STEPHEN WANDERA
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Museveni warns corrupt non-performing leaders
CAPTION: President Museveni arrive at Kololo Independence Grounds for the State of the Nation Address 2026. (PPU photo). By Stephen Wandera OumaKAMPALA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has used the State of the Nation Address 2026 at Kololo Independence Grounds to issue a strong call to leaders and citizens to intensify efforts in Uganda’s economic transformation. […]
How piracy is draining Africa’s creativity
CAPTION: Abby Mukiibi, left, with fellow actors in a move recently. (Courtesy photo). By Ernest JjingoKAMPALA – As Africa celebrated its cultural identity and achievements during Africa Month, creative industry stakeholders are raising concerns about a growing threat to one of the continent’s most promising economic sectors: piracy.Across Africa, the creative industry has emerged as a […]
Agent banking rewrites Uganda’s economic
CAPTION: Equity Bank client being served by an agent banker recently. (File photo). By Theresa Nalwanga KAMPALA – Walk into a small shop in Gulu or Mbarara around 8 a.m., and you will see something that did not exist five years ago. A mother hands over cash to pay her child’s school fees. The […]
Dr. Protazio Sande appointed acting IRA CEO
CAPTION: Dr Protazio Sande, right, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Regulatory Authority with Kaddunabbi Ibrahim Lubega, left. By Our reporterKAMPALA – Dr Protazio Sande is the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), following the expiry of long-serving CEO Kaddunabbi Ibrahim Lubega’s contract on Sunday. The Board of Directors of the […]
BoU sets cash withdrawal limits
By Our reporterKAMPALA – Ugandans and businesses will soon face tighter limits on cheque transactions and over-the-counter cash withdrawals following new measures unveiled by the Bank of Uganda (BoU) to reduce reliance on cash and accelerate the adoption of digital payments.In a circular issued to commercial banks, credit institutions, and microfinance deposit-taking institutions, the central […]
Two pipo die in protests against US Ebola centre plan
CAPTION: Some of the protestors on the streets in Kenya. By AgenciesKENYA – Two people have been shot dead in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki amid protests against US plans to establish an Ebola isolation centre at a military base nearby, the BBC has learnt.One of the victims was shot in an area close to […]
Ebola’s long shadow over the World Cup
On May 30, as football fans around the world counted down to the start of the FIFA World Cup in North America and airlines prepared for the annual surge in summer travel, the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was sitting in Bunia, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, listening to community leaders […]
Museveni requests for European Union support
CAPTION: President Museveni, left, meets European Union Ambassador H.E Jan-Sadek at State House Entebbe June 2nd, 2026. (PPU Photo). By Our reporter ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the European Union (EU) and Western countries to support Africa’s industrialization and value addition agenda, saying the continent cannot continue exporting raw materials […]