ALEX NDAWULA: dynamic and memorable but a flawed genius.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1803 EAT on Sunday 17th July 2022. On July 10, renowned radio personality ALEX NDAWULA was finally laid to rest in Kyamaganda village, Nakateete parish in Lwengo district. He was 59. A peerless radio star in his heyday, Alex’s death and send-off were in many ways an anti-climax of…

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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…

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Togolese army admits to killing children mistaken for ‘jihadists.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1916 EAT on Friday 15th July 2022. The Togolese army has admitted to killing seven children on July 10 in a blast in the village of Margba, in Tone Prefecture, in its northernmost region Savanna region near the border with Burkina Faso. In a statement issued Thursday, the military…

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South African mobile operator MTN in talks to buy domestic rival.

Telkom’s shares jumped nearly 30 percent following the announcement, while MTN was up nearly 5 percent. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1855 EAT on Friday 15th July 2022. South African mobile operator MTN Group Ltd is in talks to buy smaller domestic rival Telkom for a stock or a cash-and-stock deal, the two companies…

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Medical evidence, witnesses not required to prove torture – Court of Appeal.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1837 EAT on Friday 15th July 2022. The Court of Appeal has ruled that torture victims have no legal basis and requirement to produce medical evidence. The three-member panel comprising justices Fredrick Egonda-Ntende, Muzamiru Mutangula Kibeedi, and Christopher Gashirabake notes that it is rare to have direct evidence of…

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Uganda’s education sector to recover from COVID impact after 2030.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1757 EAT on Friday 15th July 2022. Uganda’s education sector will fully recover from COVID-19 impact and aftereffects after 2030, according to Makerere University-based thinktank, Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC).  In the research in which experts analyzed levels of key education advancement indicators such as enrollment, transitioning, and quality of…

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MPs question Roko’s ‘confidential’ creditors.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1739 EAT on Thursday 14th July 2022. MPs on the parliamentary finance committee have questioned the government’s decision to buy shares in indebted Roko Construction Limited.  State minister for Finance (General Duties) Henry Musasizi told the committee that the government had acquired a copy of the resolution for buying…

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Brig Gen Freeman Mugabe replaces Gutti as army court chairperson.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1650 EAT on Thursday 14th July 2022. President Museveni has appointed Brig Gen Robert Freeman Mugabe as the new chairperson of the Makindye-based army court. He replaces Lt Gen Andrew Gutti whose term of office expired on June 9, 2022, and is headed for retirement at the end of the…

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