Businessman Isaac Nabimanya Rusiimirwa has mourned prominent businessman Apollo Nyegamehe known by his business empire name Aponye as a mentor and father figure to “many of us.” Aponye died after the car he was traveling in, rammed into a stationary Fuso lorry, along the Mbarara-Kabale highway at Kanyankungu, near Itojo Hospital in Ntungamo district, according…
Details on the construction of the Speke Resort convention centre at Munyonyo are today revealed for the first time. The project is being undertaken by Uganda’s richest man Sudhir Ruparelia while partnering with the government of Uganda. This magnificent structure will host the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in January 2024. The Non-Aligned Movement, founded in…
The angry residents of Tuba zone,Kyanja in Nakawa division have asked the inspector general of police Martin Okoth Ochola to intervene in a matter Where a group of machete holding men led by a one Deus Turinawe ,a chairperson alongside his defence secretary accompanied by other goons destroyed the piggery project and slashed the crops…
Recently, I had a debate with some Ugandan friends on the decision of the government to build an international convention center in Munyonyo in partnership with Sudhir Ruparelia. Uganda will host the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in January 2024. So far, 88 heads of state and government have confirmed attendance. The country already has an…
Western Uganda-based Parental Care Primary and Nursery School, located in Bushenyi District, has emerged victorious in this year’s Inter-Schools Poetry and Debate Competitions, which were held at St Leo’s Kyegobe High School in Fort Portal City. The competitions, which were held on Saturday, July 8, 2023, and organised by Rwenzori Debate Forum, together with Kawanda…
By Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye Kampala: The President of Uganda H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni thought of how to fully eradicate poverty and initiated the Parish Development Model which was the main strategy in the NRM manifesto. He sought how to lift the country’s annual GDP growth rate to at least 7% by 2040 – up…
City socialite Sheila Nadege, commonly known as Don Zella, has been ordered by the High Court in Kampala to pay USh20 million as security for costs in her lawsuit against Speke Hotel 1996 Limited, trading as Speke Apartments which is owned by real estate tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia under Meera Investments Ltd. Don Zella had sued the…
Business mogul Dr Sudhir Ruparelia has kicked off construction of the world-class Munyonyo Convention Centre that will host over 120 heads of state for next year’s Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit. The Non-Aligned Movement, founded in 1955 during the Asian-Africa meeting in Bandung, Indonesia, and pursued decolonization brings together countries that are not aligned with any…
Director of the World Sustainability Organization, Paolo Bray has made an urgent appeal to the government and farming community in Uganda, for coffee farming and production to be made more sustainable.He stressed Uganda risks losing its position as one of the world’s major coffee producers, if immediate action is not taken.Coffee is one of the…
City lawyer Kenneth Kwesiga Bateyo has been ordered by Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s court to Shs 86 million or be jailed for 3 years over his involvement in a fraudulent land transaction. The same court also sentenced businessman George William Salongo Kagwa and land broker Chrispus Sali in the same matter. Court found the trio…
