Although sometimes back he was poor, Kampala’s business mogul Moses Kalungi surprised his poor pals when he said that being poor is a choice people make in life. Kalungi says that some people might choose to be poor and others willingly decide to be rich. Kalungi was speaking yesterday evening to members of Kampala City […]
Parliament will soon appoint a panel of Speakers to preside over the house in the absence of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. This is contained among several proposals tabled by the Parliament Standing Committee on Rules Privileges and Discipline in parliament . The Committee chaired by West Budama North MP Fox Odoi proposes that four assistant Speakers […]
Brig. Henry Tumukunde these days he is a happy man indeed. Our surveillance staff who followed Tumukunde to stanbic bank main branch yesterday were left in shock and awe when the brigadier approached the bank counter and unleashed several 100 US dollars to have them exchanged to Ugandan cash. Tumukunde went to the bank in […]
Makerere University has finally managed to make sanitary pads under trade name ‘mak sanitary pads.’ The pads have been manufactured by Makerere College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology. The spokesperson of Makerere College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology, Better Kyakuwa tells this reporter that the pads they have made are of good quality […]
Civil Society Organizations fighting against corruption are asking government to increase the staffing of the Anti-Corruption Court to 10 Judges to ensure quick disposal of corruption related cases in this court. The Organizations say, the three judges who are currently working in this court can not possibly handle the many corruption cases filed in this court which […]
More woes at Kampala Capital City Authority continue to occur over leadership wrangles. The latest is tension between Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and KCCA Executive Director, Jennifer Musisi over decisions made. This has now spilled over to the council and committee meetings, with Lukwago halting their sittings indefinitely over what he describes as […]
The minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kahamba Kutesa has said he is ready to face prosecution and serve any sentence if it is found through thorough investigations that he took the alleged bribes from an oil company. While appearing before the oil Adhoc committee chaired by Michael Werikhe, Kutesa said he never received the alleged17 million […]
The high court judge Billy Kainamura has told the public accounts committee of parliament investigating the compensation by government that all the claims that were paid had been authorized by the president. Kainamura who appeared before the committee in camera told mps that he got the letters for authorization of payment for different claims of […]
Things are not good for the managers of Club Rouge in Kampala after they have got information that a powerful business tycoon in town is set to open another club opposite theirs. The new club to be opened in November is called Club Cascades. Now we have been told that the managers of Club Rouge, Ivan Kaganzi […]
The state minister for energy, Peter Lokeris said that the government is holding negotiations with thermo power generating company Agreko to have the generators switched on to decrease on the rate of load shedding in the country. Lokeris who also apologized to the nation for the current increased load shedding which has caused losses to people’s business and property says […]