Author: Johnson Thembo
Government is set to distribute a total of 27.5 million long-lasting, insecticide-treated mosquito nets throughout the country in a bid to mitigate the malaria burden in the country. According to the state minister of health in charge of primary health care, Dr. Joyce Kaducu, this is to be conducted under the third universal coverage campaign for the distribution of mosquito nets which is aimed at increasing access and ownership of nets in communities across the country. While addressing press at Uganda Media Center today, Minister Kaducu said the campaign dubbed “Under the Net is further expected to create a culture…
The COVID-19 Inter-Agency Security Joint Task Force(IAJTF) led by Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda has carried out spot checks at Entebbe International Airport, Kitoro Market and two quarantine centers to evaluate the effectiveness and welfare of the security teams deployed. The deployments are meant to receive and isolate Ugandan returnees from different countries following a decision by the government to allow them travel home. The two quarantine areas visited include Lands & Survey center and K Hotel. “Whereas our personnel may know what to do, a certain level of supervision is mandatory to ensure all is moving as planned. Important to…
Following the endorsement by the Kanungu district Youth Brigade, Dixon Kagurusi Ampumuza has let the cat out of the box and declared his plans to contest for Kinkizi West Constituency in the August House. “I hereby come before you to seek for your mandate and humbly request you to play a central and catalyzing role in my campaign to bring Moral and Innovative leadership aimed at delivering a change we deserve i.e Digital Economy.” Kagurusi revealed to our Insider. The youthful businessman and University lecturer underscored that his leadership will be consultative and collaborative in nature with seniors, it will…
The Minister of ICT & National Guidance, Hon. Judith Nabakooba has appointed a new Executive Director for the National Information Technology Authority Uganda. This follows the conclusion of the 10-year tenure for James Saaka, the Executive Director. The newly appointed Executive Director, Dr. Hatwib Mugasa, holds a PHD from Louisiana Tech University, USA. The appointment comes on the heels of a successful completion of the legally authorized 10-year tenure by the outgoing ED James Saaka that will officially expire in August 2020. Under the stead-fast leadership of Saaka, the authority has registered tremendous strides in digitizing the nation. Government has…
The Stanbic Purchase Managers Index (PMI) continues to reflect a slow recovery of business activities amid the coronavirus pandemic after the loosening of lockdown restrictions first announced at the end of May. The Headline PMI posted in June was 46.5, up from 41.9 in May, but still below 50.0 which signifies a positive outlook. In comparison, the PMI figure for January 2020 reached a high of 58.8. Stanbic Bank Uganda’s Head of Global Markets, Kenneth Kitungulu said both business activity and new orders decreased for the fourth month running in June as Covid-19 continued to impact on the private sector…
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has directed Minister for Finance Hon. Matia Kasaija to urgently respond to Parliament’s concerns on the delayed payment of Ugandan traders in South Sudan. The Speaker gave the Minister till Wednesday, 01 July 2020 to appear before the House and explain matters surrounding the delayed payment of the traders after Parliament appropriated shs76 billion for the purpose. “There are some articles in the Constitution which we can use to bring the Minster to order. If the Minister does not come here tomorrow, I am sending him to the Rules Committee for defying Parliament since April 2020,” Kadaga…
The creation of 15 new counties hit a snag following protests by several legislators who accused the Minister of Local Government, Hon Raphael Magyezi of unfairness in the selection criteria. This prompted the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to refer the matter to the Committee on Public Service and Local Government and Public Service. “I have seen the records of the 2015 report, a number of decisions and resolutions were made. I think we need to look at them wholesomely; so I want to give the Minister three weeks and he reports back,” she said. Magyezi had presented a motion…
The Basongora have presented a petition to the Speaker of Parliament seeking direct involvement in the process of subdividing Kasese district. Presenting the petition on Tuesday, 30 June 2020, Dr. Annet Kezaabu highlighted a history of events that have caused the Basongora to be marginalised in their ancestral land forcing them to relocated to other regions. “Between 2010 and 2018, the Kasese District Council in utter disregard to the interests and legitimate concerns of the Basongora and other marginalised groups, passed respective resolutions to have Kasese subdivided into three more districts, which we realised would subject us to further oppression,”…
Parliament has passed the Sh1trillion Supplementary Expenditure Schedule No. 3 and Addendum to Schedule 3 for the Financial Year 2019/2020. The supplementary, which was time bound, was passed on Friday, 26 June 2020 by the House chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. Broken down, Shs 920.9 billion will be used for recurrent expenditure while Shs 166.7 billion for development expenditure. According to the Budget Committee report, the government has allocated Shs 89 billion additional funding to the Ministry of Health to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. The money is intended for procurement of personal protection equipment for medical personnel, payment of…
The payment industry is increasingly experiencing a high level of disruption that is reshaping the payments space, thanks to a surge of new technology-driven processes. Operated by Financial Technology Companies (FinTech), the digital applications are enabling users to take payments to the next level in terms of speed, efficiency and convenience. And one firm that has greatly contributed to this disruption in Uganda is Craft Silicon, a Kenyan headquartered FinTech that provides customized banking solutions for the financial sector across the world. Craft Silicon was founded in 2000 when Kamal Budhabhatti developed an application to help manage expenses. It was…