Author: Johnson Thembo
The second edition of the Economic Mkutano for which the focus is the role of Science, Technology and innovation in Economic Development is scheduled for Thursday 12, September 2019 at Sheraton Kampala Hotel. Reprising the spirit borne out of the inaugural 2018 edition, the Mkutano serves to facilitate open debate in which conclusions enable us to script our own economic story in a manner that fosters inclusive growth. Mr David BikhadoOfungi, Founder and CEO of DERO and curator of points out the fact that Innovationspeaks to an important tenet of the new development Agenda for Africa. “This edition of the…
President Yoweri Museveni has urged teachers in the country to work devotedly adding that God would reward the teachers who do their work devotedly. He revealed that he and his counterparts benefitted from teachers in the country who were devoted in their services. He strongly cautioned teachers against the practice of pretending to teach when they are not committed to teaching and warned that God sees those who do not deliver as expected. The President made the remarks today at St. Lawrence College, London Campus in Maya, Wakiso District immediately he returned from Tanzania. The teachers have been on a…
Members of Parliament have called on government to find lasting solutions to the rampant blood shortages in the country. During the plenary sitting on Thursday, 05 September 2019, legislators reported that their constituents are facing challenges travelling long distances to access blood, which in most cases is in short supply. “In Pakwach, we do not have a general hospital and so my people walk all the way to Arua district to access blood, which I am also told is in shortage,” Hon Avur Jane Pacuto said. Pacuto was equally concerned that Pakwach district lacks an ambulance that would otherwise ease…
Robert Mugabe, a hero of Africa’s independence struggle whose long rule in Zimbabwe descended into tyranny, corruption and incompetence, has died at the age of 95, president Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Mnangagwa said in a statement on Friday Mugabe was “an icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. His contribution to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten. May his soul rest in eternal peace.” The passing of the former president, who ruled Zimbabwe for close to four decades before being ousted in a military takeover in November 2017,…
Technology will play a big role in enhancing electoral and democratic governance in African nations. This is according to delegates attending the 50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Africa Region) Conference taking place in Zanzibar. They said that there are however, challenges that include poor Internet connectivity in many rural areas, as well as computer literacy gap that has limited the fast growth of ICT systems in the continent. In a session chaired by the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, the Deputy Minister for Education and Vocational Training in the Zanzibar Government, Hon. Simai Mohammed Said, presented a motion on the role…
Uganda is the safest place for any investor to inject their money and offers immense business opportunities, President Museveni has said. “If there is a place where you can easily make money, it is Uganda. The place is secure. That is why we host 1.4 million refugees from the neighbouring countries,” he said. The President made the remarks last evening (Wednesday) at a dinner he jointly hosted with the First Lady, Janet, for the business community at Westin Hotel in Cape Town. President Museveni is in South Africa to take part in the World Economic Forum on Africa, which is…
Members of Parliament have criticised the Ministry of Water and Environment for returning sh751 million to the Consolidated Fund after failing to recruit new staff. The Public Accounts Committee members were left wondering how the ministry could fail to recruit when many Ugandans are jobless. “How can you be given money to pay salaries, recruit new staff and you return it to Ministry of Finance when our people are on the streets due to unemployment. Are you serious?” MP Tonny Ayo asked. The ministry officials led by the Permanent Secretary, Alfred Okot Okidi, had appeared before the Public Accounts Committee…
The president of the Republic of Uganda His Excellence Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has arrived in Cape Town, South Africa. The Fountain of Hounour is will be joining other leaders for the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa. The Forum’s theme (Shaping Inclusive Growth and Shared Futures in the Fourth Industrial Revolution), is timely. The World Economic Forum’s mission is to improve the state of the world, which has driven the design and development of the Annual Meeting objectives. The 2019 event will focus on the theme, ‘Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’.
Teachers across the country are lined up for a salary increment starting October 2019 after the Ministry of Public Service secured Shs 150 billion to honour an earlier government undertaking. Public Service minister, hon. Wilson Muruli Mukasa, said that his ministry was scheduled to meet with the members of the Uganda National Teachers Association (UNATU) and other unions over the development on Friday, 6 September 2019. “The meeting with the teachers and UNATU is to deliberate on ways to effect the salary enhancement which the unions have been demanding. UNATU has threatened industrial action claiming that government had failed to…
Mr. Bemanya Twebaze has been elected President of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Advisory Committee on Enforcement at its 14thsession WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement in Geneva, Switzerlandon September 2 2019. The Registrar General will beassisted by Ms.Elizabeth Jones of the UK IPO Copyright and Enforcement Directorate and Mr.RayMeloni, Director of Distinctive Signs of the National Institute for the Defense of Copyright and Intellectual Property of Peru. Mr. Twebaze formerly served as thePresident of Paris Union Assembly of WIPO. This election is a major milestone for Uganda and has come at a time when Uganda has enhanced protection and enforcement…