Former Uganda telecom Limited officially metamorphoses into UTCL, all staff to be retained Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Nov.18, Uganda telecom Limited ceased to exist officially as the old administration handed over the assets and businesses to the newly formed Uganda Telecommunications Corporation Limited (UTCL) in the presence …
Read More »NSSF stuck over ‘Orders from above’
MD Byarugaba joins list of government officials ‘stuck’ over Museveni directives Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | In September President Museveni launched a new housing estate constructed by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in Lubowa, outside Kampala. The $73m estate has 370 housing units and Museveni praised NSSF for …
Read More »Land broker in Mukono remanded over forgery
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A land broker in Mukono district has been remanded over forgery. It is alleged that Kiwanuka and others still at large in June 2021, with the intention to defraud forged the land sales agreement for land in Kyaggwe county belonging to the late Sarah Rosemary Mulira. …
Read More »Uganda ordered to pay $325m to DR Congo in war damages
The long awaited judgment found the two countries in similar circumstances that led to the case Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Twenty three years after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) instituted proceedings against Uganda on accounts of armed aggression, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), there has …
Read More »Uganda’s shadow state
Revealing the networks of people with power Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the April 30-07 issue of The Independent, Andrew Mwenda; in his column, wrote an article entitled “Paved with good intentions: How Western interventions in African affairs, even when well intentioned, produce bad results.” In that article, …
Read More »Centenary Bank appoints Balikuddembe Executive Director
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Centenary have finally filled the top job at the bank by appointing Joseph Kiwanuka Balikuddembe as Executive Director. It is a reunion for him, and Centenary Bank that are Uganda’s leading commercial microfinance bank, as he started his banking career with them. Balikuddembe brings to …
Read More »Museveni lawyer reacts on Kasango case ruling
Signs of Supreme Court appeal fight revealed Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A recent ruling of the Constitutional Court that it was unconstitutional for judges to be appointed to the Executive branch without first resigning their posts appears to have thrown a spanner in the workings of some government …
Read More »BACK TO SCHOOL: P1 return June 7, Senior 1 on April 12
📌 UGANDA 🇺🇬 BACK TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE ▶ P1, P2 & P3 – June 7 ▶ P4 & P5 – April 6 ▶ P6, S3 & S5 – March 1 ▶ S1 – April 12 ▶ S2 – May 31 ▶ Tech schools/Post Primary institutions – March ▶ Universities – March …
Read More »Michael Kiwanuka excited to win the 2020 Mercury Prize
London, UK | BBC | Singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka has won the 2020 Mercury Prize for his soul-searching third record, Kiwanuka. A lush, immersive album of politicised soul, it sees the star exploring themes of self-doubt, faith and civil rights. Released last November, Kiwanuka beat best-sellers like Dua Lipa’s Future …
Read More »Age-limit Bill scandal
#AGELIMIT: The 4 fights frustrating Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Finally, there was a proper fist fight in parliament on Sept.26 over lifting the 75-year constitutional age limit to allow President Yoweri Museveni to contest again in 2021. He will officially be 77 years old by then and …
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