When you think of Ambassador Fukuzawa, it is hard not to think of a unique blend of humility and humor. He is the master of defusing tense situations with a well-timed, pokerfaced joke. If you have had the privilege of meeting out-going Japanese Ambassador to Uganda, Fukuzawa Hidemoto during his impactful three-and-a-half-year tenure in Uganda…
In 2021 government through it’s relevant agencies embarked on the process to open up the boundaries of Bugoma Forest Reserve. Thats is when hell broke loose. Initially the 22 squre mile forest reserve covered the two districts of Kikuube and Hoima with 41,142 hectares of land as gazetted in 1932. Currently, the destruction of Bugoma…
The leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has insisted that Mathias Mpuuga must refund the Shs 500 million he irregularly received from Parliament or tougher actions may be taken. Addressing the media at Kavule, Kyagulanyi said he had chaired the meeting that made the decision. “In that meeting Mpuuga…
Mathias Mpuuga, the former Leader of Opposition, has dismissed calls to resign after his party, the National Unity Platform (NUP) asked him to sptep down following revelations that he irregularly pocketed Shs 500 million from Parliament. In a slap in the face, Mpuuga said there was a well orchestrated funded plan to destroy him politically…
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has asked the former Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga to step down as parliamentary commissioner with immediate effect after he admitted to irregularly pocketing Shs 500 million from Parliament. The payment came to light during a campaign to expose rot in Parliament codenamed: #UgandaParliamentExhibition. It was paid as a ‘thank…
Shamim Nayiga has joined NTV from UBC. For close to two years, Nayiga has anchored the UBC Leero, Luganda news bulletin. We have been told that at NTV, she will be anchoring Akawungeezi from Monday to Thursday. Since Faridah Nakazibwe left the Serena Conference Hall based TV station, NTV has been looking for her replacement….
Former Vice President Prof Gilbert Bukenya has been appointed Senior Presidential Advisor on Environment and Sanitation. According to a press release from the Presidential Press Unit, President Museveni appointed his former deputy in the new role, 13 years after he dropped him from cabinet. Bukenya was VP from 2003 to 2011. After he was dropped…
Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (WSACCO) has cautioned its members against taking loans they have not planned for saying this will lead them into further ruin. Thd caution was sounded during a two-day pre-annual General Meeting (AGM) workshop at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs Headquarters, Mbuya. During the opening of the workshop,…
The Observer Media Limited, publishers of The Observer newspaper, has shifted its offices from Plot 1 Tagore Crescent in Kamwokya to Dale Johnson Road, Kira Road. They are now located between Rubis Petrol Station in Kamwokya and Kira Road Police Station. Sources told us that the shift was triggered by an unbearable increase in monthly…
As journalists, some became famous for their critical but objective coverage of excesses of public institutions. Along the way and in pursuit of better lives, some of them joined the very institutions they often critiqued. In worst case scenarios, a few have become avid defenders of the institutions they used to unsparingly cover and have…
