital Khartoum, earlier this week. Sudan has been gripped by months of political turmoil that climaxed in the army overthrowing long-time leader Omar al-Bashir in April. Protesters have kept up their rallies since then, pressing the army to hand…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has ordered that the national football side – the Pharaohs will no longer be coached by a foreigner effective immediately. Egypt has won the Africa Cup of Nations a record seven times. Egyptian coaches have won it five times, in 1959 – Mourad Fahmy, 1962 – Pál Titkos, 1986 – Mike Smith, 1998 – Mahmoud El-Gohary, 2006 – Hassan Shehata, 2008 – Hassan Shehata and in 2010 while under Hassan Shehata. Early this month, A former Egypt coach called for a military officer to head the Egyptian Football Federation (EFA) after the host nation was…
The holder of the office of Lord Mayor, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), may soon shake off the ceremonial label as more powers are being accorded to the office in the Kampala Capital City Authority (Amendment Bill), 2015. The Bill, now being considered by the Committee of the Whole House, has gotten new clauses that reinforce the office seen to be weakened by the original Bill, which created the office of Executive Director and Ministers appointed by the President. Clause 3(2) of the Bill, which was passed by the House scrapped academic qualifications for those seeking to be councilors but…
Parish chiefs will issue certificates of commencement of construction of buildings if the proposed amendments to the Physical Planning Act, 2010 are adopted by Parliament. The Physical Planning (Amendment) Bill, 2018 proposes that the certificate of commencement will be issued in regard to accessibility to the site, linear siting of the building, observance of public utility corridors, drainage channels and boundary wall alignments. The Minister of State for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Hon Isaac Musumba, presented the amendments before the committee on Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday, 31 July 2019. He justified the need to assign parish chiefs the…
Security Minister Gen. Elly Tumwine is today Thursday 1st August 2019 expected to appear before the Parliament committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline over allegations of undermining the legislature. Rubaga North Member of Parliament, Hon Moses Kasibante, Bukonzo West Member of Parliament Hon.Katusabe Godffrey and Dokolo Woman representative Hon. Cecilia Ogwal have already appeared before the same committee as witnesses on the same matter. MP Kasibante presented a transcript of an interview that Gen Tumwine allegedly gave to a local radio station, the Central Broadcasting Services (CBS), in which he claims the Minister spoke disparagingly about the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga.…
The same way a house remains incomplete without a father, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development officials are in tears over the departure of Mr. Pius Bigirimana. The celebrated permanent Secretary was transferred to the Ministry of Justice replacing the Kagole Kivumbi who is being probed by the Pubic Accounts Committee of Parliament over allegations of misappropriating funds. Theinsider.ug website was able to access touching messages from the emotional Ministry of Gender officials bidding farewell to Mr. Bigirimana, who was recently described by the president of the republic of Uganda Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as a reliable and…
MTN Uganda, through its corporate social responsibility arm, MTN Foundation, has today handed over a newly finished and furnished classroom block to ApeulaiPEAS High School in Amuriadistrict. The school was started by PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools) a UK based NGO, to absorb the soaring numbers of learners who had no accessible and affordable secondary schools to join upon completing their primary education. PEAS partnered with the MTN Foundation in order to create more space for the ever-increasing number of primary school leavers.The partnership saw MTN donate Shs735m for class room construction in 2017, thereby creating 720 additional school…
Legislators have called for equal funding for the She Cranes arguing that the Uganda Cranes receive more support. The call follows the recent commendable performance of the two national teams at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt and the Netball World Cup in the United Kingdom. The Uganda Cranes advanced to the knock out stage of the AFCON, while the She Cranes finished seventh. Uganda Cranes received shs10 billion from government, while the She Cranes were given Shs1 billion. MPs have now proposed equity in financing and support towards the national teams, saying that the She…