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    Paul Murungi

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    Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

    His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

    Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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    Absa Bank Uganda Appoints Hassan Saleh and Gloria Byamugisha to its Board of Directors

    Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 17, 2025July 17, 2025

    Absa Bank has strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointment of two seasoned professionals—Hassan Saleh, Managing Director of MultiChoice Uganda, and Gloria Byamugisha, Group Chief Human Resource Officer at…

    Diageo CEO Debra Crew Steps Down, CFO Nik Jhangiani Named Interim Chief Executive

    Paul MurungiC-Suite LeadershipThe Big StoryJuly 16, 2025July 17, 2025

    In a surprise move, global beverage giant Diageo plc has announced the immediate departure of its Chief Executive Officer, Debra Crew, two years after officially taking the helm. The decision,…

    719 Women Entrepreneurs in Northern Uganda Skilled by PostBank and WiBAS on Sustainable Business Growth

    Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

    In partnership with PostBank Uganda, the Women in Business Awards (WiBAS) has skilled over 719 Women in the second edition of the WiBAS Handholding Workshop, aimed at equipping women entrepreneurs…

    How CAA Ignored Auditor General’s Recruitment Red Flags for Two Years—Until Museveni Intervened

    Paul MurungiPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

    For over two years, Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) ignored major red flags from the Auditor General about irregular recruitment—an oversight that has now spiraled into a national scandal, culminating…

    Justice George Wilson Kanyeihamba (1939–2025); A Towering Legal Mind, Statesman, and Fierce Guardian of Justice

    Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

    Uganda has lost one of its most eminent legal scholars and outspoken guardians of the Constitution. Justice George Wilson Kanyeihamba, a retired Supreme Court Judge, renowned academic, human rights advocate,…

    3rd Generation Succession: Is Sagar Keshwala the Heir Apparent to the Multibillion-Dollar Keshwala Group?

    Paul MurungiThe Big StoryJuly 10, 2025July 10, 2025

    The Keshwala Group, one of Uganda’s largest privately held conglomerates, is undergoing a leadership transition that marks its third generation of family stewardship. Established in the 1950s as a small…

    MTN Uganda Taps Airtel Zambia’s Sylvia Elsheikh as New Chief Marketing Officer

    Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 9, 2025July 10, 2025

    In a bold strategic move that underscores the intensifying competition in East Africa’s telecom sector, MTN Uganda has appointed Sylvia Elsheikh—formerly Chief Marketing Officer at Airtel Zambia—as its new Chief…

    UDB, Ministry of Finance to Meet Over Ndere’s UGX 10 Billion Loan

    Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryJuly 9, 2025July 9, 2025

    Uganda Development Bank (UDB) and Ministry of Finance will this week hold a meeting aimed at structuring a plan for the repayment of a UGX 10.5 billion loan due to…

    PostBank Interests Farmers, Kenyan and Zambian Delegation on Innovative Financial Solutions at Jinja Agricultural Exhibition

    Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsJuly 8, 2025July 8, 2025

    In a week-long agricultural exhibition that attracted farmers and Agri-Entrepreneurs from different districts across the country and the wider region, including a 10-women delegation from Kenya and a 3-women delegation…

    Vetaplan Chicken Directors Arrested Over UGX 758 Million Poultry Investment Scam

    Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryJuly 4, 2025July 4, 2025

    The Capital Markets Authority has confirmed the arrest of two directors and an employee of “Vetaplan Chicken” following a major two-year investigation into an alleged investment scam that swindled over UGX…

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