A number of employees under the Nation Media Group’s Dembe FM are now jobless following a decision by their employer to scrap off all on-air programs until further notice. The move aims to align the station with current media trends. All on-air presenters have been laid off, and the station plans to return in January […]
Centenary Group, the parent company to the leading commercial microfinance bank in Uganda, Centenary Bank, on Saturday celebrated its 40th anniversary with a lavish event to commemorate its four-decade impact on the Ugandan financial sector. Having transformed from a small credit trust in 1983, Centenary Group stands as one of a few financial giants in […]
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is calling upon all Edible Insects (Nseenene) dealers to seek UNBS certification to ensure safety of their products for public consumption. Sylvia Kirabo, the Principal public Relations Officer says this is in line with the UNBS mandate of developing, promoting and enforcing standards in protection of public health […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday met a group of investors from Strand Hanson Limited, a London based company at State House – Entebbe. During the meeting, the President accepted their proposal of mining lithium in Ntungamo district that shall be used to locally manufacture electric car batteries. He went ahead to inform the investors […]
At least sh740m is saved annually by the Uganda Police Force through making its own uniforms. Irene Ameri Kimara, the Acting Deputy Director of logistics and engineering said ever since police started making their own uniforms, the money it saves has been tremendously increasing. Kimara in a brief to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated the need for the East African Community (EAC) integration. According to the President, it’s important for East Africans, especially young people to know why integration is very critical for the region. “There are three reasons; number one is do you want prosperity or not? If you say you don’t want […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appealed to the government of the People’s Republic of China to open their market more for finished goods. “I would like to encourage China to open their market more for processed coffee and other products, not only raw materials,” he urged. President Museveni made the remarks on Wednesday November […]
“I’m glad that this forum is coming up. Let’s help ourselves with corruption because there are a lot of government people asking for bribes from investors. They are delaying investment,” Museveni said. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the government will continue protecting local manufacturers from unfair competition with their foreign counterparts. “Protection of […]
Following Uganda’s decision to bypass Kenyan oil middlemen and import fuel directly into the country, leading Kenyan politician Raila Odinga has come out with a statement that has several serious allegations, that is run in full below. ******* STATEMENT BY THE RT. HON. RAILA ODINGA ON THE KENYA OIL DEAL, NOVEMBER 16, 2023: Dear Kenyans […]
Because he was always open to his fellow teachers and the school administrators, even when he started the school in the same cell of Namilyango, his former employers did not take it as a big deal, they also rendered him support. Starting a business like a school is one of the hard tasks, but maintaining […]
