Hereditary chiefs in Busoga elect new chairperson

  Ultimate Media   In a move that is meant to bring an end to the leadership wrangles in Busoga kingdom, a new chairman of the Busoga royal chiefs council has been elected by the hereditary’s chiefs.   Fred Menya Kakaire was elected by fellow royal chiefs during a meeting held at sun set hotel […]

Corporate companies urged to use social responsibility programmes

  Ultimate Media Corporate companies have been challenged to priotise corporate social responsibility programs in their respective communities if they are to reap from their target markets. The call was made by the Nokia communications manager East and Southern Africa Dorothy Ouko, while handing over a cheque worth over 28 million shillings to the Uganda […]

Joyce Meyer criticises Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Bill

Renowned Pentecostal pastor Joyce Meyers has described Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Bill as profoundly offensive, dangerous and disturbing” in a statement she issued yesterday. Through her Joyce Meyers Ministries, she said that the bill is an attack on individual liberties and human rights of people in Uganda. “Our missions and ministry message has always been to […]

Africa Mobile Money Transfer Conference in Kenya

As mobile money transfer services grow across the region, stakeholders will meet in a conference to discuss how to best tap the opportunities presented by mobile money services on the continent. The Mobile Money Transfer Africa conference and expo will be held at the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, from 4th-7th May. According a press release […]

Can British Airline and Entebbe Airport Help me on this

Subject: Is there anybody at EBB Airport responsible for sorting out this? Formal complaint to British Airways (Entebbe) following loss of GBP 300 Name of complainant : Dr Muwonge Nasur Lubega Email: drmuwonge@yahoo.co.uk Tel: UK +44 7507827568 (Temporary until 15th April 2010) Uganda +256 772 615143 (15th April to 18th April) Sudan +249 034 628 […]

KickStart, TCAF team up to provide Irrigation pumps to Ugandan farmers

Kenya based KickStart International, the producers of the renowned Moneymaker pumps have reached an agreement with Today’s Children Africa’s Future (TCAF) to start distributing their human driven MoneyMaker irrigation pumps in Uganda. The irrigation pumps will empower farmers in the East Africa country through enabling them to possibly get as many as three crops a […]

Government to distribute 1.5 billion

Ultimate Media Government will start disbursing about 1.5 billion shillings next week to facilitate different Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies run by Persons with Disabilities. Parliament recently passed the funds under the supplementary budget, paving way for every district to receive 30 million shillings annually to benefit Persons with Disabilities and furnish them with funds […]

Districts to own drug stores

Ultimate Media The ministry of health wants each district to have its own drug store for the easy distribution of drugs at county level. The Minister for Health, Dr. Steven Malinga says complaints of drug scarcity are arising because the people who are supposed to requisition for the drugs at the National Drug store in Entebbe […]