SERENA HOTEL, KAMPALADistinguished GuestsLadies and GentlemenGood Evening I am very pleased to be here with you this evening at the PACESETTERS AWARDS CEREMONY – Industry Leadership Recognition Program 2022. This event recognizes industry leaders for their innovation, quality products, services, creating jobs, leadership by example, growing the economy and transforming the society.I congratulate the organizers…
By Our Correspondent. A demonstration was organised in front of the European Commission in Brussels on December 13th, 2022 by several European organisations in solidarity with the people of Iran .This follows executions of the two young protestors and iran protests after the death of Mahsa Amini and in parallel with the European Union summit….
By Dorothy Nekesa. Team Uganda lost to Kenya 0-6 in the return leg of the 2022 Africa Zone Series at Legends Rugby grounds yesterday The tie was the 5th edition for the American Football Africa Zone Series held at Legends in Kampala. This outing is a championship that started 4 years in which Uganda played…
By Our Correspondent. A conference organised in the Italian Senate on November 29th, 2022 titled “Iran protests :is it the beginning of the fall of the regime ” ,by EPP group in the European Union (EU) parliament and head of Forza italia Mep Martusciello together with MPs Rubano and Patriarca among many others who showed…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. A section of legislators are concerned about the closed police stations and now want them reinstated in bid to curb the high crime rate in the country.The MPs including Kiboko North, Dr Musa Noah told journalists that closing the police stations was uncalled for because the country is in a situation…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. He may have lost his fifth attempt at the presidency on August 9 2022, one of the biggest political setbacks in recent history, but ODM leader Raila Odinga says he is not retiring yet and is ready to take on President William Ruto.There have been quiet murmurs in Luo Nyanza…
By Erick Matovu. Activists that defend workers; rights are accusing Uganda government for remaining silent while workers were being exploited, tortured and deported from the Middle East countries.National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) Informal Sector Representation and Uganda Markets and Allied Workers Union Deputy General Secretary Ms Jesca Mwijuka accused government of procrastination.“Uganda government has…
By Our Reporter. To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), with technical support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), has today released a damning report that exposes the depth of impunity and crimes committed against journalists, while calling on the Federal Government of…
By Our Reporter. Former Presidential candidate and pro-democracy icon and peace maker, Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere passed on November 18, 2022 aged 90. Ssemogerere who had been unwell for a long time died at his home in Rubaga Division in Kampala, according to his family. He was aged 90.The former Democratic Party (DP) President-General’s young brother,…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. East Africa’s fastest growing commercial bank and Africa’s most digitized roared away by June 2022 to net profits of 55.4 percent to Ksh11.5 billion on strong growth in customer lending and payment charges.The jump from Sh7.4 billion in a similar period last year was propped by an 11.8 percent growth…