Women entrepreneurs have accused financial institutions of creating products that do not enable them to compete with their male counterparts.The businesswomen under the umbrella of Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Ltd (UWEAL) argue that many lenders seem convinced that women can only be involved in specific economic activities which are usually of smaller value.As such, despite […]
A grade one magistrate court in Kole district has remanded a Community Development Officer (CDO) on allegations of obtaining money by false pretence contrary to section 305 of the Penal Code Act.Lucy Aciro Ejura, a CDO attached to Aboke Town Council allegedly obtained over 13 million shillings from different women groups under the Uganda Women […]
Two football players playing in the Kitunga League, also students of Bishop Stuart University have died in an accident along the Mbarara Lyantode road.The deceased have been identified as Asuman Kilabala alias Kibazo of Potts football club and resident of Kabwohe Sheema district, and Ashiru Agaba of Kanyampumo kajara and a player of Kahonda Football […]
When the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on Jan. 23, something odd happened around the home of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better known by his stage name Bobi Wine. The security forces, which had been keeping him under house arrest, quietly disappeared.That was because a large spotlight had been turned on after the […]
By Our reporterDOKOLO – National Unity Platform (NUP) opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine is worried of vote rigging ahead of the Dokolo District Woman Member of Parliament.“We have spent the day in Dokolo District campaigning for our Woman MP candidate, comrade Harriet Ageno. Very grateful to the people of Dokolo for […]
By Our ReporterENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said the money that the government gives people through the Parish Development Model-PDM is not ribah; a term that refers to the prohibition of interest on borrowed money for Muslims.In a letter written to Hafwa Nalumansi Ssettala, the chairperson of Taqwa Islamic Sacco Mukono, Museveni said […]
By Our reporterKAMPALA – Parliament’s Publicist Chris Obore has hit back at allegations of graft at Parliament, saying they are aimed at bringing down the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among.Obore, who doubles as the Director of Public Affairs, has accused activists of the Agora Discourse group, saying it is being funded by one of […]
By Our ReporterKAMPALA – The State House Investors Protection Unit Head, Col. Edith Nakalemahas assured Ugandans that the government is committed to ensuringthe target of producing the first oil in 2025 is achieved.“Government is not only committed to deliver the first oil but it is alsolooking forward to ensuring that the interests of Ugandans are […]
