Samson Kasumba loves NBS TV but does it love him back?
Samson Kasumba’s love for NBS TV and it’s owner, Kin Kariisa, is well documented. In…
Samson Kasumba loves NBS TV but does it love him back?
Samson Kasumba’s love for NBS TV and it’s owner, Kin Kariisa, is well documented. In the wake of his two-week suspension after posts pouring cold water on the march to Parliament, a reader wrote, surprised by the decision: “I thought Kasumba owned shares in NBS TV. How can he be suspended?” That question must have…
Stanbic Bank has donated Shs 18 million to Bishop Dunstan Secondary School, Kalangala
Stanbic Bank has donated Shs 18 million to Bishop Dunstan Secondary School in Kalangala. The donation includes 50 modern classroom desks valued at Shs 12.5M and 250 reusable sanitary pads worth Shs 5.5m. The support is part of the Stanbic Corporate Social Investment initiatives aimed at improving the learning environment and promoting menstrual hygiene for…
Museveni, Standard Chartered Bank officials discuss project financing
President Museveni has thanked Standard Chartered Bank for supporting imfrastructure development in the country. Museveni, swhile meeting top officials from the bank at State House Entebbe said the bank should now concentrate on financing wealth creation because it will expand production. “If you make a road or Standard Gauge Railway but do not have enough…
“He embarrassed our profession”, lawyers speak out on Ndawula for impersonating Kabaka
Two city lawyers have come out and condemned Barnabas Ndawula, a fellow advocate, for impersonating the Kabaka in a land case. In 2019, it was discovered that Ndawula, while working as the head of the legal department at Buganda Land Board signed a consent judgment as “Kabaka” in a land case. According to the case,…
Samson Kasumba suspended over tweets on march to Parliament
Next Media has suspended its senior news anchor Samson Kasumba, following his posts on X warning young people not to participate in yesterday’s demo, sources have told us. Reliable sources at Naguru told us Kasumba was suspended after a top management meeting yesterday decided that his posts on the demo had breached the Next Media’s…
Singer Azawi ‘mysteriously’ deletes posts critical of government
After days of huffing and puffing, Priscilla Zawedde, commonly known as Azawi, has deleted her social media posts that were critical of government’s handling of today’s protests. In recent days, Azawi had taken social media by storm, urging young people to participate in the March to Parliament today. She has also condemned the high-handedness of…
Parliament demo: Daily Monitor notices the chaos but New Vision only sees calm
As the march to Parliament gained momentum today, two of the leading media houses, Daily Monitor and New Vision offered differing narratives of what was transpiring on the ground. For an outsider or someone outside the city following the events on The Daily Monitor social media handles, the impression one gets is of running battles…
Security seals off city as March to Parliament kicks off to lukewarm start
Today’s March to Parliament demo kicked off in a lukewarm style after security operatives arrested several suspected ring leaders and deployed heavily to scare would be protestors. In the city centre and downtown, there was heavy security presence. Military police personnel were seen patrolling the streets armed with guns and batons. Heavy military vehicles like…
NBS TV’s Samson Kasumba tells youth not to risk their lives marching to Parliament
Samson Kasumba, a senior news anchor at NBS TV and a social media rabble-rouser, has told young people intending to march to Parliament tomorrow to do so at their risk. Youths are planning to demonstrate outside Parliament to express their displeasure about the high levels of corruption and misuse of public resources. Whereas the Constitution…
Matthew Bukenya, who reshaped UNEB, is dead
Matthew Bukenya, who served as secretary of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) for nearly 20 years and remade its image, is dead. UNEB, in a statement said Bukenya died on Sunday night. It did not reveal the cause of his death. Bukenya was believed to be in his late 80s or early 90s. A…