The tumultuous build-up to the kick off of the newly introduced FUFA Drum tournament is finally behind us. The efforts by current FUFA President Moses Magogo to get fans into the stadia after a series of dwindling attendances saw the federation boss introduce the FUFA Drum. It truly paid off
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Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) and their deputies are set to receive brand new cars in the forthcoming financial year, Business Focus reports. According to a recent Report of Parliament’s Budget Committee on the National Budget Framework Paper for 2018/19-2022/23, inadequate facilitation for RDCs has resulted into poor service delivery. The
Read MoreTwo car-bomb attacks have killed at least 38 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials say. The first took place outside the presidential palace late on Friday. The second hit a nearby hotel. Dozens of people were wounded, BBC reports. The Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which has been trying to
Read MoreKenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzania counterpart John Magufuli have ordered an urgent meeting of their ministers to resolve long running trade disputes between the two States. Traders from both countries have raised issues with growing administrative barriers that have cropped up to slow trade between the States that
Read MorePresident Yoweri Museveni’s "Kisanja Hakuna Mchezo” may have a lot of misses so far, but the ‘old man with a hat’ seems to be getting serious about reducing or even ending corruption in Uganda. The term "Kisanja Hakuna Mchezo" can be translated to mean ‘no jokes/games this term’. During campaigns
Read MoreHuawei at the beginning of this month held a Pre-MWC 2018 Media and Analyst Briefing in London, during which the company called on all industries to work together and go beyond traditional boundaries in the areas of capabilities, connections, business, experience, and partnerships for a fully-connected, intelligent world. The 4th
Read MoreLack Of Creativity and Goodwill Killing Uganda’s Tourism Sector – Player
By Aloysious Kasoma Tourism sector, Uganda’s top foreign exchange earner has potential to economically transform but it is being held back by limited creativity, investment and connection, a top industry player has said. Tourism contributed nearly US$7.3bn to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the financial year 2015/2016. This translates into
Read MorePresident Yoweri Museveni has praised management of Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo for addressing the air conditioning challenge at the facility that hosted the just concluded East African heads of state Summit, Chimplyf reports. The president had earlier blasted his protocol officers for “working hard to inconvenience our guests” by
Read MoreThe future of regional retailer Uchumi Supermarkets hangs in balance, with efforts to get an investor to save it delaying to yield results. Uchumi quit Uganda in 2015 after accumulated unprecedented levels of debts. The latest from Kenya is that Uchumi Supermarkets will on Sunday close its prime Sarit Centre
Read MoreUganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta will Saturday February 24, 2018 officially commission the Busia One Stop Border Post (OSBP). The concept of the OSBP brings all government agencies from Uganda and Kenya together working under the same Roof to complete all entry and exit
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