Author: Johnson Thembo
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…
Stanbic Bank Uganda through its Business Incubator has entered in to a partnership with the Uganda National Oil Company to promote national content through capacity building through offering business training for entrepreneurs, knowledge/sector information sharing and enterprise development. Speaking during the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony, Stanbic Bank’s Chief Executive – Patrick Mweheire said, “We are pleased to be partnering with UNOC in this critical initiative that aims to facilitate participation and development of national content in the oil and gas sector. Oil is a game changer in many economies and the only way we can benefit as Ugandans…
Legislators on the Parliamentary Committee of Gender, Labour and Social Development, want the proposed Labor Disputes (Arbitration and Settlement Amendment) Bill to empower employers and labour unions arbitrate over disputes between workers and employers in a bid to reduce back log at the Industrial Court. The bill seeks to streamline composition of the Industrial court to provide for powers of the court, terms of appointment of head judge, deputy head judge and other judges of the court similar to those of the judges of the high court. The industrial court is charged with ensuring labour standards and provide a platform…
Following the changes to Cabinet made by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, this morning, the new Information Communication Technology and National Guidance Ministers Judith Nabakooba and Hon. Peter Ogwang are touring the National ICT infrastructure. This was done in order to acquaint themselves on the National Information Technology Authority – Uganda (NITAU) planto transform lives through eServices. The Tour began with the transmission site in Jinja, this site allows for the fast & secure transfer of data/information between fibre cable & MDA locations. This facility was recently upgraded to 100G, we have the largest backhaul capacity in Uganda. The National Information…
The long awaited Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) has this morningkicked off at the Speke Resort in Munyonyo. This event is brings on board an opportunity for locals to interact withvery many stakeholders in the tourism industry where the president of therepublic of Uganda Gen. Yoweri Kaguta will preside over the grand opening. “There will be lots of knowledge sharing taking place not forgetting thevery many businesses that will be showcasing their products and services.” Said the Uganda Tourism Board Executive Director Ms. Lilly Ajarova. Over 50 tour and travel agencies from across the continent are expected to sign…
he Rwenzori Investment Expo January, 2020 (RIEX) was the third Symposia series under the theme “Boosting Investor confidence for sustainable Industrialization and Inclusive wealth Creation Agenda”. The symposia was organized by the Operation Wealth Creation. The first was the Uganda-China investment Symposia and the West Nile Investment Symposium was the second in the series. The Rwenzori Investment Expo was organized by OWC under the Office of the President in Partnership with Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), and Mountains of the Moon University (MoMU). The Rwenzori Investment EXPO was held on 30th-31st January 2020 at The Mountains of the Moon University Lake…