Tag Archives: Uganda

How popular sentiments have undermined our journalism and blinded our intellectuals from reality THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | It has become increasingly trendy and fashionable within certain sections of social media in Uganda to denounce President Yoweri Museveni. It does not matter what arguments one makes or …

What went wrong? Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | “This is a serious issue,” muttered Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile when he heard about at it. A plane chartered to transport new currency notes to Uganda from France had on April 27 landed at Entebbe Airport with cargo not …

  Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  Uganda ended a 41-year wait for an Africa Cup of Nations victory when they upset the Democratic Republic of Congo 2-0 Saturday in a Group A match in Cairo. The Cranes last won at the showcase of African football in March 1978, defeating Nigeria …

FT: Uganda 🇺🇬 2 (Kaddu)  DRC 🇨🇩 0 💠 IT’S OKWI & KADDU ✅ ✅!!!!! 💠 #Uganda 🇺🇬 2 DRC 🇨🇩 0 💠 Uganda’s first #AFCON win in 41 years 💠 Uganda top of the table 💠 Cranes debuts for Abdu Lumala & Bevis Mugabi Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda secured a …

Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda Cranes will be seeking their first win in 41 years at the Africa Cup of Nations finals when they take on neighbours DRC in their opening match. This is Cranes’ second straight return to the Nations Cup finals, having featured in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s exports earnings fell sharply in the month of April compared to March owing to a drop in gold exports and goods crossing to Rwanda, a Ministry of Finance filing shows. The May 2019 economy performance report shows that export earnings fell by 49.1% …

Uganda hosts Inaugural African Hepatitis Summit | To start producing first line drugs recommended for treating Hepatitis B. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will start testing all pregnant women and also produce first line drugs in its effort to eliminate Viral Hepatitis. This was revealed at the opening of …

The US$300 million property is already attracting top corporate clients Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The recently opened Kingdom Kampala Mall is already attracting top clients that consist of corporate companies, civil society organisations and government agencies and ministries, according to Prabhat Mishra, the General Manager at Crane Management …

It aims at putting citizens at the centre of its formulation, implementation Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | “The budget is no longer interesting to us. We no longer listen to it because it does not give information that we want as farmers. Many years ago, the minister would read …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man believed to be a high risk Ebola suspect is still missing, according to the World Health Organisation-WHO. The suspect is believed to have had contact with the three confirmed cases confirmed Ebola cases from the same family. Officials are not sure whether he returned …