Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) members have got 800 million shillings from the party members in the diaspora. The sources in UPC have told our news desk that it is going to be used to petition the high court asking it to direct Otunnu to call the UPC delegates conference. We hear Otunnu has been declining […]
Makerere University acting Vice Chancellor Venansius Baryamureeba is to lose his title of ‘professor’ and we hear he is pleading with Makerere University council members to save him. The development follows allegations that Baryamureba falsified his academic profile and submitted plagiarised work to get promoted to full Professor. The director for Graduate Studies at Makerere University, […]
Police have reshuffled the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (CID) detectives from different parts of the country (Uganda). The message about the reshuffle was issued yesterday by the Inspector General of Police, Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura. The list of new CIDs is as follows: Charles Birungi (CID in charge of administration), Dennis Odongpiny (in charge of […]
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has acknowledged the public outcry regarding the deteriorating quality of the telecommunications services inUganda. The Executive Director of UCC, Godfrey Mutabaazi says that recently UCC published a quality of service report for the period October –December 2011, the results of which indicated poor performance by many of the service providers […]
The National Social Security Fund is set to acquire, install and commission an enterprise wide risk management software system. We have been told that NSSF is looking for bids from eligible bidders for the provision of the risk management software system. As usual bidding will be conducted in accordance with the open international bidding procedures […]
Tears and shock have engulfed the people and traders of Wandegeya near Makerere University when property worth millions of shillings perished in fire. The fire destroyed furniture workshops in Wandegeya at a place popularly known as Ku Bbiri (2 km) and scores of traders survived with injuries. The fire believed to have been lit by […]
Micro Provident Uganda Limited (MP Uganda) was incorporated in 2005 and started trading as a subsidiary of Letshego holdings limited, a listed company on the Botswana stock Exchange with other subsidiaries in Botswana, Swaziland,Tanzania, Zambia,Namibia and Mozambique. Pursuant to the shareholders vision of forming a pan African company, MP Uganda has undergone change of name […]
Makerere University Guild campaigns are slated to start next week. Makerere University guild cabinet and students parliament was dissolved last Friday to pave way for the electoral process of the next cabinet. The chairperson of Makerere electoral commission, Deogratious Kirya says he will respect the constitution of Makerere University during the guild campaigns. “I will […]
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has assured Ugandans and the world at large that proceeds from the sale of oil would not be misused as some people have been expecting. The President while addressing MPs in Kampala today said that his government will make laws to prevent misuse of oil resources. Museveni told […]
The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni shocked the world when he told Parliament today that the country would be free of load shedding for only three years once the construction of Bujagali hydro power plant ends in July 2012. On receiving Museveni’s message to MPs and all Ugandans at large hundreds of people started […]