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Police bursts racket making counterfeit currency from Kenya

Police bursts racket making counterfeit currency from Kenya

The Uganda Police working with its counterparts in Kenya are on a hunt for a racket of criminals who are believed to be printing Ugandan currencies in Kenya. The move followed the Police busting a racket and arresting four Kenyan nationals who had printed 48 million fake shillings ready to be sent to Uganda. Speaking […]

Mukula to relocate aviation school to Kenya

Mukula to relocate aviation school to Kenya

Mike Mukula has decided to relocate his new air crafts to Kenya over failure by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to grant him an operating license for his aviation school. Uganda Aviation School, the first of its kind to venture into aviation industry in Uganda was to start training cabin crew, pilots, engineers, flight operators and […]

Fifa World Rankings: Uganda tops East Africa,Kenya drop and Cote D’Ivoire best in Africa

Fifa World Rankings: Uganda tops East Africa,Kenya drop and Cote D’Ivoire best in Africa

Uganda is the best ranked country in the East African region with neighbours Kenya dropping in the latest Fifa world rankings released on 15th September 2016. This comes after Uganda ended a 38-year wait by qualifying to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon as one of two best placed runners-up. Uganda cranes coach Milutin […]

Uganda and Kenyan Police bosses sign agreement to avert hostilities on Migingo island

Uganda and Kenyan Police bosses sign agreement to avert hostilities on Migingo island

The Ugandan Police Chief, Gen. Kale Kayihura and his Kenyan Counterpart, Joseph Boinnet on Wednesday signed the Joint Communiqué that will see an end to hostilities between Ugandans and Kenyans who are currently living on the disputed island of Migingo. The island, with a size of a football pitch has been a source of controversy […]

World Bank report says Ugandans & Ethiopians more productive than Kenyans.

World Bank report says Ugandans & Ethiopians more productive than Kenyans.

The odd saying that one Kenyan can do a job worthy six Ugandans is about to change if we are to go by a new World Bank report on productivity in a work place. According to the The East African newspaper,the  World Bank report indicates that Kenyan workers are less productive than their counterparts in […]

Government asked to intervene in view of exorbitant fare charges by Kenya Airways

Government asked to intervene in view of exorbitant fare charges by Kenya Airways

Jinja West member of parliament Moses Balyeku has called upon government to intervene in the situation where Kenya airways exploits Ugandans by charging high travel costs despite Kenya being a member of the East African Community. This while presenting a matter of National concern at the floor of parliament this morning where he explains that the […]

Uganda Cranes lose to Zimbabwe, Sudan hold Kenya in friendlies.

Uganda Cranes lose to Zimbabwe, Sudan hold Kenya in friendlies.

Uganda Cranes suffered a 2-0 defeat on Tuesday May 31 in a friendly match played at Rufaro stadium in Harare with  Zimbabwe. The match was played in preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations qualification match with Botswana scheduled June 4th 2016. A brace from Tennage Hadebe in the first half  gave the Harare stars […]

Private sector tasks EALA to engage heads of states on sugar export to Kenya

Private sector tasks EALA  to engage heads of states on sugar export to Kenya

The private sector and business community have tasked  the East African legislative Assembly  to engage the two heads of state from Kenya and Uganda to resolve on the issue of exporting Ugandan sugar to Kenya. The private sector and business community represented by the members of the Uganda Manufacturer Association, Uganda Bureau of standards and Uganda […]

Robert Sekitooleko threatens to sue UNEB’s Bukenya

Robert Sekitooleko threatens to sue UNEB’s Bukenya

The Nakifuma County Member of Parliament Eng. Robert Sekitooleko has threatened to sue the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Secretary General Mathew Bukenya over miss communication about his qualifications. Previously, Sekitooleko was disqualified from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) primaries over lack of academic qualifications. He says that Bukenya never bothered to call and find out his views about the missing […]

Opposition weigh’s in on Bukenya’s U-turn

Opposition weigh’s in on Bukenya’s U-turn

Some of the Opposition Members of parliament say that the former Vice President Gilbert Bukenya’s U-turn to NRM is just going to cause more confusion and promote indiscipline in the NRM Party. Mukono Municipality MP Betty Namboze Bakirekke  says this will encourage more NRM members to denounce the party and later return. Nambooze asked Prof. Bukenya […]