📌CFO Awards winners 2020 ✳ CFO award of the year – Godfrey Byekwaso CENTENARY BANK ✳ ME/SOCIAL impact award – Moses Kargbo TUGENDE LTD ✳ Not-for-Profit Award  – Edith Nalwadda RIGHT TO PLAY ✳ Public Sector Award – Augustine Tamale  NEW VISION ✳ Young CFO Award  – Ivan Mandela SHONA GROUP ✳ Finance …

  COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  The political temperatures are now close to boiling point. Traditionally December comes with hype of everything. A lot of activities are associated with the last quarter of the year, though December happens to be the climax. This December however is a special one in all …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former senior cabinet minister and NRM political ideologue Nuwe Amanya Mushega has said it is not too late for Uganda to turn course, after admitting that, “We are not in the best of state. This violence which is going on is not nice.” Mushega said he …

  Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The United States has warned Uganda to live up to its obligations to hold free and fair elections. Opposition candidates have been involved in running battles with security forces across the country over elections rallies. Security say they are enforcing the COVID-19 …

📌 #Uganda 🇺🇬 #Election DATES 1⃣ ✳ Jan 11,2021 ➡ Councillors for older persons 2⃣ ✳ Jan 11,2021 ➡ Councillors for PWDs 3⃣ ✳ Jan 11,2021 ➡ Youth Representatives 4⃣ ✳ Jan 12,2021 ➡ Councillors for older persons 5⃣ ✳ Jan 12,2021 ➡ Councillors for PWDs 6⃣ ✳ Jan 12,2021 …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance has suspended any expenditure on this year’s Christmas and End of year parties because of increasing pressure on the economy. The Deputy Secretary to the Treasury Patrick Ocailap has written a memo to all finance officers of all the  ministries, …

Uganda’s Police bosses can hide but cannot escape, say human rights watchers Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Human rights lawyers and activists want the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to take interest in the recent acts of violence by agents of security forces, especially the police. Isaac Semakadde, …

COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | It is high time that Presidential candidates sign an Election Peace Pact with the objective of securing a peaceful General Election due next month. Given the escalating circumstances, formal and informal institutions including: the heads of Government organs such as Judiciary, Parliament and the Executive, must …

Rubaga pays last respects to Archbishop James Odongo Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Pope Francis has said he is saddened by the passing away of Rev. James Odongo, Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo. In a brief message delivered at a requiem mass at Rubaga on Sunday by Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda Italian …

  📌 #WorldAthleticsAwards 2020 Male athlete of year ✳ 2020 • Duplantis 🇸🇪 Female athlete of year ✳ 2020 • Rojas 🇻🇪 📌 The other award winners ✳ Member Federations Award Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (Polish Athletics Association) ✳ Covid Inspiration Award Ultimate Garden Clash, an original idea by Renaud Lavillenie ✳ President’s Award Tommie Smith, …