Robert Frederick Oliver Mwesigwa Nviiri, a Ugandan has founded Vule Airways, a privately-owned Ugandan registered airline that will hit the skies come November 2017. According to available information, the objective of the new airline that was founded in March this year is to fill the vacuum in the Ugandan air
Read More
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga are both confident of winning the General Election. Speaking after casting his vote at Mutomo Primary School in Gatundu South Constituency, President Kenyatta said that he is confident that he will beat Mr Odinga, saying he believes that he has run a
Read More
A group of Members of Parliament have accused State House workers of hiding their letters addressed to President Yoweri Museveni and in the process denying them an opportunity to meet him. This was revealed by Rose Mutonyi, the Chairperson of Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday while meeting Okello Oryem,
Read More
The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) will host over 100 stakeholders from all over Africa and beyond on August 24 and 25th , 2017 at Speke Resort Munyonyo to discuss cancer under the theme: “From Prevention to end of life care”. Speaking to journalists in Kampala today, Dr. Jackson Orem, the
Read More
Uganda has imported over 54 million litres of fuel in the last 10 days, Business Focus exclusively reports. This was revealed by Dicksons Kateshumbwa, the Commissioner Customs Department at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) while responding to media reports that hundreds of fuel trucks were stuck at Busia border as a
Read More
The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) is rolling out a nationwide campaign to stop impersonation and other forms of examination malpractices in schools. The campaign involves the use of a mobile phone application which invigilators will use to verify each candidates index number and level of examination. Upon entering the
Read More
The Ugandan government has said public servants without National Identification Numbers (NINs) will not receive their wages beginning August, 2017. In a letter dated August7, 2017 addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Service, Keith Muhakanizi, the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury at Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic
Read More
Bitcoin's value has jumped to a record high, following a month of turmoil. The virtual currency reached $3,451.86 (£2,651) per coin in Monday trade, according to the Coindesk Bitcoin Price Index. It had never crossed the $3,000 mark until the weekend. The market value of all bitcoins in existence has
Read More
Kenyans started casting their votes Tuesday in an exercise characterized by long queues. The Daily Nation reports that voting started at 6am in most polling stations where voters started trooping in as early as 3am. At Kimala Primary School polling station in Taveta constituency, Taita Taveta County, voting started at
Read More
North Korean state media has slammed the latest round of sanctions approved by the United Nations, calling them a "flagrant violation of our sovereignty", CNN reports. It vowed retaliation against Washington. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted new sanctions Saturday in response to Pyongyang's long-range ballistic missile tests on July
Read More
