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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1438 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022 . The government has earmarked Shs 135 billion to avert the hunger crisis in the Karamoja sub-region in the next three months.  The intervention was announced by the prime minister Robinah Nabbanja in parliament during a plenary sitting on Tuesday. According to…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0047 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022. Where one sees trash, one woman sees style and beauty. Fashion designer Faith Aweko is that visionary woman. Aweko is the founder and design head of Reform Africa, a line of bags made from used polythene bags. Instead of clogging the water…