Mergers and acquisitions have dominated Uganda’s financial services industry in the last two years as companies look for ways to ensure better returns for shareholders. In recent weeks, the entire insurance market was catching wind...
Almost a fortnight after Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kuteesa was named among powerful world politicians with offshore companies that avoid taxes named in “Paradise Papers”, the man from Sembabule is being probed by the United...
The Minister for Kampala Hon Betty Kamya Turyomwe has today flagged off 230 Kampala capital city authority councilors to the National Leadership Institute at Kyankwanzi. Councilors who have gone are from the five urban councils...
The Foreign Affairs ministry has distanced President Yoweri Museveni from an alleged plan by the Ugandan Government to overthrow the Rwanda Government, a defining phase in transforming a relationship that had become edgy over the...
Zimbabweans begin a new week of uncertainty as the noon deadline for an ultimatum issued to leader Robert Mugabe to resign draws near and Kiira Municipality MP Ssemujju Nganda claims what is happening in Zimbabwe...
The notorious Kiboko squad has ably been replaced by Boda Boda 2010, a vigilante-cum-militia outfit, whose members attacked a busload of school children last month. Now the shocker is that the deputy Inspector General of Police, Edward...
Grade one Magistrate Samuel Kagoda has asked socialite Frank Gashumba and his co-accused persons, Innocent Kasumba one Ismail Kiyingi to return on 11th December since both the trial Chief magistrate James Eremye Mawanda and the Prosecutors...
Dutch brewer, Heineken’s Uganda arm has officially launched Amstel beer, the third premium alcoholic brand from the global beverage gaint since it made its foray into the Ugandan market. The others are “Heineken brand” and...
Justice Catherine Bamugemereire’s crusade against those accused of grabbing land and fuelling conflicts has not spared high profile figures with clout and leverage. Now, President Yoweri Museveni has granted her Commission of Inquiry into Land...
National Resistance Movement (NRM) historical Amanya Mushega has opposed the proposed scrapping of age limits from the constitution, saying power intoxicates far more than alcohol. The former top NRM ideologue turned critic after he walked out of...
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