Author: Johnson Thembo
Stanbic Bank has today awarded graduation certificates to 420 entrepreneurs from 119 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through its business incubator. This is the second cohort to graduate since the incubator was launched earlier this year. Cohort one saw 94 entrepreneurs from 34 businesses graduate; therefore making a 2018 total of 153 SME companies and 514 entrepreneurs. Speaking during the graduation ceremony, Stanbic Head of Enterprise Development Tony Otoa said, “This facility is purposed to equip Ugandan SMEs with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding of the requisite standards required to successfully participate in the Oil and Gas sector, and…
Celebrated singer Edrisa Musuza aka Eddy kenzo has praised Airtel Uganda for uplifting and elevating his music career. Speaking during the 10 year anniversary concert press conference held at Serena Hotel, Kenzo noted that his path has been filled with success but it has come with bumps but extolled Airtel for all the support they have extended to him since 2010. “As I celebrate 10 years of my musical career, my path has been filled with success but it has come with bumps. I would like to thank Airtel for all the support they have given me since 2010.” Kenzo…
President Museveni has challenged cultural leaders to sit down and weigh some of the merits and demerits of cultural practices like wife inheritance and drinking alcohol. Museveni was speaking as Chief Guest during 5th Teso Heritage Day celebrations at Boma grounds in Kumi District. The celebrations ran under the theme ‘Unity is the Key to Develop-ment’. He noted that this do not mean that they should away traditions, but focus on those practices that bring around unity and development. “I do not want you to throw away the traditions because many of them are good. You Itesots like ‘Ajono’ (local brew) because…
Makindye West Member of Parliament Hon. Allan Ssewanyana has also joined the team that has wished wished the KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi a happy retirement. Speaking during the meeting held at Parliament, Ssewanyana had no kind words for Musisi’s service for what he called shabby works and corruption. “I thank the Executive Director for serving for the seven and a half years; it is not easy; I thank you and wish you well where you are going to retire from,” said Ssewanyana. “They [KCCA] have selected a few roads and put on PowerPoint for Parliament to see but when…
President Yoweri Museveni has said how he doesn’t need sensitization or lectures to understand that doctors need a better pay. Speaking while adding the Uganda Medical association last night during their dinner, Museveni pledged to continue improving their working conditions as the country targets to have over than 80,000 medical workers. He revealed that the country currently has only 7000 who are not enough to deliver quality services to a Ugandans. Museveni asked doctors to put more focus on disease prevention if the cost of treating Ugandans is to reduce. He added that he understands how they need a better…
President Museveni was on Saturday the chief guest at a thanksgiving ceremony for the Deputy Chief Justice, Alphonse Owinyi Dollo, at Patongo Akwee Primary School grounds in Agago District. Speaking to the hundreds, he said that as we celebrate the elevation of Judge Alphonse Owinyi Dollo. This elevation is the result of the new dispensation that came after 1986. “When we came into leadership, our ambition was to make Uganda democratic through regular elections and make the ascension to leadership in public service founded on merit. Therefore, state leadership was to be through these elections (political) while technocratic leadership, should…
Teefe Trust Bank may have been closed 25 years ago but an unconcluded court case has prevented the Central Bank from fully winding up the institution. The Central Bank closed Teefe Trust Bank in 1993 over insider lending and accumulation of bad debt to the point that it could not effectively operate. Bank of Uganda officials led by Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile told the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities State Enterprises (COSASE) that winding up of Teefe Bank has been delayed by the case against the Central Bank. The officials appeared before the Committee chaired by Bugweri MP Hon. Abdu Katuntu…
Members of Parliament have this afternoon praised the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga for opposing the the motion about LGBT Community. Speaking during Plenary, Hon. Nsaba Buturo said it should be resolved that Parliament urges gov’t to identify and deal firmly with NGOs which serve as the main conduit for dissemination and promotion of homosexuality and other decadent practices in Uganda. He also urged all Ugandans to wholly remain firm in defense of our values and opposition to foreign sexual practices such as homosexuality. “Madam Speaker, this is not the first time you have engaged in these battles. Every time you have…
500 Ugandan villages across the country have been connected to the digital satellite television. This is in a bid to widen the digital migration coverage and also increase access to information and knowledge for the rural poor. The project dubbed Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages, is funded by the government of China and implemented through the Ministry of ICT and national guidance. The project, is mong 10 major cooperation programs to boost cooperation between China and Africa in a period of 3 years. Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages is a China-Africa Cooperation project which…
The Appellate Division of The East African Court of Justice has on Tuesday 13th Nov, 2018 consolidated two Applications filed by the Attorney (A.G) of Uganda and the Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) together with 19 other Organizations. The A.G filed an Application seeking Leave of Court to file a Notice of Appeal out of time whereas MLDI and 19 other Organizations through the Pan African Lawyers filed another Application seeking to have the Attorney General’s Application struck out. The Court bench of Justices Liboire Nkurunziza, Aaron Ringa and Geoffrey Kiryabwire ordered the consolidation of both Applications after the A.G represented…