Media Age PR has been awarded the Best Public Relations Agency in by the Public Relations Associations Association (PRAU) of Uganda.Media Age PR also won the prestigious award of the Best Overall PR Campaign as well as the Best Corporate Communications Campaign award 2022-2023. Media Age PR scooped a total of 3 awards at the just concluded 11 th edition of the PRAU Awards. The awards considered work done from January 2022 to September 2023. The awards event, held last Friday in Jinja town at the Jinja Nile Resort hotel brought together East Africa’s communications and Public Relations practitioners in…
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After a lot of speculation, the long awaited new Cabinet list is out and in there are a lot of surprises in terms of new faces as well as the old cadres kicked out. What is evident though is that the women have carried the day scooping big positions, right from the Vice President spot, Prime Minister and 1st Deputy Prime Minister, among other positions as well as taking a sizeable share of the Cabinet The ladies that scooped powerful positions include; Vice President: – Jessica Alupo (Maj.Rtd) Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament – Robinah Nabbanja…
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Jacob Oulanyah is the Speaker of Uganda’s 11th Parliament. In polls held today at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala during the 11th Parliament’s first sitting, Oulanyah emerged triumphant after garnering 310 votes, flooring outgoing Speaker Rebecca Kadaga who polled 197 while Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)’s Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda got 15. Meanwhile, the Deputy Speaker spot has been taken by Bukedea District Woman MP Anita Among who polled an overwhelming majority 415 votes followed by Yusuf Nsibambi with 35 votes while Muhammad Nsereko got 24 votes. Oulanyah was yesterday picked by ruling National Resistance Movement’s Central Executive Committee as their…
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Jacob Oulanyah is the new Speaker of Parliament after getting the highest number of votes today. He polled 390 votes against 197 votes for Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, the outgoing Speaker. Hon. Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda polled a distant 15 votes. The ruling party National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s top organ, the Central Executive Committee (CEC) picked Deputy Speaker Jacob L. Oulanyah as their party’s candidate for Speaker in the 11th Parliament. In what was a shock for many, Oulanyah was picked over Kadaga who Speaker has been for the last ten years and has been Deputy Speaker before that. But who is…
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In just a few hours, the expression of interest by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Members of Parliament, for the influential positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker for the 11th Parliament shall close. According to guidelines issued by the party’s Electoral Commission on 18th May 2021, expressions of interest which started on Wednesday, 19th May 2021, will come to a close today, paving way for a closed NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting to sit to consider the names of those who will have expressed interest. The CEC meeting which sits tomorrow, Saturday 22nd May 2021, is expected to…
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Parliament has approved a motion authorizing the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) to take two loans amounting to $84.8m (UGX305.5b) that will be used to finance operations and extending more credit to the private sector in the country. The two loans are going to be secured from different financiers outside the country according to the report of the Committee on National Economy which processed the loans. It is a relief to the management of the UDB as Executive Director Ms Patricia Ojangole told this website that the bank was appreciative of the Parliament and government support to ensure that its strategy…
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The general perception on the UGX250 billion package the Ministry of Finance channeled through the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) is to operationalise President Yoweri Museveni’s presidential initiative on wealth and job creation, known as Emyooga. The emyooga money packed in the 2020/2021 financial year budget was supposed to benefit a total of 18 groups with different enterprises in every Constituency across the country with each supposed to receive UGX30m to help members start businesses. Each constituency is supposed to have received Shs256m for distribution to the successful beneficiaries. The emyooga funds target specialized skills groups such as; Boda Boda motorcyclists,…
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President Yoweri Museveni has appointed a new chairperson for the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), along with a new vice chairperson and members. In a 23rd March 2021 letter to the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, Museveni names Hon. Safia Jjuko Nalule (Chairperson), Ojok Joel Cox (Vice Chairperson), Ms Denise Tumusiime (Member), Zaidi Ibrahim Edema (Member), and Sr Mary Wasangali (Member) “I hereby forward their names and Curriculum Vitae for Parliament approval,” the President says in the letter. The president’s letter to the Speaker of Parliament Early this year, the contracts of officials at the Commission (EOC) reportedly ran out and…
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Parliament has passed the National Social Security Fund- NSSF Bill 2019, giving Ugandans aged over 45 years and those who have saved for 10 years to access 20 per cent of their savings. Amended Clause Clause 10 of the principal Act has been amended to read as follows: A member who has made voluntary contributions to the fund shall be allowed midterm access to his or her benefits accrued from the voluntary saving on such terms and conditions and in a manner prescribed by the BoardA member who is in employment and is forty five and above or has contributed…
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The government of Uganda has told Parliament that it needs more time to consult on the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Amendment Bill 2019 concerning which Ministry should supervise the funds.In September last year MPs disagreed over the clauses relating to midterm access and which Ministry between Finance and Gender should supervise the funds. The MPs had also failed to agree on the age group of people to access the funds and the percentage that should be given out.The joint committee on Finance and Gender in their report proposed that only members aged above 45 and who have saved for…
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