More than 600 youth are currently benefitting from the mentorship program which was launched by Boundless Minds in partnership with Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda (CCBA) in October this year. Dubbed ‘Elevate’ the program seeks to empower youth with work ready skills to support their school-to-work transition. There is no doubt COVID-19 disrupted the lives of young people in various ways. This program provides youth with a meaningful way to spend their time. “The progress and impact we have made with Elevate! keeps surprising me. Before this year started, it didn’t seem possible that we’d be able to train and…
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An angry fan has told comedian Patrick Idringi Salvado that she wishes that his wife Daphine Frankstock and kids die in car accident. Prisca Shanice Namara (Facebook names) says when such atrocity happens to Salvado he too will feel the pain people who have lost their loved ones under the NRM regime have endured. It all started when Salvado,a known ruling party supporter indirectly condemned presidential candidate Bobi Wine for competing with his elder President Yoweri Museveni when it comes to addressing the nation. Museveni on Sunday scheduled his state of the nation address at 7pm and on learning that…
Head Coach Edward Kaziba is determined the hard work at SC Villa ahead of the 2020/2021 campaign will pay off. The long unprecedented break away from football activities came as a blow for many clubs but this has not been the case for SC Villa. The break was time for the club to overhaul and there is no doubt that the Club has taken various steps to get to greater success. A new club structure was released at an event held at Sheraton Kampala Hotel Ballroom in mid-October that showed how club ownership should return to the public with the VIlla…
Uganda says it has no regrets for deporting foreign journalists. Margaret Evans, a correspondent of Canada Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) based in London, on Sunday expressed shock about her team’s deportation from Uganda. “Ugandan gov’t avoiding outside scrutiny of Jan elections already,” said Evans on her Twitter handle, adding, “We were deported Friday even though we had official media credentials.” Evans’ crew members who were also kicked out of Uganda include Lily Martin and J F Bisson. Evans, who boasts more than 7 years of experience in covering the Middle East, said her team was detained for ten hours “before being…
Residents of Lwanyonyi-Kirangira in Nama sub-county in Mukono district have held a feast to celebrate the death of their landlord, Israel Dickson Banoba. The late Banoba, who has been feuding with the residents over land for the last 30 years, suffered a heart failure on Monday last week. The residents have for years, accused Banoba of forcefully evicting them from their land and corruptly dragging them to court. The news of his death brought joy to the residents. On Thursday about 80 residents led by Umalu Ssebuyonjo slaughtered a cow and roasted the meat on the contested land to…
President Museveni has said government will compensate some of the victims of the deadly protests that broke out earlier this month after the arrest of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi. Addressing the country on the current situation on Sunday evening, the President said government will investigate and compensate families of the deceased who were not involved in the protests. “Government will compensate all those who were not rioters but lost lives in those protests. After due process government will compensate loss of life and properties if it can be verified but not the rioters,”Museveni said on Sunday afternoon. Reveals death toll…
Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi, also known as Barbie has said that the current government cares less about women and implored women to vote for husband and National Unity Platform flag bearer, Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu alias Bobi Wine. For the first time since the National Unity Platform launched their manifesto, Barbie joined her husband Kyagulanyi on the campaign trail as they combed for votes in Kyankwanzi, Kiboga, and Kasanda. In her remarks, Barbie urged women to stand up and participate in the struggle for change because the current leadership has not done enough to change their standards of living. “It hurts me…
Senior NRM leaders turned against each other last week after they disagreed on how to characterise the challenge posed by Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine to the party’s political ambitions. This was during President Museveni’s campaign tour of the Bugisu sub region. The row was first sparked off by comments attributed to the NRM National vice chairperson Eastern region, Capt Mike Mukula who discouraged youth from voting for Kyagulanyi. Mukula described Kyagulanyi as a “mere MDD diploma holder” who knows nothing about governance issues. The fires were further stoked by the former EALA MP Nusura Tiperu, while campaigning for Museveni…
Kampala Industrial & Business Park COVID-19 task force has cautioned residents and operators in the area to continue observing safety precautions and Standard Operating Procedures in the continued fight against COVID-19. This comes after a reported increase in COVID-19 cases registered in Mukono District with majority originating from Kampala Industrial and Business Park in Namanve. The increasing infections within the area have been traced to the factories, business premises, the residential areas and marketplaces frequented by the employees of organizations within the park. Due to the alarming numbers and the risk posed by business activity in the area, a COVID-19…
DFCU Bank in partnership with Deloitte Uganda recently held a webinar discussion with contractors in the power sector on how to sustainably recover the post-Covid-19 period. The discussion, which was highlighted by Selestino Babungi, Umeme Managing Director as the keynote speaker touched key topics such as the current climate of the power sector, financing, contracts, human capital, and workforce safety and wellbeing – issues the contractors have are dealing with in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Selestino Babungi noted that the power sector is a good indication of what is going on in the country. Being one of the…