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Jubilant KISU Registers 100% Pass Rate In International Baccalaureate Exams
Kampala International School Uganda (KISU) is celebrating the outstanding performance of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma class of 2021. This was announced in a statement released by KISU’s Director Terry Garbett which reveals that the best performing student obtained a score of 40 points while 37.5% of students got 35 points or more which on…
Col Nakalema’s anti-corruption unit Storms Bank of Uganda, Arrests five Directors
Security Vehicles On Kampala road Five directors at Bank of Uganda have been arrested by State House Anti-Corruption Unit in an ongoing crack on corruption in government agencies. According to security sources, the move to arrest the five was informed by whistleblower who informed the unit about loss of huge monies getting lost at Entebbe…
Panic As Covid-19 Cases Surge Again In Uganda
The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that Uganda is currently experiencing another horrible surge in the daily cases of COVID-19 infections. “We have started experiencing an increase in the daily number of COVID-19 cases compared to the stable trends we observed since January 2022,” says Aceng. She says the increase is…
Developing Uganda Was Not An Easy Job But NRM Govt Made Breakthrough -M7
President Yoweri Museveni has said that the NRM made developing Uganda an easy job for everyone to see. The President was speaking after flagging off the reconstruction of the 86km Mityana-Mubende road and the upgrading of roads in Mityana municipality on Wednesday. “Developing a country is not an easy job but NRM made it easy.…
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Min. Amelia Kyambadde Agrees With City Landlords On Re-opening Arcades Amidst Covid-19 Crisis As Gov’t Sets Strict Guidelines
Government has set strict guidelines for re-opening of shopping arcades which remains closed due to Covid-19 pandemic in Uganda. The guidelines were issued during a meeting between the Minister for Trade and Industry Hon. Amelia Kyambadde, on Saturday, 6, June with Kampala landlords ahead of government’s plans to reopen shopping arcades later this month. The…
PROFILE: Who Is Jennifer Bamuturaki, The Newly Appointed CEO of Uganda Airlines?
On Wednesday, Jennifer Bamuturaki was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for Uganda Airlines. A letter dated 5th July 2022 to the chairperson of the Uganda Airlines board, the Works and Transport Minister, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, confirmed that Bamuturaki had been appointed as the airline’s substantive CEO. According to Gen Wamala, Ms Bamuturaki’s…
Big Boost: Sistema.bio Launches $10 Million Carbon Program In Uganda
Africa’s leading bio-digester manufacturing company; Sistema.bio, in partnership with Native Energy has today launched its biggest bio-digester carbon program in Uganda. The program, otherwise referred to as the Uganda Dairy Biogas Program, is set to benefit small and medium dairy farms across the country. Sistema.bio and Native Energy’s partnership is expected to avoid over 1.5…
From Vending Garments to Uganda’s Finest Business Mogul: How Hamis Kiggundu’s Story Inspires Young Entrepreneurs
When you ask most Ugandans about famous names of successful businessmen in Kampala, one name will fetch you many mentions. The name and the man himself is Hamis Kiggundu, one of Uganda’s youngest billionaires. Born in February 1984 to Mr. Haruna Segawa and Mrs. Nakayiza Jalia Segawa in Kalungu, Masaka, Kiggundu popularly known as Ham…
Trouble Looms As DPP Asks Police To Conduct Further Investigations Ahead Of Kasekende, Bagyenda Prosecution
Borrowers and owners of the defunct International Credit Bank (ICB), Greenland Bank and Cooperative Bank whose properties were taken over and sold by Bank of Uganda irregularly and at giveaway prices, will have to wait a little bit longer for justice to be served. According to CEO East Africa Magazine reported that the Office of…
Health Min. Aceng In Hot Soup Over Marijuana Deal
Trouble has erupted in the Ministry of Health after Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng being accused of allegedly favouring some companies that are bidding for licenses to grow Cannabis aka Marijuana for medicinal purposes in Uganda, against others. According to our insiders, Dr Aceng recently pulled a few strings using her clout at the Ministry,…