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Crane Bank Opens 28th Branch
Crane bank last week opened its 28th branch at Entebbe airport, and immediately announced plans to fly its services abroad, with a fully-owned subsidiary in Rwanda and operations in DR Congo (DRC) and South Sudan. These plans particularly pleased Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, who said: "This is a clear demonstration that the bank has a strategic vision, which is ...
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UPDF Now Seeks to Unseat MP Sejusa
Under-fire Gen David Sejusa is fighting to retain his seat in Parliament following reports that the army is planning to declare him a deserter and effectively unseat him, The Observer has learnt. Sejusa's lawyers say they have information to the effect that the army's High Command, set to convene soon, is likely to make that move, among others. Gen Sejusa, aka Tinyefuza is holed up in ...
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NRM Regime Losing Control - Gen Muntu
FDC President Mugisha Muntu has said the latest government crackdown on the independent media sends the unmistakable signal of a desperate regime which is losing control. "Because of the accumulation of errors, the [intimidation] methods that have served them are coming to an end. You can see MPs not easily giving in to the manipulation within the party. It is now filtering into state ...
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Five Ugandan Youth to Attend Women Deliver 2013
Five Ugandan youth are among 100 youth leaders from all over the world selected to attend Women Deliver 2013, a global conference that will bring together over 5,000 leaders, experts and advocated from 160 countries in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia next week. Women Deliver is the decade's largest global conference focusing on girls' and women's health and empowerment. The conference ...
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Promotion of Small Power Plants Over Big Power Plants Better for Uganda
On May 21, 2013, the new vision news paper carried a story entitled "focus shifts to small power plants as fate of Karuma remains uncertain". First, we thank the Government for taking the initiative and deciding well on what is good for our electricity sector and our country at large. Small-scale micro hydro power is both an efficient and reliable form of energy most of the time. It ...
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Butebo - Nrm Wants Rebel Aspirant Out
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC), challenging the candidature of Lt. Richard Oseku, who was nominated as an independent candidate in the Butebo parliamentary byelection. Oseku was defeated in the NRM party primaries by Dr. Patrick Mutono. The Butebo MP seat fell vacant, following the death of Dr. Stephen Mallinga, the former disaster ...
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Muhakanizi Is New Secretary to Treasury
Keith Muhakanizi has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Finance, while Patrick Ocailap becomes his deputy. Ocailap has been director of Budget, while Muhakanizi was deputy to the outgone Permanent Secretary Chris Kassami. The appointments come less than two weeks after the long-serving Kassami, retired after more than three decades in public service. Asked about ...
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Nordics in Uganda Mark National Day Together
The Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. They have a combined population of approximately 25 million people with a collective GDP of $1.6 trillion, which makes the per capita income amongst the highest in the world. The five nations share much common history as well as a profound respect for human rights, good governance and economic equality as the pillars of their ...
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No Tax Holidays for Investors Under EAC
The Government will not offer tax holidays to firms seeking to invest in Uganda as the country joins the rest of East African countries in harmonising taxes in the region. The state minister for the East African Community, Shem Bageine, said because of the harmonisation of taxes across the region, the Government cannot offer tax holidays as it will be accused of discrimination. ...
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Kasese Flood Victims Need 11 Million Litres of Water
The Uganda Red Cross Society has said Kasese flood victims need up to 11 million litres of safe water if disease is to be avoided, amid fears of a cholera outbreak. Heavy rains that resulted into floods at the beginning of this month destroyed all toilet facilities and this has since affected water sources. Dr. Bildard Baguma, the under secretary general, Uganda Red Cross Society said any ...
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MPs Clash Over Kampala Authority Report
Attempts to resolve an impasse over the authenticity of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) report seems to be heading for a dead-end as MPs engage in acrimonious verbal exchanges. The meeting on Wednesday by MPs on the Public Service and Local Government committee of parliament ordered by Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, after questions about the authenticity of KCCA report caused the ...
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Local Government Officials Lack Tax Collection Skills
Most local government personnel involved in revenue collections lack the necessary skills needed for effective revenue collection, a senior government official has disclosed. Johnson Gumisiriza the senior economist in the Local Government Commission noted that a recent study conducted in several districts across the country had unearthed a lot of "mess" in the revenue collection ...
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Nandyose Follows Up Her Students Up to University
It is rare to find primary school teachers who follow their pupils' academic performance until they join university and other institutions of higher learning. Betty Nandyose, 56, makes sure that she knows the institution her former pupils are in and the courses they are doing. The pupils who went through Nandyose's Basiima Nursery and Primary School in Mukono Central Division return ...
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Enabu Hungry for More Success
City Oil v Vegetarians 8:30pm AFTER City Oil's 75-65 win against last year's finalists and six times champions Falcons, point guard Jimmy Enabu believes his side has to look at it as a stepping stone to bigger things. The Oil boys last Friday. "All we need is to dream big, the Falcons win was good but we have more games ahead and we have to win plenty of them. If we continue ...
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Medical Stores Filled With Unclaimed Drugs
FOR how long will people continue to die due to the shortage of drugs when National Medical Stores (NMS) is stocked with medicine? Why has it taken long for the Government to find the missing link? These are the questions officials from Pan African Movement -Uganda Chapter asked after establishing that NMS warehouses are teeming with drugs. The officials were shocked to hear from NMS general ...
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Katikiro Mayiga Chairs His First Cabinet Meeting
The Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga convened his first cabinet meeting to discuss how affairs of the kingdom will be managed during his term. The Kabaka appointed the former minister of information, Peter Mayiga as the new Katikiro following the retirement of Eng JB Walusimbi. The meeting which was closed from journalists was attended by 16 cabinet ministers and four state ministers ...
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Jinja Police Arrest Leader of Ironbar Hitmen
Jinja - The alleged ringleader of ironbar hitmen in Bugembe Town Council in Jinja district is now in police custody, following days of hot pursuit for him. JumaWanjalawas hunted down with his three allies, namely, Dawson Baite, Twahir Kanakulya and Derrick Ssebagala from Budhumbuli ward area in Bugembe town council on Wednesday and immediately arrested. According to Patrick Nuwagaba, the ...
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Museveni Meets Chinese Energy Investors
Rwakitura - President Yoweri Museveni met and held discussions with Chinese investors from the China Gezhouba Group Corporation based in Beijing, China on Tuesday. The group, led by the board member Mr. Yang Yisheng, called on the president at his country home in Rwakitura, Kiruhura district. Museveni said his government is committed to developing adequate and affordable energy for industrial ...
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Water Shortage Hits 3000 Mbarara Homes
Mbarara - Residents of Mbarara town and Kaberebere in Isingiro district have been short of water since Saturday following a technical fault on the water pump at Ruharo main water station. Now the over 3000 affected homes which do not have reserve tanks in place, and hotels in the area are collecting water from River Rwizi during daytime. The area National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) ...
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MentorMob Is Making a Difference In the U.S. And Uganda Join Us To Be Inspired
MentorMob have found a model for improving online education for everyone and at the same time they're working to rescue victims of trafficking and abuse in Uganda through ...
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Monitor Red Pepper Not Closed - Govt
Internal affairs minister Hillary Onek has clarified that the Government did not close down Red Pepper, the Daily Monitor, Kfm and Dembe FM, but only asked to halt operations as the Police search for the letter authored by Gen. David Sejusa. Delivering a statement to parliament yesterday, Onek said the search will go on until the letter and other documents relating to it are found. Onek told ...
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Govt Launches National Transport Master Plan
A National Transport Master Plan including that for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) has been launched. The plan is to set out a framework for development of the transport sector for over 15 years. State Minister for works John Byabagambi noted that the plan constitutes an essential element for overall planning for the transport sector in the medium-term to foster economic and social ...
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Who Is Killing Mobile Money Agents
Mobile money agents have become victims of organised attacks from thugs who are now targeting the booming business, write Charles Etukuri and Simon Masaba Business was booming for 33-year-old Kaita Kitanda, an airtime and mobile money agent, who was operating a series of shops around Kampala. He had made it a tradition to collect all the money from the shops every Saturday and after counting ...
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Uganda Uganda Police Holding Our Newspapers - Rwandan Publishers
Police's continued closure of Daily Monitor and Red Pepper is not only affecting Ugandans but has now crossed the borders into Rwanda, The Observer has learnt. Two Rwandan Kinyarwanda newspapers, Rushyashya and Impamo, which print from Monitor Publications, claim that their already printed copies are part of the documents that police won't let go out of the premises. "I am very ...
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Uganda Stromme Foundation Helping Communities Out of Poverty
recently chose this important tool to symbolize their movetowards greater heights in their activities to improve the lives of the poor in Uganda. "We build ladders. Unique, very special ladders. On these ladders people climb to a better life," says the foundation's management in a report. " As a development organisation whose goal is to eradicate poverty, the ladders are the ...
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