Tag Archives: Uganda

Uganda has assured Venezuela of full cooperation as it leads the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) over the next three years. The Non-Aligned Movement wrapped up a summit Sunday in Venezuela with Uganda one of the countries expressing support for its embattled host, President Nicolas Maduro. The 120-member group issued a statement at the end …

Uganda’s film industry has five faces – and almost everyone is in it for the money. Unfortunately, as their interests clash, the industry suffers. Take Cindy Magara, a film producer with a company called Nyati Motion Pictures. Her biggest quarrel is about film producers being left to fund what she …

PHOTOGRAPHS: President Yoweri Museveni is in France. He has had bilateral talks with French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace. Museveni expressed his concerns over the recent terrorist attacks in France and asked that the fight against terrorism also addresses the question of pseudo-ideology.  He earlier met 50 French investors organised under the …

Businessman and author Andrew Rugasira has promised major reforms as he announced his intention to stand for president of what he has described as an ineffective Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI). “The chamber is a far cry from its original mandate. It is institutionally ineffective, and it has …

THE LAST WORD: By Andrew Mwenda Why East African governments need to involve local firms in big infrastructure projects The East African nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda are involved in massive investments in infrastructure. They are contracting companies to build roads, railways, bridges, airports, seaports, dams, electricity lines, …

Museveni badly needs $20bn for big projects, can his technocrats get it? President Yoweri Museveni has set goals for his government to construct a number of mega projects requiring about US$20 billion to finance in four years up to 2020. Can he achieve them? The projects include key oil infrastructure, including …

COMMENT: By Ogenga Latigo Should an MP usurp the mandate and duty of the government to table an amendment of the Constitution? The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, onAug. 25 allowed a motion to permit a very ordinary Ugandan, Nakifuma County MP Kafeero Ssekitoleko, to introduce a “Private Members …

VIDEO: The construction of the multi-billion new Jinja Nile Bridge is on schedule according to contractors. The project now stands at 40% and is expected to be completed by 2018. The new Jinja Bridge is expected to boost transport network, promote tourism and economic transformation in the Northern Corridor.   …

The Uganda Bankers Association has appointed Wilbrod Humphreys Owor as it new executive director. He takes over from Emmanuel Kikoni who has steered the association over the last 16 years. Owor, formerly the managing director of United Bank of Africa-Uganda, comes with 25 years of working experience spanning across key …

VIDEO: The Special Forces Command, a force that guards the President has asked the Civil Aviation Authority not to drag them into their quarrel with Mike Mukula. SFC spokesperson Major Chris Magezi told NBS that the President did not at any one time fly the helicopter in question, but was only …