By E K Benj -Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” Today in our special Series Senior Citizens, we’re featuring Colonel Edith Nakalema, a Ugandan military officer, who graduated in August 2018 from the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, in Watchfield, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, where she had been admitted in 2017. Background…
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Pastor Kayanja has Africa at Heart
By E K Benja In our special series , “Senior Citizen” today we bring you Robert Kayanja the founder and senior pastor of the Miracle Centre Cathedral, a megachurch in Kampala. He is also the founder and CEO of a Christian television channel, Channel 44 Television (Miracle Ltd). Robert Kayanja was born inMasooli, Gayaza ,…
What Inspired Dr Ian Clarke to Settle in Uganda.
Today in our special series “Senior Citizens” we bring you Dr Ian Clarke a physician, missionary, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and politician in Uganda. He has been mayor of Makindye Division, one of the five administrative units of the Kampala Capital City Authority. Ian Clarke was born 1952 (age 69–70)South Armagh, Northern IrelandHe is a British and…
Did Politics Cost Former vice-president a Son? Bukenya alleges cover- up in Bryan’s 2009 road accident says he knows killers of his son.
By E K Benj at @HICGINewsAgency Today in our special series “Senior Citizens” we bring you H.E Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya a Ugandan politician and physician who was the seventh vice president of Uganda from 23 May 2003 until 23 May 2011. He represented the constituency of Busiro County North in the Ugandan Parliament since 1996….
A President in the Shadow? How Gen Saleh influences his brother’s Government.
By E K Benj – Updated 0800 EAT on Wednesday 10th August 2022 Today in our special series “Senior Citizens , we’re Profiling Gen Salim Saleh (born Caleb Akandwanaho, 14 January 1960). He is a retired Ugandan military officer who served in the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF), the armed forces of Uganda. He is…
In the face of Afrigo Band is Senior Citizen Moses Matovu
Compiled by E K Benj on Sunday 17th July 2022 In our special series “Senior Citizens” today we are featuring Moses Matovu a Ugandan musician and saxophonist. He is one of the founders of Afrigo Band, Uganda’s longest-lasting band, founded in 1975. Early childhood and education Matovu was born on 19 June 1949 in Kawempe Division, Kampala District to Abdallah…
Ndugu Ruhakana Rugunda would read News Papers daily for his Father; How his political Career was shaped.
Compiled by E K Benj @Kivumbi Wednesday 22nd June 2022 Senior Citizen Dr Ndugu Ruhakana Rugunda (born 7 November 1947) is a Ugandan physician and politician who had been Prime Minister of Uganda from 2014 to 2021. He held a long series of cabinet posts under President Yoweri Museveni beginning in 1986. He served as…
The smiles Dr Tamale Sali has brought to patients with fertility issues around the world.
By E K Benj @kivumbi Updated at 1234 GMT on Monday 06th June 2022 In our series “Senior Citizens” today we bring you Senior Citizen Dr. Tamale Sali the Founder, Director and Resident Doctor at the Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre. Dr. Sali attended Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, where he graduated with an…
