Matthew Bukenya, who served as secretary of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) for nearly 20 years and remade its image, is dead. UNEB, in a statement said Bukenya died on Sunday night. It did not reveal the cause of his death. Bukenya was believed to be in his late 80s or early 90s. A…
For decades Masaka has been known as the land of Nsenene (edible grasshoppers). This is starting to change. Many people in the central Uganda district are now minting money by rearing crickets. It is done throughout the year and the capital to start the business is low. Crickets are small to medium-sized insects with mostly…
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 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…
When NBS TV tried to prize William Kato away from NTV in 2017, its chief executive officer, Kin Kariisa made him an offer few journalists in Uganda would turn down. He told Kato he would pay him at least Shs 7 million as monthly salary with several benefits. Kariisa’s pitch to Kato was simple: “Make…
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…
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to computer systems capable of performing complex tasks that historically only a human could do, such as reasoning, making decisions, or solving problems. In simple terms, computer science that designs machines advanced enough to perform tasks that in the past required human intelligence to achieve. AI won’t replace humans, but people…
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…
