The appointment early this month of Patrick Ayota as caretaker Managing Director at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), was supposed to be a temporary measure to allow the board and appointing authority to conclude on either reinstating Richard Byarugaba as head or name a new chief. A decision on the appointment of (the) Fund’s…
President Yoweri Museveni last week received a Special Envoy from the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, His Excellency Brahim Ghali who paid a courtesy call on him at State House Entebbe. The Special Envoy, His Excellency Mohamed Salem Ould Salek conveyed to President Museveni warm greetings from the President of the Sahrawi Arab…
By Denis JJjuuko Kampala: A friend always prefers to support small businesses in his neighbourhood near Kampala. He shops from small shops and kiosks. Many times, he patronizes the small bar near his home. When a somewhat modern salon opened up in his neighbourhood, he ditched the guys who had cut his hair for more…
By Andrew Mwenda: Kampala: There has grown and consolidated a depressing mindset in our country that for anything good to happen, government must be the one to do it. This mindset is most pronounced among the educated who have been fed onto this ideology of the state as Santa Claus. Visit social media and you…
The Presidency Minister, Milly Babalanda has directed all Resident District Commissioners añd their deputies to rally behind the NRM National Chairman’s Office (ONC) and the Bazzukulu teams undertaking mobilization activities in the field. Babalanda’s directive is contained in a letter to RDCs, saying the ONC is an office of the NRM chairman who is also…
