Author: Johnson Thembo
The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), General David Muhoozi yesterday welcomed back 529 UPDF troops who were part of the fifth United Nation Guard Unit (UNGU V) in Somalia and another 1,406 troops of Uganda’s 25th Battle Group to Somalia. The function was held at the UPDF Peace Support Operations and Training Center (PSO-TC) in Nakaseke District. General Muhoozi commended the troops for raising the Ugandan flag high in the foreign missions from where they have just returned after serving for one year. He said Africa is still faced with many challenges that…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has challenged girls to enroll for technical courses such as welding saying that they have competitive advantage over men once they acquire such skills. Speaking during the second graduation ceremony of 174 students of Nawanyago Technical Institute in Kamuli district on Thursday, 15 August 2019, Kadaga was concerned that only one girl was graduating in welding. “I want parents to encourage their children and especially the girls that technical education is good,” said Kadaga. She also called on students to enroll in mechanics saying that due to shortage of skills in mechanical engineering, ferries…
MTN Uganda has announced a new Internet bundle promotion. Starting today, MTN customers who load daily internet bundles will receive a 100% bonus. The promotion dubbed ‘Dabolo’ will see MTN customers getting double the amount of data they buy every day.For example, a customer who buys 15MBs at UGX 250/- gets 30MBs, one who loads 100MBs at UGX1,000/- gets 200MBs and thosethat load 1GB at UGX 5,000/- get 2GBs for the same price. Both the purchased and bonus data are valid for 24 hours from the time of activation. To activate a daily data bundle, a customer simply dials *150*10#…
Former Mbarara district lawmaker Winnie Byanyima has been appointed the new Executive Director of UNAIDS. The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, appointed Ms Byanyima as the UNAIDS Executive Director and United Nations Under-Secretary-General following a comprehensive selection process that involved a search committee constituted by members of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board. The UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations made the final recommendation on the appointment to the Secretary-General. Ms Byanyima has more than 30 years of experience in political leadership, diplomacy and humanitarian engagement. “I am honoured to be joining UNAIDS as the Executive Director at such a…
The month of August has come a blessing for the famous academic Jimmy Mugerwa, the Country Director, Tullow Oil Uganda. Mugerwa was yesterday promoted and will be traveling to London in a couple of weeks to perform his duties from the head office in the United Kingdom. The veteran administrator has lived and worked in a number of countries and boasts over 25 years of experience in the Oil industry, sales, governance, operations, and marketing. A close colleague of Mugerwa stated that he (Mugerwa) is set for a higher managerial position with more responsibilities. Mugerwa’s transfer comes at a time…
The long awaited National Social Security Fund (NSSF) (amendment) bill, 2019 has been presented to the House for first reading. This was made this afternoon during Tuesday plenary by the Minster of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The Bill seeks to expand social security coverage by making contributions to the NSSF mandatory for all workers in the formal sector and also allowing workers in the formal & informal sectors to make voluntary contributions to the NSSF. In addition, the Bill seeks to enhance the spectrum of benefits available to workers and to improve management of their working conditions. It should…
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called on parents to support their children in school so as to groom a future generation that can take Uganda’s economy to an international scale. Kadaga emphasizes the need for youth to engage in practical skills throughout their academic lives, so as to be well grounded for the labor force. “We need to attach more value to our technical institutions because they give our children hands on skills, which protects them from the burden of unemployment because they can set up their own enterprises,” Kadaga says. The Speaker made the remarks while donating over…
Legislators have recommended an overhaul of the education curriculum, saying that the current one does not address the skills gap. The MPs made the call while responding to a statement by the Minister for Youth, Hon. Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, ahead of the International Youth Day slated for 12 August 2019. Nakiwala told the lawmakers that the Youth day celebrations would be held in Jinja district under the theme, ‘Transforming education for responsible citizenship and employment creation’. The MPs suggested that the current education system should move away from being examination based and instead focus more on skills. Hon. Spellanza…
President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to all people and organisations working to promote trade and investment in Uganda to put more efforts towards uplifting the 68% of Uganda’s population who are still living the subsistence way of life so that they join money economy. He said that failure to do that would tantamount to all the country’s efforts towards promotion of trade, investment and industrialisation, not yielding meaningful results. The President made the remarks this afternoon while closing the two-day West Nile Investment Symposium 2019 at Muni University in Arua City in West Nile Sub-Region. The symposium that run under…
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has said security personnel involved in alleged human rights violations will suffer the consequences of their own actions. Rugunda was responding to MP Robert Kyagulanyi (IND, Kyaddondo East), who said his supporters are suffering unexplained abductions and tortures, allegedly at the hands of security officials. MP Kyagulanyi singled out the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), which is the army’s intelligence arm, and the Col Frank Bagyenda – led Internal Security Organisation (ISO) as being behind the alleged abductions and tortures. “My question to the Prime Minister is why ISO, CMI and Military Police are taking over…