Airtel Uganda staff have today donated UGX 72,280,000/- to aid health workers at Uganda’s border posts in the fight against Covid-19. The donation that will aid health workers at the border points of Elegu, Mutukula, Malaba and Busia is intended to procure Personal Protective Equipment. Airtel Uganda recognizes that without an influx of urgently needed protective equipment, more healthcare workers may fall ill, reducing the availability of care for patients. They are working in stressful environments, not just because the virus is little understood, but because in most settings they are under-protected and are themselves vulnerable to infection. Speaking at…
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Research done by McKinsey & Company a global management consulting firm revealed that clients who used digital platforms were 33% happier than those who used the traditional means of banking. Given the current circumstances, people should strongly embrace banking from the comfort of their homes. “It does not matter where you are. Whether you are deep down in Kalangala or some other place, you should be able to deposit and or withdraw from your account through your mobile wallet. If it’s an investment club, you should be able to withdraw some of your savings, deposit or get a soft loan…
It is finally clear that the long awaited case between the landlords and tenants kicks off at the high court on 17th 06 2020 . The traders / tenants represented by KACITA Uganda Ltd seek a court order restraining the landlords from charging rent for the period under lock down . To KACITA it is very unfair because none of Ugandans didn’t loose something .It is such a historical case since many fear the landlords for their financial muscles and godly behaviors . It is either now or never as many businesses will close if the tenants lost the case…
An American Christian missionary has pleaded guilty in a US court to sexually abusing young girls at the orphanage he started in Kenya. Gregory Dow, 61, admitted to four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in a foreign place. The orphanage was in operation from 2008 to 2017 when Mr Dow left Kenya. The FBI and Kenyan authorities investigated him and he was charged in the US. In 2008, Dow founded the orphanage in western Kenya. It was partly funded by churches in Lancaster county in the US state of Pennsylvania, reports local newspaper LNP. He…
A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. The drug is part of the world’s biggest trial testing existing treatments to see if they also work for coronavirus. It cut the risk of death by a third for patients on ventilators. For those on oxygen, it cut deaths by a fifth. Had the drug had been used to treat patients in the UK from the start of the pandemic, up to 5,000…
Great Lakes Energy Company (GLE) – the investors of Kabulasoke Solar Power Plant, in Kabulasoke, Uganda – has today handed over five brand new Nissan Double Cabin Pick-ups worth 134,300 US Dollars (approximately UG Shillings 507.6m) to Hon. Mary Okurut, the Minister In Charge of General Duties and the head of the Government Covid-19 taskforce. The five cars will help transport medical workers and distribute food across Uganda as the country continues to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. GLE has always contributed to the communities that they operate in across Africa by supporting sustainable development projects, mainly in Health, Education and…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has taken his feuds with Speaker Kadaga a notch higher by directing Eng David Kakuba who has been MD for CAA to hand over office because he no longer has trust in him. Sources say Museveni has already acted through line Minister Katumba Wamala by writing to Kakuba asking him to clear his desk and leave office on 22nd July. The General Katumba’s letter was delivered to the tearful Kakuba last week and the man has been shedding tears with a swollen face since that time. This means that Kakuba who was mentored by late Kibirige…
East African Partners (EAP) a company that markets East Africa as an investment destination has on Monday June 8 rallied African Americans to consider taking up investments in East Africa. East Africa has for the recent years ranked as the most attractive investment destination— helped by its expanding consumer market, increasing availability of hard currency, exchange rate stability, a diversified economy and steady improvement in business environment, particularly investment-related legal reforms. The region’s ease of doing business has been boosted by its developed infrastructure, healthy, well-educated workforce, the most efficient goods market and strong institutions. For weeks now several African…
The Russian government has donated $3 million (about Shs11 billion) to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) unit in Uganda to help the East African nation purchase pesticides and equipment needed to fight desert locusts. The donation was delivered by the Russian Ambassador to Uganda Alexander Polyakov. “Tt is my great honour and pleasure to address this symbolic, but importanthandover ceremony of a $3 million cheque for the contribution to Uganda made by theRussian Federation through the UN Food and Agriculture Organization,” Polyakov said. “This is part ofthe larger Russian donation of $10 million to FAO to fund their regional…
Airtel Uganda today celebrates a decade of commitment to transforming and enriching the lives of Ugandans. Airtel opened its doors in Uganda on June 8, 2010, launching an endless world of possibilities and transformation through leadership in innovation, investment, financial and digital inclusion. Speaking during the announcement of the 10-year anniversary celebrations, V.G Somasekhar, the Airtel Uganda Managing Director said, “As a subsidiary of Airtel Africa Limited, we look at ourselves as a proudly Ugandan company here to uphold our promise to connect and enable millions of Ugandans.” “Our journey begun with a commitment to provide the people of Uganda…