Uganda’s private sector and business environment continued to improve albeit slowly in October according to the latest Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data. The index value for October was 52.9, slightly down from September’s 54.2, yet still indicating positive growth in business conditions. According to the data collected between October 10 and 29, 2024, the…
Just when many people thought that the television industry in Uganda was saturated, Galaxy TV appears to have gained a significant foothold, especially among the urban youth. Visit any trading centre on the outskirts of Kampala or Wakiso and chances are that the salons, boutiques and other small businesses will be tuned into Galaxy TV….
Dorothy Kisaka and her deputy David Luyimbazi have been granted bail by the Kasangati Magistrates Court. The former KCCA leaders have spent more than two weeks in detention since they were charged with manslaughter. Also granted bail is Dr Daniel Okello, the former director of Public Health at the authority. The trio was granted a…
They boast a wealth of experience and knowledge having served in senior management roles in their previous work stations. Yet wherever they have worked, they have been embroiled in one controversy or another. On the surface, some of these people may be amiable, persuasive, and innovative but their exit from the organizations/institutions they worked for…
Dr Aminah Zawedde, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry of ICT and National Guidance is simple on the eye. That is why when some people meet her, they can easily conclude that she can be bullied. Yet deep down, she is a fighter and unyielding especially when it comes to issues of accountability. Over the…
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…
On May 3, 2011 with the country still reeling from the Dr Kizza Besigye-instigated walk-to-work protests, Robert Kabushenga, then chief executive officer of Vision Group was interviewed by BBC’s Akwasa Sarpong for his take. This is what he said: “What has happened on our part is that Mr. Besigye did promise during the campaigns that…
In 2015, Barnabas Ndawula joined the Buganda Land Board (BLB) as the head of the legal department. He hit the ground running. He was very active in helping some of the land cases that had bedeviled the board. “He was jolly and likeable but he also usually kept to himself,” said one person who has…
More than 200 days after Joel Ssenyonyi was appointed leader of the opposition, he has failed to galvanize opposition members in Parliament with many MPs openly rebelling against him. At 37 years, Ssenyonyi is the second youngest politician to become leader of opposition in Uganda’s political history after Basil Bataringaya who occupied the position in…
The Bataka (clan heads) who travelled to Namibia to visit Kabaka Mutebi have become the latest pawns in President Museveni’s power play with Mengo. In a letter to the minister of Foreign Affairs last week following the preventive arrest of the Bataka in South Africa, Museveni said: “We are not aware and nor are we…
