Author: Johnson Thembo
Former Woman MP wakiso district Rosemary Sseninde has been approved as the new director for mobilization & Cadre development in the NRM central Executive committee ( CEC) meeting held yesterday 7th July 2021 at States House Entebbe and was presided over by the party National chairperson Kaguta Museveni. She replaces late Hon Mathias Kasamba who passed on this year. Hon Sseninde who has been a Member of Parliament for the last 20 years was also former Minister of State for Education in charge of Primary Education. The NRM Director of Information Publicity and Public Relations Hon Emmanuel Dombo Lumala confirmed…
President Museveni has said that he will retire from office when East Africa gets a federation. He was speaking Tuesday in Matuga, Wakiso district. Accompanied by Kenya’s deputy President William Ruto, Museveni laid a foundation stone for the Biological Drugs and mRNA vaccine facility under Dei Group. “You people, I want to go and look after my cows,” Museveni said. “Create a centre of gravity (federation), I push you there and then I go and look after my cows (retire),” he added. It should be noted that early this year, Museveni said he would retire if Ugandans chose not to…
Ugandans have been advised to take advantage of savings and loans to achieve their aspirations. The call was made during a financial and digital inclusion webinar organized by Airtel Uganda on Thursday 1stJuly,2021 under the theme; Transforming Lives Through Digital Microfinance: Savings and Loans, at the second Airtel Uganda webinar held on July 1st, 2021. Attended by industry experts, the webinar underscored the importance of technology and mindset if we are to deepen financial inclusion in Uganda. “Whether you are going to borrow money or you are going to accumulate your savings and then invest it later, it all begins…
Uganda will soon be among the beneficiaries of a free Covid-19 vaccine from the Turkish Government.The pledge is however, dependent on the pace at which World Health Organization (WHO) will approve the Turkish made vaccine. This was revealed by a delegation from the Turkish Embassy that paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon Anita Among. The meeting took place n Friday, 02 July 2021 in the Deputy Speaker’s Chambers. The head of the delegation, Agah Kafkas who is also a former Deputy Health Minister in the Turkey government said his country has already produced a vaccine…
This morning, Katosi Drinking Water Treatment Plant contractors and consultants handed over the newly completed 240million litres per day capacity Plant to NWSC. The function was witnessed by the corporation’s Board Chairman Eng. Dr. Prof Badru.M.Kiggundu, chairman technical committee of the board George Runge, NWSC MD Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha and NWSC project engineers. Speaking at the hand over ceremony, NWSC Board Chairman Eng.Dr. Prof Baddru.M. Kiggundu appreciated the management of NWSC for the excellent supervisory role of the project. “This project was like a dream that has now come true. With it, we are going to resolve all the…
Before COVID-19 virus arrived in Uganda, the Tourism sector was registering a steady rise in foreign exchange from tourists. According to the Annual Tourism Sector Performance Report for Financial Year 2018/2019, revenue rose from $1.45 billion in 2017 to $1.6 billion in 2018. Owing to this growth, in the same report, the sector accounted for 7.7 per cent of the national gross domestic product and 6.7 per cent of total national employment through creating 667,600 jobs. With government committing to spend Shs181 billion in the tourism sector in the next financial year. Vivian Lyazi, The Tourism Manager at the Ministry…
Pearl Dairy Farms Limited (PDFL), Uganda’s largest Dairy processor and the manufacturer of Lato Milk branded products, has unveiled the addition of a new UGX9.25 billion Tetrapak Edge production line to its facility. The line is the first of its kind in East Africa and will help Pearl Dairy reach out to more customers in Uganda and abroad with a completely new range of UHT milk products that are durable and convenient to use for consumers. According to Mr. Bijoy Varghese, General Manager at Pearl Dairy, the new line from TetraPak aseptically packages the product, which means the milk is…
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MTN recently announced a partnership with several members of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) which will see the telecom advance network automation using TIP’s Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG). We had an Interview with Ali Monzer, MTN Uganda chief technical information officer to explain what the new technology means for customers MTN recently announced rollout of a Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG) technology, what is that? To understand DCSG, you ought to know how telephone calls are made. Currently, we have towers across the country which house antennae. These towers emit radio frequencies in the air which are displayed on…
The Ministry of Health and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have taken the mosquito net distribution to Kalerwe Market, a Kampala suburb found in Kawempe division. Commanded by the Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabanja, government delivered over 2000 mosquito nets to the vendors who have been asked to sleep in the markets as a way of stopping the spread of COVID-19. Speaking at the event, the Kakumiro woman representative saluted to venders for adhering to the presidential directive on the fight of the global corona virus. Every time I pass here, I find people observing the Standard Operation Procedures,…