Some places welcome you. Others change you quietly, from the inside out. Beauvais Retreat Centre sits on a peaceful hill outside Kampala in Masulita, holding a calm that settles into…
Piracy and Intellectual Property theft have long plagued Uganda’s creative sector, robbing musicians, filmmakers, producers and innovators of both recognition and income. But government agencies, industry leaders and artistes themselves…
For Isaiah Katumwa, music has never just been a passion; it’s been a calling. A platform to not only chase his dreams, but to uplift others and build a legacy...
This Sunday, July 20th, the Kampala Serena Hotel will transform into a stage of history, legacy, and world-class jazz, as Uganda’s foremost saxophonist, Isaiah Katumwa, celebrates 30 years of music,...
The Ruparelia Group is set to unveil its latest addition to Uganda’s luxury hospitality scene—Paradise Island Resort—in November 2025. Located on a secluded 24-acre island in the heart of Lake...
If you thought you had had enough of Speke Resort, Munyonyo, you may want to try it again. The hotel’s proprietor, Sudhir Ruparelia has given it a face-lift, that has…
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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Sulaiman Mbuga is in custody of Swedish prosecutors after he was arrested and airlifted to the European country with the help of Ugandan authorities. The socialite and businessman and his wife Vivienne Chebet have been on the spot after revelations in Sweden that their lavish lifestyle is funded by a heist-like fraud they pulled in Sweden three years ago. Speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity and secrecy of the arrest, a source at Interpol Uganda said SK Mbuga, known for flaunted his seated opulence, was airlifted to Sweden upon arrest Monday morning. This news website could not…
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Some of the biggest sponsorships contracts include Uganda Cranes (Airtel Shs10 billion, Bidco Uganda Limited – BUL Shs300 million and National Insurance Company – NIC Shs570 million), Azam Uganda Premier League at Shs5.4 billion, Vipers SC sponsorships (DFCU Shs300 million, Roofings Uganda Shs500 million and Hima Cement Shs632 million), KCCA FC sponsorships (MTN Shs1.2 billion, StarTimes TV Shs3.2 billion, Prime Media Shs750 million and Britam Insurance Shs1.4 billion), Express FC has DStv at Shs300 million, SC Villa has StarTimes offering Shs1.3 billion, Mbarara City FC has TopBet offering Shs200 million, and Bright Stars FC has Lato Milk injecting in Shs130…
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Singer Joseph Mayanja’s current headache isn’t just the ‘arrogance’ of fellow artiste Bebe Cool whose lists of chart-topping musicians has left him angry. There is a much bigger and costly matter he has to grapple with. Dr Jose Chameleone, as Mayanja is popularly known, faces a Shs53 million legal suit filed by a music promoter. Before the High Court in Kampala, South African-based Zaina Namuwonge, who also trades as Sezana Promotions, claims that, in 2015, she made a Shs25 million down payment to Chameleone after entering into agreement for the singer to hold a three-day concert dubbed, ‘Wale-Wale’ in Pretoria,…
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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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BY JACOBS O. SEAMAN The Commercial Court in Kampala has dismissed two lawyers from representing Bank of Uganda in a case against businessman Sudhir Ruparelia, essentially snatching dream pay cheques the central bank was offering them. In its ruling, the court agreed with Sudhir that David Mpanga, of AF Mpanga Advocates, and Timothy Masembe, of MMAKS Advocates, were not legally qualified to represent BoU as lead lawyers due to conflict of interest. The lawyers stand to miss out on the reported Shs5 billion that Bank of Uganda has been dolling out as it draws all daggers out against the tycoon. In…
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It appears to be that season for amending ‘constitutions’ and media owners and advertisers in the country will not let Parliament beat them to this melee. Under their umbrellas, Uganda Media Owners Association (UMOA) and Uganda Advertising Association (UAA), the parties have agreed to amend terms of engagement enshrined in a memorandum of understanding five years ago. The development is a culmination of consultations among the parties (and not constituents like it was for MPs) that arrived at a decision the MoU, signed six years ago, needed amendments to check some of the challengers that have since emerged in their…
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The aviation sector’s efforts to wobble back to its wings and soar higher in the global skies has taken yet another hard bump as Etihad Airways moved to end its flights to Entebbe International Airport. Etihad Airways has been servicing Entebbe four times a week for the last two-and-a-half years but now says that, effective March 2018, they will cease operating the route. The flag carrier and the second largest airline of the United Arab Emirates did not give detail for their withdrawal from Uganda, leave industry analysts to point to the possibility of loss-making. https://twitter.com/Deals_Africa/status/943028833833422848 However, in a statement,…
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Our Reporter. A few days ago, the winners of the 24th World Travel Awards were announced, with Kenya named as the World’s leading Safari destination. It was the fourth time that Kenya bagged this prestigious award after winning it in 2016, 2015 and 2013. World Travel Awards is the travel industry’s most prestigious awards programme, designed to recognize, appreciate and reward leaders in the hotel & hospitality, airline and tourism industries. This organization supports, promotes and develops the global travel and tourism industry by identifying and rewarding excellence and inspiring practitioners to continually raise the standards of their products…
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