Author: Johnson Thembo
MTN Uganda has contributed shs50million towards the Stanbic Bank National schools championship project. The National Championship project is an annual Stanbic initiative that seeks to equip secondary school students with business and enterprise skills in a bid to nurture entrepreneurship, creativity and long term business thinking. Sem Somdev, MTN Uganda’s chief marketing officer said the initiative by Stanbic is commendable as it helps prepare the students for a bright future which will ultimately be good for the nation. “The actions we take today will determine the outcomes of tomorrow. This has to be deliberate because things don’t just happen automatically.…
Captain Mike Mukula, the National Resistance Movement-NRM party vice chairperson for eastern Uganda says after 35 years of President Yoweri Museveni Uganda should have a leader who doesn’t hail from Western Uganda. Speaking to URN, Mukula said although he’s not sectarian, he believes that for purposes of balanced development and sustainable peace, the next president should come from another region other than western Uganda where Museveni comes from. Mukula was reacting to the news of Lt Gen. Henry Tumukunde to take on President Museveni in the coming elections. “It is his constitutional right and I don’t have a problem about…
By Citizen Uganda Police has resolved to have the salutation “sir” from the title of women officers dropped in a raft of new reforms. The police bosses will also address the issue of gender inequality after it came to the fore that Ugandan policewomen have been wearing trousers designed for their male counterparts. The new police reforms will also see police women in Uganda get a shot at top positions in proposed promotions. Uganda has also abolished standing orders that were last amended in 1984 and which required female officers to seek permission from the Inspector General if they wished…
Today airtel Uganda and Buganda Kingdom have officially launched the 2020 Kabaka birthday run kits. Speaking during the event at Mengo Bulange, Airtel managing director VG Somasekhar encouraged all Ugandans to keep their 5th April free and ensure that we kick HIV out of Uganda. “After 6 years, going into our 7th year, we want to ensure that everybody can participate and contribute to the cause of eliminating AIDS in Uganda this year. The Kabaka Run has a lot of significance not for the affinity but the causes that the kingdom serves. This year the responsibility is on men. To…
Kasilo County MP, Hon Elijah Okupa has raised dust before the August House after proposing a move to have academic qualifications for local leaders reviewed. Speaking during plenary on Wednesday afternoon, Okupa proposed that minimum qualifications of Advanced level(Senior six leaver) for councilors and chairpersons of municipal councils, town councils, city division councils and sub county councils, a move that raised a lot of mixed reactions. Commenting on the same matter, Hon Muhammad Nsereko stated that we need people who can lead their people and also understand why they need to lead them. “Do we drop qualifications at Sub County…
The Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has passed out UPDF commandos after undergoing a 16 months qualification course of Special Forces. This was the 4th intake of it’s kind and was conducted at Butiaba Marines training School in Buliisa District. The President expressed satisfaction with the quality of training the special Forces received as portrayed by the multiple demonstrations conducted by the trainees. “I congratulate these young troops who completed this very tough course. Army is tough but this is tougher. The army has big capacity but special forces creates a special capacity in operating in small…
Rajab Kaaya Ssemakula, one of the aides to the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) National Coordinator, Gen. Mugisha Muntu has stood his ground and refused to renew his contract with the Parliament of Uganda. Kaaya a renowned adult educator cut short his contract in order to actively get involved in forth coming 2021 general election, for the Nansana Municipality seat. He was working with the office of the Leader of opposition since the tenure of Kasese Woman Member of Parliament Hon. Winnie Kiiza to the current one of Hon. Betty Aol. The former Forum for Democratic party (FDC) National Youth…
State owned media managers face a year in jail or a fine of up to Shs10 million for denying presidential candidates coverage. Section 7 of the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019, passed by Parliament on Thursday, 27 February 2020 prescribes the punishment. “An officer responsible for a state owned media house who contravenes subsection(1) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 24 currency points or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both,” reads the law in part. The legislation, said Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee Chairperson Hon Jacob Marksons Oboth, is informed by the…
President Paul Kagame on Wednesday evening reshuffled the cabinet making major changes to key ministries notably Health and Education. Dr Daniel Ngamije was appointed Minister of Health, replacing Dr Diane Gashumba who resigned two weeks ago. Dr Daniel Ngamije previously worked for the World Health Organisation. Valentine Uwamariya was named Minister for Education, replacing Eugene Mutimura. Mutimura was appointed as the Head of Science and Technology Commission. Uwamariya was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in Charge of Trainings, Institutional Development and Research at Rwanda Polytechnic and also a senior lecturer at University of Rwanda. In the same ministry, Gaspard Twagirayezu was appointed…
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has called for the formation of water management committees in villages to alleviate water issues in the communities. Speaking at the opening of the 20th African Water Association Congress at Kampala Serena Hotel on Sunday, 23 February 2020, Kadaga said that water scarcity is still an issue in many villages and the biggest bearers of this burden are the women. “Wherever you go, it is the women who usually have to scavenge for water. They are the ones you see going to the local borehole or the well,” she said. Kadaga added that even some communities at the…