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…
For eight days, the trial of the murder of Kampala businessman Henry Katanga. The case is before Justice Isaac Muwata. Prosecution team is led by Samali Wakooli and comprises state attorneys Jonathan Muwaganya and Anna Kiiza. The defence team comprises Peter Kabatsi, Jet Tumwebaze, Bruce Musinguzi Elison Karuhanga and MacDosman Kabega. Prosecution alleges that Molly…
Employees at Next Media are on tenterhooks after senior managers told them they risk losing their jobs for allegedly leaking internal information to Bbeg Media. Sources at Naguru have told Bbeg Media that over the last three days, management has held two meetings, concerned that key internal decisions are being leaked to the news website,…
Yesterday, President Museveni officially opened the Public Service Leaders’ Introspection Retreat at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi. The 7-day retreat which is running under the theme: “Answering the Citizens’ Call: Improved Service Delivery for Socio-Economic Transformation”, is being attended by Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and the members of the NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC)….
At 81 members, Uganda has one of the largest cabinets in the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that there are ministers who many people would not positively identify from a crowd. Some of these, interestingly, have been in cabinet for more than five years but the majority have not yet made three years. Here…
Businessman Hamis Kiggundu would probably not have gotten the deal to redevelop Nakivubo Stadium had Pastor Robert Kayanja not connected him to Gen Salim Saleh, President Museveni’s influential brother. Kayanja revealed this while preaching before a congregation at his Rubaga Miracle Centre recently. He said he found Kiggundu stranded at Serene Suites in Mutundwe, where Saleh…
