By KCCA The Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Dorothy Kisaka and the CEO of Buganda Land Board (BLB), Simon Kaboggoza, met to discuss strategies for organized development as part of the city’s ambitious Smart City Agenda.The meeting that included representatives from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Ministry of Lands and the…
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Billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Airtel plans Uganda’s biggest IPO
Airtel Uganda Ltd. plans to raise as much as 800 billion shillings ($216 million) in an initial public offering, making it the nation’s biggest share sale. The company priced its IPO at 100 shillings apiece valuing the nation’s second-biggest telecommunications carrier at 4 trillion shillings. The unit of billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Airtel Africa Plc is…
Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election fraud case
Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in his Georgia election fraud case, waiving the right to appear in court next week. Mr Trump is among 19 people charged with a conspiracy to overturn the US state’s 2020 vote results. He turned himself in at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta last week, where…
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Pays Congratulatory Visit to KPA Navy Command
Pyongyang, August 29 (KCNA) — The Juche-based naval force, which has won great fame, making the immortal history of heroic combats to defend the sea of the country along the immutable course of loyalty under the ever-victorious Workers’ Party of Korea, is significantly celebrating the day of its foundation. The Navy of the Korean People’s…
More than 180 killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July, says UN
At least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the United Nations said Tuesday as it appealed for the killings, violence and rights abuses to end. “We are very concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation in some regions of Ethiopia,” UN Human Rights Office spokeswoman Marta Hurtado told reporters in Geneva….
“What he wants to do, Let him do, Give him Peace” Uganda First Lady advice after 50 years of marriage.
In a poignant address during a luncheon at Irenga farm, Ntungamo district, First Lady Janet Museveni, who has shared an enduring union with President Museveni for five decades, imparted wisdom that reverberated through the gathering. Amidst the lush surroundings and the joyous atmosphere, her words carried a resonance that touched the hearts of those in…
Kabuleta’s NEED warns ban on used clothes could trigger insecurity in Uganda
The ban on the importation of used clothing by President Museveni is a direct attack on 16 million vulnerable Ugandans, according to the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED). The political party headed by Joseph Kabuleta stated that this move will cause high levels of unemployment leading to insecurity. NEED is appealing to every Ugandan who…
Wagner Chief Yevger Prigozhin buried Privately in St Petersburg Cemetery.
Other cemeteries in the Russian city had previously been mentioned in media reports as likely sites for the burial. Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried privately in a “farewell ceremony” in a St Petersburg cemetery, according to his press team. Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash north of Moscow on 23 August, two months to…
