Kasolo hails Stanbic’s FlexiPay for boosting financial inclusion

The minister of state for Microfinance, Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune, has commended Stanbic Bank Uganda for its innovative FlexiPay platform, saying it has significantly advanced the country’s financial inclusion agenda. Speaking during the 3rd National Microfinance and Savings Group Conference at Hotel Africana, Kasolo said FlexiPay has become a key driver in bridging the gap between…

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The quiet emergence of AG Kiwanuka as a powerful broker and why he could be the next CJ

When Gen Kahinda Otafiire, the minister of Internal Affairs, ranted about the growing cases of injustice and the need to stop them at the inaugural Sam Kalega Njuba Memorial Lecture, many people read different things. Predictably, most people praised Otafiire on social media for his boldness and willingness to say things that many senior NRM…

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Ssekandi, Bukenya endorse minister Kasolo to unseat Kiwanda as NRM vice chair for Buganda

Former vice presidents Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi and Prof Gilbert Bukenya yesterday formally endorsed minister Haruna Kasolo’s bid to become the vice chairperson for the Central Region (Buganda) in the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The two big shots accompanied Kasolo for his nomination at the NRM electoral commission offices and spoke glowingly of the minister of…

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