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Rukutana declared NRM flag bearer for Rushenyi County, Ntungamo District

CEO ReporterThe Big StorySeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

State Minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has been declared the duly elected NRM flag bearer for the Rushenyi Constituency Member of Parliament 2020 after polling the highest number of votes…

Billionaire, Sudhir Ruparelia tests negative for COVID-19; urges for strict observance of government guidelines on pandemic prevention

CEO ReporterThe Big StorySeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Billionaire founder and Chairman of the Ruparelia Group, Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has urged Ugandans to continue strict observance of the government guidelines on COVID-19, saying that in the interim, this…

EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Why Equal Opportunities Commission Chairperson, Mrs. Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi could end up in prison over UGX44.5 million

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Details have emerged from the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions on why Mrs. Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi the Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission, is in trouble with the law. Earlier…

Architectural firm, FBW dragged to court for more than USD3 million over contract breach

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Property development firm, Meera Investments Ltd, has jointly sued FBW (U) an architectural firm, together with its two architect directors- a one Nigel J. Tilling and another Paul Moores for…

BALAAM RESPONDS TO HON. BETTY NAMBOOZE: I am proud to use my guerrilla marketing skills to convert supporters for NRM, my party

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

Trust: without it, youre just another bank The great Napoleon Bonaparte, once said that never interrupt your enemy when (s)he is making a mistake, but because we in the National…

MTN Uganda assembles a solid local senior executives team to lead its next bold phase of growth.

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 14, 2020September 15, 2020

MTN Uganda and the Uganda Communications Commission, on 1st July 2020 signed a landmark USD 100 million (approximately UGX 371.5 billion) 12-year Second National Operator (SNO) License. This milestone agreement…

ALL FEMALE: Meet Four Ladies Heading the Incoming Uganda Law Society Executive Committee

Samuel MuhimbaThe Big StorySeptember 14, 2020September 14, 2020

Over the weekend, the lawyers’ community under their body, Uganda Law Society (ULS) elected a new executive committee to replace the outgoing one headed by Simon Peter Kinobe who has…

Ugandans welcome Government-Total Key Oil Pipeline Agreement

CEO ReporterThe Big StorySeptember 12, 2020September 12, 2020

Ugandans have come out to support the government’s move of signing ofthe Host Government Agreement (HGA) for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project with Total. The ceremony took…

VIDEO: Eyewitness accounts of how Hon. Rukutana was calculatedly provoked into drawing a gun in self-defence, against masked attackers

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 11, 2020September 11, 2020

On Tuesday, 7th September 2020, Ntungamo Chief Magistrate, Sarah Mponye, remanded Rushenyi County MP and the State Minister for Labour, Mr Mwesigwa Rukutana until 15th of September 2020 when he…

All International Schools to re-open at full capacity under clear SOPs

Samuel MuhimbaThe Big StorySeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

The Ministry of Education and Sports has allowed all international schools in Uganda to reopen while operating under Standard operating Procedures (SOPs). This follows the decision reached by President Yoweri…