Author: Johnson Thembo
Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, the producers of LATO Milk have launched a yoghurt line in two flavours, strawberry and vanilla. The yoghurt comes in sizes of 100 gms, 250gms, 500gms cups and a 400gms pouch. The launch comes hand in hand with Pearl Dairy’s commitment to support youth employment across the country. Speaking at the Lato Milk offices in Kampala, Mr Amit Sagar, Pearl Dairy Chief Executive Officer said, “This is the first Lato yoghurt product and we are excited to be expanding our variety in what we offer through continuous innovation. We are determined to provide healthy and tasty…
President Museveni has banned gathering of more than five people and ordered the arrest of politicians seeking cheap popularity. “Gatherings of not more than five people will be allowed,” President Museveni announced on Monday. “Any politician who gives out food seeking cheap popularity will be arrested and charged for attempted murder,” Museveni explained. He added: “When they give out food, many people gather around them and this could increase the spread of the virus.” – Museveni also said those trying to take patients to the hospital must also stop. “If they have money to contribute, let them bring the money…
1.1 Fellow Ugandans, farmers and the general public, as you are aware, the entire World including our Country is battling the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) that has claimed many lives and also caused a lot of anxiety among the population. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has joined H.E The President of the Republic of Uganda and colleagues in other sectors especially the Ministry of Health (MoH) in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Following the Presidential Directives and the Ministry of Health guidelines on COVID-19 pandemic, Hon. Vincent Ssempijja advised the farming communities and the general public…
Stanbic Uganda has announced its 2019 annual results highlighting the key performance achievements. The Chief Executive of Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited, Patrick Mweheire said, “We delivered another great performance and were able to improve on all our key performance goals. We grew our deposits by 21% as more customers trusted us with their money and our loans & advances grew by 14% by – availing UGX 344 billion of new credit to key sectors of the economy such as manufacturing, agriculture and personal lending – where we provided more than 40% of new lending.” He further added, “Our revenues grew…
Uganda’s leading digital transport service providers have joined the world in the intensive fight against coronavirus outbreak. According to Ricky Rapa Thomson, Co-Founder, SafeBoda, they are making food and grocery delivery safe during this CoronaVirus pandemic. Following the government announcement to temporarily ban public transport, we will not be running our passenger service for the next 14-days in Uganda but we will continue to offer our home delivery services. The coronavirus epidemic is a major threat to our nation and we need to work together to defeat the virus. As this measure is necessary to protect our country and our communities,…
By BBC The African saxophone legend Manu Dibango has died in Paris after catching coronavirus. Dibango – best known for his 1972 hit Soul Makossa – is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19. The 86-year-old fused jazz and funk music with traditional sounds from his home country, Cameroon. He collaborated with numerous artists over a long career, including US pianist Herbie Hancock and Nigeria’s Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. The Cameroonian musician filed a lawsuit in 2009 saying Michael Jackson had stolen a hook from his song, Soul Makossa, for two tracks on the world’s best-selling album,…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this evening issued new directives to avert #COVID19UG President Kaguta Museveni: “Starting 12:00 pm on Sunday 22 March 2020, no passenger planes or human movement allowed to enter or leave the country. Only Cargo planes and their crew members will be allowed in the country.” He added that no pedestrian or person riding a bicycle, boda bodas, or vehicles will be allowed to enter Uganda by land or water. “Except for cargo vehicle drivers and their crew members not exceeding three.” Museveni Stated. Museveni also appealed that all Humans crossing into Uganda from the different border…
“The Rogers family is sad to announce that Kenny Rogers passed away last night at 10:25PM at the age of 81,” the family said via twitter on Saturday. “Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family.” Rogers, was known for hits like “The Gambler”, a cross-over hit that won him a Grammy award in 1980. The song was later selected in 2018 for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. Rogers would develop the Gambler persona into a character for a successful series of television films. Rogers charted more than 120 hit singles across various music…
Members of Parliament have been called upon to support that One Dollar HIV/AIDS Initiative that aims at supporting government’s efforts fight against HIV/AIDS. The One Dollar Initiative (ODI) seeks to reduce on over dependence from foreign aid in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda was launched in 2018.It aims at mobilising money from Ugandans to finance HIV/AIDS related activities. The chairperson of the ODI, Prof Vinand Nantulya said they mobilise domestic resources in partnership with the private sector organizations to intensify government efforts in the national HIV/AIDS response. “In this initiative, we are asking every Ugandan to contribute at least…
The Ministry of Health together with World Health Organization (WHO) has today trained Chiefs of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) and top officials from the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs about Corona Virus (COVID-19) at Mbuya hill. The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. David Muhoozi in his remarks thanked the Ministry of Health for coming in at a very crucial time to work with the UPDF on how to combat the Pandemic. “We are grateful for the opportunity to work with you in fighting “COVID 19.” Gen David Muhoozi remarked. He called upon the Officers to seek…