Author: Johnson Thembo
Everything is going on well at Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology (UICT) Grounds as the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance together with Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) host the long awaited National ICT Innovation Expo. The main objective of the ICT Innovation Expo is to showcase the potential of ICT Innovation in the country. The Chief Guest H.E. the President of the Republic of Uganda, the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, Government Officials, Development Partners, Academia, Private Sector, Civil Society, Innovators, Innovation Hubs, Venture Capitalists and many more are expected to attended this prestigious event where the…
The Uganda Electoral Commission has further extended the period for the update of the National Voters Register for more seven days. The exercise, according to the new programme, will run from today 16th up to the 23rd December 2019. “We have extended the period for updating the National Voters’ Register,” said Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon, Chairperson Electoral Commission, in a statement on Monday. The exercise indeed commenced on Thursday 21st November 2019 and was scheduled to close on Wednesday 11th December 2019. Towards the close of the update exercise the Commission observed big numbers of applicants at the update centers…
MTN Uganda through its Corporate Social Responsibility arm, the MTN Foundation has donated Shs.31,000,000 milliontowards the Bundibugyo floods victims. This money will be used for buying non-food relief items to support the families that have been displaced following the floods that left many people displaced, houses destroyed and lives lost. The floods followed the heavy rains that hit the district from the 6th to 7th of this month. A total of 1,152 households composed of 6,768 individuals has been affected, 17 bodies have so far been retrieved by the Uganda Redcross Society team. A total of800 people are currently displaced…
Last night’s Cabinet reshuffle continues to be the talk of the Nation. One of the appointed Ministers Peter Ogwang says it’s the best news ever since it even came on his birthday (15 December). Ogwang thanks president Museveni for the vote of confidence, citing that he is ready for the new task. “Waking up to several congratulatory and birthday messages. Thank you President Museveni for the vote of confidence. Thank you for the opportunity to serve my country in yet another capacity. I am ready for the task. Let’s fold the sleeves and get it rolling.” Ogwang took the…
Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Hon. Betty Nambooze has expressed her intense fear ahead of the looming 2021 General Elections. Speaking while appearing on a weekly radio program dubbed Parliament Yaffe, Nambooze wondered what would happen if an opposition candidate like Kyadondo East’s Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert or Dr. Kiiza Besigye won an election. Nambooze noted that basing on the political environment in Uganda where some individuals perceive the country as their asset may lead the Pearl of Africa into massive bloodshed. “Look at people like Gen. Tumwine, who think is right for them to ‘steal’ government resources but aggressively attack…
President Yoweri Museveni has received H.E Teodro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea at State House, Entebbe at the start of a 2-day official visit to Uganda at the invitation of his Ugandan counterpart. President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo who is the official African Union (AU) Champion of 2019 on finding solutions to forced displacements in Africa, is slated to tour Kiryandongo Refugee Center Settlement in Bunyoro Sub-Region to get first-hand experience on how Uganda has successfully handled the refugee crisis. In a tete-a-tete between the two leaders, President Museveni thanked President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo for the visit in order to…
Ms. Lilly Ajarova, the new Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Tourism Board is in America for a working visit to promote the Pearl of Africa in the West. On Friday, Ajarova visited the Uganda Embassy where she met with Mrs. Margaret Awino Kafeero (Counselor/Public Diplomacy) and Mr. Michael Bulwaka, Counselor/ Commercial Diplomacy). The meeting, which was both consultative and advisory in nature focused on UTB priorities for the remaining part of the FY 2019/20 and looked ahead at activities for FY 2020/21. “What we can promise you is that in the exercise of tourism promotion, it will not be business…
Jonah Rogers Kakande, a businessman in Nansana, a popular township in Wakiso district has become the second winner of a brand new Toyota Probox car in MTN’s Christmas MoMoPay promotion. MoMoPay is an MTN service that allows retailers and businesses receive payments for goods and services using MTN Mobile Money. In the Christmas promotion, retailers stand a chance to win a Toyota Probox when they receive payments on MTN MoMoPay. These retailers aremerchants or service providers that accept payments from customers that use the MoMoPay service to pay for goods and services. Simply dial *165*3# to use the service. Last…
2019 CECAFA U-17 MATCH DAY THREE RESULTS Burundi 8-0 Djibouti Tanzania 3-1 Kenya Uganda 10-0 Eritrea Uganda Girls U-17 girls football team produced arguably one of their best football displays so far at the ongoing CECAFA U-17 girls tournament, with a 10-0 demolition of stubborn Eritrea side in the third game of the match day three on Friday evening. Eritrea, who had resisted favorites Tanzania serge only to lose 5-0 in their opening game and stepped their game against Kenya whom they held 1-1, had come into the Uganda game with high spirits to keep their passing and pressing game.…
The government of Iran has revealed plans to start manufacturing tractors in Uganda. The Iranian Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Seyed Morteza Mortazavi, told the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, that a team of Iranian manufacturers had visited different stakeholders in Uganda earlier this year, and was moved by the potential the country possesses in the agricultural sector. H.E Seyed Morteza Mortazavi met the Speaker at Parliament Building on Thursday 12 December 2019. He promised to provide financial support as well as technical expertise to Ugandans to begin the manufacture of tractors. He expressed the desire of Iranian Parliament to form…