Author: Johnson Thembo

Policy makers and stakeholders across Africa are meeting to chart out green economy opportunities for the private sector under the lead of the Switch Africa Green programme. The forum under the theme Advancing Green Business and Circular Economy in Africa is organized by UN Environment Programme and the Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda and runs from 24-25 February 2020 in Kampala, Uganda. The forum will explore mechanisms for enhancing regional efforts to scale up green and circular business approaches and inspire national level policy making and implementation. They will also prepare an Africa-wide strategy to harmonise policies for advancing…

The Parliament Pension Scheme has realised an assets growth of 25.7 per cent from shs204.55 billion in 2018 to Shs257.21 billion improving its financial and investment capacity. The Chief Operations Manager, Nightingale Mirembe said that this is attributed to an increase in member contributions, returns on investments in the equity market and the employment of a new risk management policy. Mirembe made this revelation at the Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Parliament Pension Scheme on 21 February 2020. “The use of a new risk management policy has helped us focus on investing in items that have less risk and…

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru of Tooro Kingdom will co-host the first ever World Monarchs’ Summit that is slated to take place in Tooro Kingdom in September this year. The summit is expected to bring together the world’s reigning sovereign, constitutional and hereditary monarchs including Kings, Queens, Emirs, Emperors, Grand Dukes, Princes and Sultans, among others, to interface with the wider strategic stakeholders in order to share experiences and support initiatives that are geared towards inclusive development. This was disclosed during a meeting between the President and Omukama Oyo who called on him yesterday at…

High Court has sentenced Brian Bagyenda to 32 years imprisonment for killing his 22-year-old girlfriend Enid Twijukye. Bagyenda, a son to Internal Security Organisation [ISO] director Col Kaka Bagyenda, was convicted on Monday morning. “The deceased was a young person responsible for assisting her family and had a future ahead,” said Justice Moses Kazibwe while sentencing him. He added: “This was cut short by the inconsiderate and criminal behaviours of the convicts. Bagyenda, a pharmacist was convicted alongside his accomplices Innocent Bainomugisha, a 24-year-old cleaner, and Vincent Rwahwire, a 28-year-old casual worker. The three committed the act in 2016.

Veteran Politician Dr. Kiiza Besigye has joined hundreds of Ugandans aggrieved by the unfortunate death of chairman Board of Directors at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Dr Simon Kagugube. In a messaged posted on his tweeter handle, Besigye described Kagugube as a rare and resourceful leader. He added that the country has made another great loss, losing such a industrious and intelligent person. “Great loss! Another rare and resourceful leader passes on. My sympathy and prayers go to the family, relatives and the many business/work colleagues. Rest in Peace.” Besigye stated. Kinobe died aged 65, and the news was broken by…

Every year Rotary recognizes high performing individuals that continue to transform society with a Vocational Award. This year the Rotary Club of Bukoto awarded a re-Neurosurgeon(brain surgery), Dr. Michael Edgar Muhumuza, who is a Senior Consultant in Neurology and Neurosurgery and is currently the Head of Neurosurgery at the Mulago National Referral Hospital. Muhumuza holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Guangxi Medical University in China, and a Masters of Medicine in Neurosurgery from Tianjin Medical Universe. He has also attended several trainings including a diploma in Chinese Language. Dr. Muhumuza has been very instrumental in the growth of neurosurgery…

Lawmakers have appealed for evacuation of Ugandans especially students in China in the midst of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan province.   Hon. Latif Sebaggala (Indep., Kawempe North) raised a matter of national importance during a plenary sitting on 11 February 2020, saying that he has received messages from students who are concerned about their plight. According to the letter from the students read by Ssebagala, there has been general lack of necessities including groceries and masks. The students added that prices of groceries have been hiked making it hard tp afford.    In their letter, the five students appealed…

MTN Uganda, through its Corporate Social Responsibility arm, the MTN Foundation has officially handed over theMpugwe Health Center III maternity ward in Masaka after renovating and equipping it as a way of giving back to society. The Telecom Company invested up to 20 million shillings on renovating, repainting and equipping the health facility with a water harvest system with running water, solar lighting and constructing a placenta pit.The six-bed capacity health center was also supported with 6new hospital beds, 6 mattresses, 6 blankets and 6 mosquito nets to serve the mothers and children who will use the facility. Executed under…

The 5th Annual Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) 2020 opened on Tuesday 04th Feb 2020, kicking off three days of business to business and business to customer engagements amongst key Ugandan and regional tourism players with selected tourism wholesalers from Africa and other overseas tourism markets. POATE, which is taking place at the Speke Resort in Munyonyo, a on the shores of Lake Victoria, has attracted over 57 international hosted buyers, 140 domestic and regional tourism operators as well as international and domestic media. The expo, is running under the theme, ‘Promoting Intra-Africa Travel’ in a bid to raise…

Alain St. Ange, the President of the Africa Tourism Board has lauded Uganda for creating peace and stability. “Uganda has something that few countries in Africa can talk about- stability, safety,” he said, emphasizing that this such positive stories need to be told about Africa. Speaking during the ongoing Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE, Alain St. Ange stated that Uganda is one of the few countries one visits with a surety that you will return home safe and sound. Ange challenged African continent to rise up and tell its own positive story. “Africa must work together to rewrite its…