The Uganda Investments Authority, UIA, has intervened to promote the herbal treatment solution Covidex, an innovation by Mbarara University of Science and Technology Professor, Patrick Engeu Ogwang. Ogwang caught the eye of the public, the government and the international community last month following testimonies and a rush for covidex as
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By Livingstone Mukasa One of the impediments that we have in the developing world, especially in countries like Uganda, is that those with ideas to make money don’t have the money to invest and those with money don’t necessarily know where to invest. Consequently, we force those that have money
Read MorePart of the Nabajuzi Swamp in Masaka City that is under threat as a developer dumps soil in it The Masaka City Town Clerk and the City Physical Planner are on the spot over the destruction of a major wetland in the city. A Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) Officer
Read MoreThe girl marginalized outside of Mukono General Hospital Wards. A girl whose age is estimated between 10 and 15 years suffering from cerebral palsy has now spent three weeks sleeping on a veranda at Mukono General Hospital due to lack of facilities to accommodate her given her health condition. According
Read MoreKCB Group boss Joshua Oigara/online photo Rwandese authorities have finally approved KCB Group deal to buy Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR) from London-listed financial services firm Atlas Mara Limited. Atlas Mara made regulatory disclosures that it had obtained approvals to sell its banks in Rwanda and Botswana. The firm said it
Read MoreThe Parliament of Uganda has fixed July 26th 2021 to conduct the East African Legislative Assembly -EALA by election. The seat fell vacant after the death of one of Uganda's nine representatives Mathias Kasamba on April 27th 2021. Now according to a notice signed by Henry Yoweri Waisswa for Clerk
Read MoreThe Mufti of Uganda, His Eminence Sheikh Shaban Ramathan Mubajje has criticized the distribution of the covid-19 relief cash by the government. This was carried in his address during Eid Aduha prayers at Gaddafi National Mosque in Kampala. Moslems today across the world celebrate Eid Aduha also referred to as
Read MoreA vaccine against the tick-borne disease developed by Ugandan scientists is due to be commercially usable by the end of this year. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, MAAIF, Frank Kagyigyi Tumwebaze says the program is going on as scheduled and the vaccine is going through the required
Read MoreIUIU main building The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application filed by two lecturers from Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) seeking interim orders to block the appointment of Dr. Adnan Ali Adikata as the Director of IUIU Kampala Campus and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication. They also
Read MoreYoung rapper, Felista Di Super Star, has Monday premiered her latest video titled ‘Bwotyo’. The tune was produced by BIT from studio Black Market 256 and has already been widely accepted by her audience, following frequent radio and TV air play. Two weeks ago, she released the audio of
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