In 2016 when she chaired a probe committee set up to investigate Dr Stella Nyanzi’s saga at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) Sharifah Buzeki did not mince her words as to what should be done to the controversial researcher. “Discipline her thoroughly,” she told other members. Her defiance (not to teach until Prof…
President Museveni has finally endorsed Sharifah Buzeki as the new executive director for Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). The president’s desision was confirmed by Faruk Kirunda, the deputy presidential press secretary, in a post on his X handle. Yesterday, we broke the story that Buzeki, the commissioner of Human Resource Management in the ministry of…
Sharifah Buzeki, the commissioner of Human Resource Management in the ministry of Public Service, has been recommended to become the next executive director of Kampala Capital City Authority, reliable sources have told Bbeg Media. We have been told that Buzeki, who was the only woman on the final shortlist for the job, emerged the best…
The festive season is a period of giving and to many…receiving. But for those of you planning to send mobile money to a friend or loved one this festive season, here is one simple rule: First, ask which line is “safe” or else the system will just chop off whatever you have sent and you…
Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Obeid Kamulegeya Lutale will have a more comfortable Christmas, food-wise, than millions of Ugandans roaming Kampala streets. This is largely in part because of the generosity of the People’s Front Freedom (PFF), a political platform he help co-found, which today drove to Luzira Prison with a pick-up full of…
For three years, Aravind Musunuru, the former managing director of Construction and Farm Equipment has been on the run. What is strange is that around the time Musunuru went missing, the company suspiciously lost money and spare parts from its stores. We have been told that billions of shillings disappeared from the company accounts under…
There is a video that lives rent free in my head. I have it saved in a folder on my TikTok. I did not stop at that. I downloaded that video and have it on my mobile phone. I did not stop at that. I uploaded that video on my Instagram profile because I want…
For more than ten years, some familiar names and faces have dominated political commentary and analysis on Uganda’s media landscape. Virtually, all are male. You all know them: Andrew Mwenda, Prof. Ogenga Latigo, Mwambutsya Ndebesa, Nicholas Opiyo, Godber Tumushabe, Edgar Tabaro, Ssemujju Nganda, Ofwono Opondo, Sarah Bireete, Dr. Sam Kazibwe, Charles Romushana and a few…
Let’s face it. 2024 has been a very challenging year for media organizations and journalists in Uganda. Advertisers have cut back on spending leaving many media houses in a poor financial state. Some can’t make the monthly payroll while others have closed shop. Generally, many media organizations are just hobbling to the 2024 finish line,…
