Author: Johnson Thembo
With over15 million Ugandan learners stuck home due to the closure of schools as a result of the second wave of Coronavirus, MultiChoice Uganda, has through Pearl Magic and Pearl Magic Prime, its local content channels revamped Learning Time, a slot dedicated to the educating of Ugandan students while in lockdown. The lessons on Learning Time will run from 9:00 am to 11:00 am every weekday and will cover all the major subjects of the Ugandan syllabus. They will also run from 10 am to 12:00 noon on weekends with the same objective. On 6th June, 2021, government re-announced closure…
At a time when hundreds of learned lawmakers that mocked Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya over academic papers, the heart to serve our constituents has been depicted during these trying Covid-19 times. As the educated lawmakers continue to run from the voters and switching off their mobile phones, Kawempe North’s MP Muhammad Ssegirinya, the man from the Ghetto has entered in the books of good and exemplary leaders even before spending a month in the August House. Ssegirinya has bought a second ambulance to help ferry Covid-19 patients during tough times when government is struggling to evacuate locals. Mr Update said on…
Dear Countrymen and Women, Since my last two updates, the country has seen a more aggressive and sustained growth of the COVID-19 pandemic as opposed to the earlier months of April and May 2021. Over the past 3 weeks, the daily number of people testing positive for Corona has increased from less than 100 to now over 1,700. This represents a 17 fold increase in daily cases. As a result our epidemic curve is now on steep rise with increased reports of deaths nationwide. (Show Epidemic curve in figure next page). 3 Figure 1: National Covid-19 Epidemic Curve March 2020…
It’s official, Fortebet, a billion winners’ betting company has unveiled the Laugh Doctor, Alex Muhangi as its Brand Ambassador. Muhangi, the Comedy Store hero who has literally made everyone laugh via his live shows or his youtube Account and related social media platforms, will now accompany his laugh dose with all the vital information about Fortebet that you need to know. During the unveiling at Fortebet head office in Kololo, the company’s Chief Marketing Officer, Marek Mickal noted that; “The name Alex Muhangi is big in the entire East African region. It is for this reason that Uganda’s biggest betting…
Bukonzo West Member of Parliament Hon. Godfrey Atkins Katusabe has threatened to go bare knuckles with Lt Gen Peter Elwelu now that he is in August House. Elwelu who is one of the 10 army representatives in the 11th Parliament shortly after swearing in told the media that people who were killed in Kasese under his commandship in 2016 deserved it. Speaking during his swearing in victory party at Niccan Resort on Wednesday 19 May 2021, Hon. Katusabe described Elweru as a shameless son of Satan. He bitterly stated that its disheartening to find an International Criminal like Elwelu bragging…
Umeme shareholders today approved a total dividend payout of shs19.8 billion after endorsing shs12.2 per ordinary share based on the company’s 2020 performance. The dividend will be paid out on or about July 19th 2020, to shareholders in the Company’s register at the close of business on 25th June 2021. The shareholders also re-elected Mr. Patrick Bitature as the Chairman of the Board via the hybrid/ electronic AGM held at the Kampala Serena Hotel. Hon Gerald Ssendaula and Ms. Florence N Mawejje were also re-elected as directors of the Board. The AGM also approved the annual financial statements for the…
Mukono Municipality Lawmaker Hon. Betty Nambooze has challenged Forum for Democratic Change’s Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda to apologize to his seniors. Speaking while appearing on NBS Television Frontline, Nambooze pledged her support but accused Ssemujju for making a blander to declare his candidature for speakership before to talking to his comrades in the struggle. Among the people Nambooze wants Ssemujju to apologize to include his party president Hon. Patrick Amuriat Oboi, National Unity Platform’s Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu and Democratic Party’s Norbert Moa. “I can’t fail to support Ssemujju Nganda’s candidature. However, he needs to apologize to Amuriat, Mao, and Kyagulanyi.…
The Government of Uganda through National Water and Sewerage Corporation is putting final touches to the largest sewage treatment plant in East and Central Africa. The project encompasses an ultra-modern sewage treatment plant in Bugolobi, a sewage pre-treatment plant in Kinawataka, a sewerage pumping station on Kibira road and 31km of sewer network. The Bugolobi-Nakivubo sewerage plants comes six years after the commissioning of the Lubigi sewage treatment plant in 2014. Sharing the plant specifications during a site visit, NWSC MD, Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha said the plant is about 99% complete and in operation. Pending works at the plant…
Global Organization Mercy Corps has today launched a partnership with African Executive Leaders Solutions (AELS), a thought leadership solutions organization, to create work opportunities for refugees and youth in informal settlements (slums) in Makindye and Kawempe divisions in Kampala. AELS will work closely with the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) to bridge the skills gaps among the refugees and host communities in the two divisions through modular assessments that lead to issuance of worker’s passes and other forms of accreditation that can give employers the confidence to demand and pay for their skills/service. T he platform will enable target audiences to…
MTN Uganda and the Tooro kingdom have donated 80 kitted patient beds to various health center III’s in Tooro Kingdom. The donation is part of MTN’s commitment to support the kingdom in her efforts to uplift the social, economic and cultural life of the people of Tooro. Whereas the government has over the years made efforts to improve the health sector, there is more that can be done to supplement government efforts especially in health Centre IIIs. According to the Tooro Kingdom Deputy Minister of health Dr. Richard Mugahi said Tooro kingdom delivers around 90,000 babies a year which stretches…