Vice President Jessica Alupo has expressed her gratitude to Stanbic Bank for its unwavering commitment to driving economic growth and transforming communities across Uganda. She was speaking during an event over the weekend in which the bank donated medical equipment worth Shs 35 million to Katakwi General Hospital in Teso sub-region. Alupo said the donation…
Kampala Central Mayor Salim Uhuru has today presided over a function where several individuals vying for the various elective positions in Kampala on the NRM ticket have been unveiled. The function, attended by hundreds of people, took place at the Railways Grounds in Kampala. Uhuru said they had decided to start mobilization early so that…
Running a media organization in Uganda can be quite challenging. Shrinking advertising revenues and the bleak economic environment mean that most media organizations must tread carefully. They must please a few people and organizations who pull the purse strings hoping to make some money. That is why many media organizations will not dare write critical…
More than 100 Ugandans are stranded in jails and detention centres in Saudi Arabia, Bbeg Media can reveal. The majority of these were recruited by licensed companies in Uganda and once their contracts expired, they were expected to come back. However, many remained there until the law caught up with them. A relative of one…
Over the last 14 years, one particular allegation has hang over Pastor Robert Kayanja’s head like the sword of Damocles: the claim that he sodomizes young men. The head of Rubaga Miracle Centre has always vehemently denied the charge and in virtually all instances, he has emerged victorious. But the key question remains: Why always…
History is not made by a single man or woman. The story of it though can be. The story remains long after the actors are gone. To thrill us. To make us remember. But what do we actually remember? This is what 27 Guns is about. One of the directors Natasha Museveni Karugire stated as…
At least 281 MPs on Tuesday voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Speaker Moses Wetangula called the vote after only 44 of the required 117 MPs voted to save the DP. The vote followed a protracted debate as the motion movers and opposers battled. With the vote, the motion now moves to the Senate,…
The tabloid, Red Pepper, could hurt the feelings of some people thanks to its unforgiving exposes but it laid the foundation for today’s rapidly changing online media news landscape. See, many of the online news portals today were started by former Red Pepper employees. Why was this the case? Several reasons. First, there was no…
First it was Robert Kabushenga the then CEO of Vision Group whose paper ran a story that Mengo had mortgaged the Bulange land title to former Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa. After the backlash generated by the story, Kabushenga went to Mengo and mended fences with Buganda. Years later, the Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo rushed…
Stanbic Bank has donated an assortment of items worth Shs 16 million to the Wakiso-based Gem Foundation, a non-profit organization providing a safe haven for abandoned, neglected, and abused children with special needs. The items include medical supplies and foodstuffs dedicated to enhance the welfare of vulnerable children in Uganda. For the last three years,…
