Author: Johnson Thembo
Former employees of Nakumatt Supermarket have petitioned Parliament over their unpaid entitlements following the closure of the store two years ago. The employees led by Dennis Angura, presented their petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Monday, 25 November 2019. The petitioners said that Nakumatt Uganda registered a savings and credit cooperative society (SACCO) with a member of over 600 employees whose savings were never paid. “We need your help to recover the little savings we had in the SACCO worth shs200 million. Some of us have salary arrears, National Social Security Fund money and our terminal benefits,”…
MTN Uganda Foundation has officially handed over blood storage equipment to the Arua Regional Blood Bank under the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS). This is in a bid to address the issue of blood shortage born from inadequate blood storage facilities. The Arua Regional Blood Bank serves 3.38 million people including 815,000 from South Sudan living in the 9 districts of West Nile. However, the facility is faced with a challenge of blood storage. To alleviate this challenge, a state-of-the-art blood refrigerator was handed over toHon. Dr. Joyce Moriku, theState Minister for Primary Health Care in a ceremony held today…
Last week, the National Cordinator for the Alliance for National Transformation, Gen Mugisha Muntu led a delegation to Tooro sub-region, where they held a fruitful engangement with the local leaders. Uganda’s youngest political party officially opened regional offices in Fort portal town which will be bridge the entire region activists under the stewardship of Ms. Nyakato Rusoke and Mr. Mutunzi Robert. Speaking during the event, the former Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) army commander noted that the future is purple. He added that he doesn’t want the Alliance for National Transformation to be built on individuals. “We cannot afford to…
Agriculture remains Uganda’s main economic driver, but widespread use of new and disruptive technologies can quicken the transition from subsistence to commercial farming necessary to increase incomes. The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Vincent Ssempija said on Tuesday, “To ensure all these technologies work to strengthen our agricultural sector and improve its resilience, we must also ensure they reach Uganda’s farmers. We need to expedite the coverage of these disruptive technologies to the smallholder farmers with proper training and support to be able to use them.” Ssempjja was officially opening the Disruptive Agricultural Technology (DAT) Challenge and Conference…
The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Hon Irene Muloni was forced to issue an apology to Parliament after Members of Parliament accused her for contempt of Parliament. This followed her address to the press on Tuesday, 20 November 2019, where she denied that shs24 billion meant for the construction of a bridge across the Rive Nile connecting Kayunga to Kamuli had been misused. The Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga recently told Parliament that in March she wrote to the President informing him of individuals who misapproporiated the funds during the construction of the Isimba dam and subsequent projects related to it.…
The Minister of the Presidency, Hon Esther Mbayo has today handed over a fleet of over 60 pickup trucks to Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) to enable them to carry out their duties of work efficiently. The occasion took place at Kololo ceremonial grounds. This comes a few months ahead of the looming general elections anticipated to take place early 2021. Besides this being a initiative for the appointed political heads, several people especially those from the opposition have critiqued the move saying that its aimed at frustrating the powers and freedoms of the nationals. It should be noted that early…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has commended telecommunications giant, MTN, for continuously giving back to the community through its collections from the annual Kampala marathon. Kadaga, who was officially receiving the MPs’ and staff kits for this year’s MTN marathon, said that the annual event has now become a culture adopted and it now features on Parliament’s annual programme as it is beneficial to the community. “You are the biggest telecommunication company with the biggest network coverage and customer base so it is good to note that through this initiative you are giving back to the community and especially…
By Peter Ogwang (MP) Three years after the 2016 U.S presidential election, the Americans are still up in arms following classified reports that hackers linked to the Russian government reportedly interfered with the election process where they harmed the campaign of Hillary Clinton, thus boosting the candidacy of Donald Trump, now the President. The U.S reasonably urges that Russia breached the common tradition and International legal structures that calls for respect of right of sovereignty of other nations. But does the U.S practice what they preach? Do they respect sovereignty of other nations? A few days ago, the Mayor of…
Former presidential aspirant Dr. Kiiza Besigye has called upon Ugandans to focus on doing good for humanity. Besigye made this comment during the final send off of Mzee Marko Baryaharwego, father to Prof Jean Barya and Dr. Margret Kasande in Katongole village, Ibanda district. Besigye added that there is need to love each other and defend Uganda from the Museveni’s unfair governance that has taken it on a wrong turn. Kizza Besigye also said as a victim of injustice, that include slapping on him numerous fake charges, he has decided that Museveni and others should face justice at the ICC.…
This year’s MTN regional races came to a colorful end in Masaka town ahead of the anticipated 2019 MTN Kampala Marathon this weekend. Introduced to give the MTN Kampala Marathon a national feel and allow people from all over the country contribute to the causes of the Marathon, the Regional races also act as a preamble to the main Marathon. This year, the 10km races were held in Soroti, Arua and Masaka whereas the inaugural races were held last year in Gulu, Mbale and Mbarara. Runners painted Masaka town yellow yesterday as they took to the 10km track not only…