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…
In a ruling that could trigger a flood of suits, the High Court in Mbarara has today ordered a Total fuel station to pay a client Shs 104 million after the pump attendant filled his Range Rover with petrol instead of diesel. The complainant, Dr. Vincent Owarwo sued the petrol station seeking special and general…
Generation Seven, a pressure group affiliated to the NRM, has urged youth not to attend the planned March2Parliament scheduled for July 23. Police, too, warned that they will not entertain the demo organized by youth activists to highlight misuse of public resources by Parliament and other institutions. Addressing the media today, Stephen Mukasa, the coordinator…
President Museveni has launched Lake Victoria Logistics, a company aiming at reducing the cost of transporting fuel in Uganda. Lake Victoria Logistics was founded in May 2015 as Mahathi Infra Uganda with a vision to change the petroleum logistics for Uganda and other landlocked countries like Rwanda, Burundi and DRC that get their oil through…
Catherine Poran has been appointed as chief executive of Stanbic Business Incubator, replacing Tony Otoa who left four months ago to take up the role of Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC). Poran’s appointment took effect on July 1, 2024, 2024. According to a statement from the bank Poran “brings…
The Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Geraldine Ssali has been arrested and transferred to Anti-Corruption Court for causing financial loss and conspiring with MPs to steal cooperatives’ cash. A shell shocked Ssali today sat in the dock with MPs Michael Mawanda, Ignatius Wamakuyu, Peter Akamba and other ministry of trade…
Eight victims of police brutality have taken legal action against 10 police officers and government for violation of human rights consisting of illegal arrests, detentions and others. They are part of over 192 human rights defenders including youth, students, civil society groups, oil affected communities, and others involved in campaigns with efforts to promote human…
Retired Supreme Court judge, Prof George Kanyeihamba has said Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, still has a lot to learn if he is to lead Uganda. Speaking to Digitalk TV, an online media platform, Kanyeihamba, who is now confined to a wheel chair, said although he had endorsed Kyagulanyi’s presidential bid in 2021, he had…
Heifer International has launched the third edition of the AYuTe Africa Challenge-Uganda which gives grants innovators to scale up their inventions. The initiative seeks to empower young entrepreneurs to revolutionize the agricultural sector across the African continent, has served as a catalyst for innovation, economic resilience, and agri-tech advancement since its inception in 2021. Heifer…
Uganda has more than 300 licensed radio stations, a vast majority of which are in peri-urban areas. Yet not many of them are profitable. Radio stations, especially in rural areas, struggle to get advertising revenues even when they could have a robust listenership. Some of them might have exciting, engaging and educative programming but they…
