The Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations and First Son Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainaerugaba will be among the first commercial passengers for the Uganda Airlines route to Mogadishu, Somalia. According to sources, the First Son purchased his ticket and already obtained a boarding pass for his maiden flight aboard Uganda Airlines to Mogadishu. Muhoozi himself gave a hint of his anticipated flight in a tweet on Wednesday. “I got my boarding pass this morning. To all those who said we couldn’t, we did! Never underestimate Ugandans! Long live Uganda! Long live Uganda Airlines,” he said. The Airline will make their…
Author: Entebbe News
Stanbic Bank Uganda has signed up to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Gender Equality Seal Certification (GES) Program for Public and Private Enterprises.The programme aims to reduce gender gaps and promote equality at the work place and women’s economic empowerment. Pursuit of gender equality at the workplace sets in motion employee performance schemes that reduce gender-gaps, improving staff productivity and business profitability. The process also triggers innovations of gender-appropriate products and services, increasing customer satisfaction. Stanbic will also benefit from networking with global companies that have previously reaped benefits of enrolling for the Gender Equality Seal Certification (GES). Gender…
known for her silk voice, BIDCO brand ambassador and diva, Irene Kyemba has dropped yet another classic piece ‘YANYIRIDE’. With already bangers like ‘Kankinemu’, Akakkeka’, ‘A better Country’, the new fresh joint ‘Yanyiridde’ is worth your ears. Listen to it here;
“Whoever played a part in the fraudulent activities is going to pay for it – we are not going easy. That includes dfcu that is fraudulently occupying Meera Properties; they are the biggest fraudsters in this country. They need to understand that they are illegally occupying our branches and they fraudulently transferred them into their names without the consent of Meera Investments.” These were the words of Ruparelia Group Chairman and founder, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia, immediately after the Commercial Court dismissed a UGX397 billion suit against him his Meera Investments Ltd. On 30th June 2017 Crane Bank Limited [In Receivership]…
LC Councilor Maria Assumpta Nakamya is in the spotlight after battling with the municipal authorities over its decision to erect a huge bill-board in the Children’s park in Entebbe. The bitter councilor for last two weeks has been in running battles with top authorities after finalizing plans to erect a giant bill-board in the children’s play station located in the heart of the town opposite the division ‘B’ offices headed by Micheal Kabwama. The municipal authorities including the Mayor Vincent Kayanja and others have been silent and tight lipped after authorizing a private advertising firm to erect a giant bill…
The Mandela National Stadium commonly referred to as Namboole Stadium is in a financial crisis after four of its tenant failed rent worth Shs1.18 billion. The major debtors are Fortune Energy Limited owned by Captain Mike Mukula to which Mandela Sports Hotel was outsourced at Shs735 million, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) (Shs150.8 million), Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) (Shs205 million) and Pioneer Easy Bus Limited (Shs91 million). The Stadium’s Managing Director Jamil Sewanyana listed the debtors in documents he submitted to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC). PAC Chairperson Nathan Nandala Mafabi had demanded for the documents, for an…
A Buganda kingdom top official is in trouble after assaulting a truck driver at Lwazi stage next to Kiwafu primary school in Entebbe . Charles Kiberu Kisiriiza, the Busiro sub county chief is in the spot-light after assaulting one Ssekyanzi Peter, aged 30yrs and resident of Lugonjo Nakiwogo area on Sunday morning after embarrassing him over a choking debt. The fight started from the poor man demanding for his outstanding debt amounting to one hundred and fifty thousand shillings debt (shs150,000/=) after offering transport services for a water tank, murram and bricks to a site under construction. The duo bitterly…
Uganda Airlines will have its maiden flight on Tuesday instead of Wednesday as earlier scheduled. The maiden flight will be for selected people who will include technical officers, government officials, and media. This was revealed by the Ministry of Works Spokesperson Susan Kataike. The flight will depart from Entebbe Airport to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 10:00 am. It is not yet clear whether this was made specifically for marketing purposes. But this means the taxpayer foots bills for this flight. On its website, Uganda Airlines indicates it has no flight on Tuesday, which implies that the public didn’t…
President Museveni has ordered police to look for the Kenyan owner of the fuel tanker that is responsible for the accident that killed more than 20 people in Rubirizi last week. A DRC bound fuel truck coming from Kenya lost control and rammed into three other vehicles before exploding and killing over 20 people who were burnt to ashes whereas many others sustained injuries. Condoling with locals at Kyambura Trading Centre, Museveni said according to information available, the fuel tanker was faulty before asking police to look for its owner to know whether it had comprehensive insurance so as to…
A campaign aimed at providing clean and safe water to children and mothers to avert deaths caused by dirty water was last evening launched at Kyoga Hall, Kampala Serena Hotel by Chris Matabi. As a way of providing for the community, Chris started Nyonta Relief with the aim of planting 3.3 million fruit trees for cleaning drinking water in 3.3 million families starting with urban slums. Nyonta Relief Life Ambassador, Jackie Rwivanga who was among the dignitaries at the launch, said, having the power to change the well-being of other people is a privilege that comes with a special kind…