Author: Johnson Thembo

Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) is working around the corner to ensure that Women Entrepreneurs from all over Uganda benefit from its annual initiative dubbed PSFU Women’s Day Katale. Speaking at the second edition of the Women’s Day Katale held on 10th and 11th March, 2023 in Kampala, Damali Ssali, the PSFU Chief Programmes and Projects officer noted that plans to make the Katale regional are underway starting with the Western, Northern and Eastern regions. This she noted will be followed with a long term plan of creating a digital version; an e-commerce platform of the Women’s Katale that will…

Veteran army officer and Internal Affairs minister Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has said no one should expect bush-war generals like him to retire from service because, retirement has never been part of their plan. Speaking during a funeral service for the Late Justice Kenneth Kakuru at All Saints Church Nakasero on Friday, Kahinda said he is still too young to retire from active politics. He was responding to comments from the Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny Dollo implying that Kakuru had wanted to retire from the bench but he (Dollo) refused because he wanted him to stay on and be able…

Uganda joined the rest of the world in celebrating the United Nations World Wildlife Day on 03rd March 2023 at King George stadium in Tororo District. This prestigious merriment ran under the theme: “Partnership for Wildlife Conservation”. Speaking during the event, the Uganda Wildlife Authority Executive Director Sam Mwandha called upon all stakeholders to amplify partnerships in order for the cores on strengthening wildlife protection, tackling wildlife crime, mitigating negative impacts of human wildlife conflict and promoting protected areas as tourist destinations is achieved. “We have been aggressive in strengthening our relationships with the communities neighboring protected areas and continued…

LastMile, an initiative to train smallholder farmers in Africa on the prevention of animal diseases and leverage access to veterinary medicine, has reached more than 40,000 farmers in six countries. The initiative aims to bridge the gap (“last mile”) in access, availability, and awareness of animal healthcare solutions in hard-to-reach areas. This improves productivity and income generation, hence ensuring food security and livelihood for the local communities. LastMile, launched in 2018, is an initiative by Boehringer Ingelheim, in partnership with the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). It…

Teso traditional leader Emorimori Papa Sande Emolot has called upon the government to expedite the demarcation of Tororo Rock and other tourism facilities in the Bukedi sub-region. Emorimori made this comment during the 2023 World Wildlife Day celebrations at King George stadium in Tororo Municipality. Papa decried the increasing number of Encroachers, thus calling upon everyone to Jealously fight and protect the key tourism and heritage sites in the area. “It’s unfortunate that some people have gone to an extend of claiming ownership of some parts of the Tororo Rock, something we have for long known as a public land.”…

MTN Uganda-sponsored Smart Girls Foundation has today passed out 20 girls with vocational skills in the inaugural graduation ceremony held at the MTN Girls with Tools Skilling Centre, Kitetika Gayaza road, in Wakiso District. This comes seven months since MTN Foundation launched a training facility at the Smart Girls Foundation in July last year with a training capacity of more than 400 women per year in vocational and business skills in servicing and washing bays, computer application, electricity installation, welding, carpentry, tailoring and house painting. The facility worth UGX 300 million is fully equipped with a computer laboratory with internet…

Celebrities have through a football game raised support towards children with disability at the Katalemwa Cheshire Rehabilitation Centre. The game held Monday at the Phillip Omondi Stadium in Lugogo saw two teams – Team Alex Muhangi and Team Spice Diana – play a friendly game. A number of celebrities including Eddy Kenzo, Spice Diana, John Blaq, Alex Muhangi, Rikman Manrick, DJ Roja, Pinky, Myk Ouma, Kaiyz, Mr Mosh, Maulana & Reign, Hannington Bugingo, Gareth Onyango and DJ Michael played. Others included Kalela, Disan Galiwango, Sammy Wetala, Tony Mutengu, Musya, Melo, DJ Luidee, Abdu Wasike, Speaker Godfrey Luyombya among others. Team…

Global Credit Rating Co ltd (GCR) has assigned Uganda Development Bank Limited (‘UDB’) national scale issuer private ratings of AA+(UG)/A1+(UG) in the long and short term respectively, a notch below the highest possible rating with the outlook accorded as Stable. At the same time, GCR has also assigned UDB an international scale long term issuer private rating of B with a Stable outlook balancing for the operating environment to remain vulnerable to domestic and geopolitical instability. GCR Ratings, an affiliate of Moody’s Investors Services has established itself as the leading ratings agency in Africa, accounting for the majority of all…

The Electoral Commission has released the programme for conducting the by-election of Member of Parliament for Serere County Constituency, Serere District. The by–election programme will commence with an update of the National Voters’ Register from Friday 6th to Tuesday 10th January, 2023 at update stations in each of the thirty-eight (38) parishes and wards in Serere County. The Commission has appointed Tuesday 10th January 2023 as the cut-off date for applying for registration as a voter and for transfer of voting location in the County. The registration and transfer of voters from one polling station to another within Serere County…

MpaMpe is a digital hybrid crowd-funding application that seeks to bridge the gap between the needy or campaigners and funders or sponsors to support their ideas through a transparent model and accountability of funds. Founded in 2021 by five Makerere University students: Maria Luzinda, Emmilly Immaculate Namuganga, Angella Bukirwa, Paul Jeremia Mugaya, and Ronnie Atuhaire, MpaMpe locally means “Give Me I Give Out,” and is expected to help tackle local community needs countrywide. The app emerged second out of 12 teams that participated in the recently held second edition of MTN MoMo Hackathon, with the developers rewarded with US$3,000 to…