Improving traffic flow management critical for Kampala’s goal to be smart city
Kampala needs better traffic management Traffic congestion continues to be one of the major concerns in Kampala and the Greater Kampala metropolitan area, imposing significant delays in travel, economic losses, loss of man-hours that would have been used efficiently, and accidents that sometimes result in...
Who’ll tell Zaake that parliament isn’t a cinema hall?
I have watched with dismay the video of MP Francis Zaake causing drama in parliament while demanding what he called “abducted NUP supporters”. This is not the first time Zaake is behaving this way in parliament, and I think he is always seeking attention from...
Partnerships, community sensitization are key in eradicating poliomyelitis
Polio vaccination Recently, the government of Uganda through the ministry of Health, announced that there will be a second round of the national polio house-to-house immunization campaign on yet-to-be- communicated dates. The reason for is that there is a poliomyelitis (aka polio) threat in the...
Strange that Spire Ssentongo features on CMI’s hit list
Dr Jimmy Spire Ssentongo Dr Jimmy Spire Ssentongo is on the CMI hitlist. (That the Ugandan Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence actually has a hitlist is cringy enough). This message was first delivered to the Ugandan public by tortured and exiled novelist, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, and, most...
Why Sarah Ntiro remains a woman of her own pedigree
Dr Sarah Ntiro Though she died in 2018 aged 92, Dr SARAH NYENDWOHA NTIRO remains an irresistible reference point in our history, with memorial lectures, awards, schools and other institutions having been named in her name before her death and even to-date posthumously. In similar...
Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau boss arrested over leaked audio
FILE – Martha Chizuma, then Malawi’s ombudsman Police in Malawi arrested the head of the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday over an audio recording leaked in January. In the leaked audio, the director-general of the ACB, Martha Chizuma, was heard talking with an unknown person...
Security orders former ambassador Nyago off contested Kigo land
Former ambassador Kintu Nyago The Wakiso district security committee has cleared the eviction of former ambassador Kintu Nyago on a 9-acre piece of land in Ziranumbu, Kigo in Wakiso district. This follows an eviction order by High court on the said land. The Mulira family...
MTN’s poor shares performance a sign of a deeper problem
MTN officials at MTN Towers This time last year MTN Uganda had fulfilled all the requirements desired, and was listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), the morning of December 6 2021. This issue was welcomed with razzmatazz on account of Anne Jjuko CEO to...
Kenyans tell how allure of jobs landed them in hands of Myanmar junta
And as the government tries to save many from the jaws of militants, many Kenyans, particularly young women below the age of 30, are continuously getting duped into accepting fake job offers in Thailand, from where they are then trafficked to Myanmar to work as...
MTN Uganda net profit grows to Shs 293bn from 242bn
A year on since MTN Uganda listed and traded its shares on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), the telecom has registered a 21 per cent growth in net profit to Shs 292.65 billion up from Shs 241.9bn. The unaudited figures cover the last nine months ending...
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