Chided as a propaganda state with “nothing to show for” except carefully chosen words to convince the world beyond its tiny border that the central African state is “the Singapore…
Now you can fly to Nairobi from Entebbe for just Shs400,000. Jambojet, a budget airline, is breaking its wings into the niche market and the excitement is already felt. At 10:30am Thursday, a 78-seater turboprop Bombardier Next Gen Q400 touched down at Entebbe International Airport. A fireman’s water salute was served on the white jet that spotted red logo of JamboJet. The moment heralded a new era and has revived hopes and given travellers much relief. Kenya’s budget airline JamboJet had launched a game changer low-cost flights between Entebbe and Nairobi. Jambojet has launched international flights, touching down at Uganda’s Entebbe…
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Such brutal and chilling actions by state agents against journalists are things of the Amin era. Are they returning now that even a journalist working for a state-owned newspaper is dealt with like that? They came and pitched camp outside Vision Group headquarters in the busy Industrial Area. Witnesses say they were even in military uniform. They baited him at lunch hour and grabbed him in full view of the public, bundled him into a waiting double carbin pick-up and sped off to unknown destination. The New Vision, where Charles Etukuri works as a senior reporter attached to the weekend…
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With the nation beginning to recover from the shocking death of one of the nation’s best music talents, Moses Nakintije Ssekibogo, better known as Mowzey Radio, critical questions linger around…
The opening of the Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism to Ugandan financial journalism reporters adds to other prestigious awards such as Uganda National Journalism Awards, run by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) in the country. Ugandan financial reporters have yet another opportunity to be celebrated for their works and it comes big and with far-reaching prestige. It is the chance to participate in Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism. Sanlam Uganda announced Monday that it will open the award to Ugandan journalists who stand to be recognised and rewarded for exceptional business journalism like the life…
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Mowzey Radio, the singer with a million dollar musical voice, is dead. Radio, who has been battling for his life at Case Clinic on Bombo Road in Kampala since being beaten in a bar fight on the morning of January 21, was pulled out of induced coma at 3am on the first day of February. Like many Ugandans, music fans have been waiting for January to end and usher in February. But it will now be just another painful wish. Have been told about the untimely death of musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio. I had only recently made a…
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In a joint record four appearances, Uganda Cranes have only managed to fetch $550,000 (Shs2 billion) when a championship run at a single tournament would fetch $2.25 million (Shs8 billion) to the association. [ih-gallery id=”6603″] The nosy Wikipedia has already updated Uganda’s status at the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco. It says GS. Group Stage. In fact, the free online encyclopaedia has the same GS status for each of the four times Uganda has participated in the continent’s biennial soccer showpiece for home-based players. Put another way, Wikipedia’s GS status on Uganda corresponds with the lowest possible…
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Total Uganda, one of the biggest integrated oil and gas company in the country, has added individual consumers to its cashless payment system that uses debit cards. Over the past two decades, Total has offered the business segment a ‘Total Card,’ which has served its corporate, government and SME customers. The oil and gas giants say the smartcard served well in controlling expenses and facilitating fleet management, with over 11,000 cards in circulation. Seeing the very good fruits of this all, and amid increased competition in the local oil and gas sector, Total Uganda has decided it is time to…
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BY DENIS JJUUKO As 2017 was drawing to a close, Kampala and most parts of the country became very hot. And there were lots of complaints about the weather. Some people invoked God and others quickly cited climate change. December is a hot month and usually January and February are some of the hottest months in most parts of Uganda. Anyway, the rain eventually came down on New Year’s Eve, at least in Kampala. And of course most parts of Kampala were plunged into darkness. The rain, which is the major source of our electricity as we mainly…
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President Museveni reiterated his stance that the Ugandan economy is growing stronger and the citizens richer despite all other indicators—for as long as there are more Ugandans exporting and many more still importing goods like cars and carpets, he says. There are, of course, experts who will argue against this prism and insist that some of the examples the president cites are akin to “seeing things
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