As part of its ongoing activities to reach out to Ugandans, Bryan White Foundation on Friday donated several scholastic materials as well as sanitary pads to pupils of Luuka Primary School in Luuka District. Bryan White said children living in poverty face enormous challenges and the goal of Bryan White Foundation is to continue being such children’s advocate around the country. “We shared some scholastic materials with the Pupils of Luuka and also availed sanitary pads to the school going girls in the district. Education is a true representation of hope,” Bryan White said. Bryan White Foundation is running a…
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Two Ugandan women arrived last evening in Uganda after years of horror in Oman where they had gone to seek for greener pastures. The ladies returned after they rescued courtesy of Bryan White Foundation (BWF) boss Bryan White. The ladies were rescued after Calvin Rich Kayanja and Jackline reached out to Bryan White seeking for help to rescue stranded Ugandan ladies who were suffering different forms of slavery in the Arab world where they had gone to seek employment. Being a humanitarian, Bryan White didn’t hesitate to buy return tickets for them through Calvin Kayanja even when the two had…
Police has trashed reports of the alleged arrest of self-styled tycoon Bryan White as untrue and baseless. “We have not arrested him,” Police spokesperson Emillian Kayima revealed. Social media wash awash with claims that Bryan White had been arrested for accumulating debts and being in possession of a stolen car at his Munyonyo home. This website earlier reported that Police had surrounded the tycoon’s house due to an unpaid debt worth USD160,000 which he owes to a city businessman. The said city Businessman sold a car type Mercedes Benz G63 registration number UBA 063J at a tune of USD260,000. Bryan…
Bryan White Foundation through their boss, Brian Kirumira has kicked off the exercise of giving out free interest loans to individuals. Five individuals with different projects were on Thursday given loans with free interest loans to carry out their projects. The five are going to do piggery and chicken projects in different areas of Munyonyo, Buziga and Ggaba. Bryan White advised the individuals to use the cash for the purpose they are meant for. The five each chose their own time to return the money. Bryan White Foundation’s mission is to awaken Ugandans from poverty. The files of the five…
President Yoweri Museveni has maintained his stance and defended the current taxes on social media in a statement posted on Facebook on Thursday. He, however, said that taxes on mobile money had been miscommunicated, saying that the tax on transactions, excluding depositing, is 0.5% and not 1%. Sources inside telecom companies indicate that this will be implemented tomorrow. Below is the full statement: Dear Ugandans, Greetings. I am using social media to share with you the reasons for the social-media tax and the mobile money tax. Our budget for this financial year is Sh32 trillion. The taxes collected from within…
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic received a red card for slapping an opposing player in the head but the LA Galaxy were still able to eke out a 1-0 win over the Montreal Impact without their marquee acquisition. Impact defender Michael Petrasso stepped on the 36-year-old’s foot in the 40th minute of the match in Montreal and the towering Swede retaliated with a slap to the back of Petrasso’s head. The new LA derby needed a hook … Zlatan Ibrahimovic delivered it Both players fell to the ground in an apparent effort to win the sympathy of referee Ismail Elfath but after a…
Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a deal with Netflix to produce films and documentaries for the TV streaming giant. The former US president and first lady will develop ideas for potential shows on service including “scripted series, unscripted series, docu-series, documentaries and features”. “One of the simple joys of our time in public service was getting to meet so many fascinating people from all walks of life, and to help them share their experiences with a wider audience,” said the former president in a statement. “That’s why Michelle and I are so excited to partner with Netflix – we…
Inspector General of Police, Martins Okoth Ochola, has disbanded violent police crack unit, the Flying Squad Unit (FSU). FSU commanded by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Herbert Muhangi, has been known for hunting down suspects in high profile cases. In his message to all directors and unit heads, IGP Ochola replaced the elite squad with a new unit dubbed Organised Crime Department (OCD) which he has placed under the command of former Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Mark Odong. In his second week as IGP, Mr Ochola reverted 19 specialised units that directly reported to former…
The government proposes a daily tax of Ush100 ($0.03) on all social media users in the country. Addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Parliament on Thursday, the State Minister for Planning, David Bahati, said the fee will be charged everyday on each SIM card that connects to the internet for social media. President Yoweri Museveni recently revealed that the government was planning to introduce taxes on social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Skype and Viber, claiming that people use these platforms mainly for lugambo (gossip). He however received backlash from social media users, including human rights…