dfcu Bank in partnership with Monitor Publication Limited’s Daily Monitor and Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) have been running a program dubbed ‘Rising Woman’ aimed at recognizing, celebrating, and promoting a culture of mentorship among women in business. Sandra Nakayenze emerged as the 2nd runner up in the Inaugural Rising Woman proposal writing competition and won UGX: 5,000,000 and a study tour trip to Nairobi. Seven years ago, Sandra Nakayenze set out to change the lives of female coffee farmers in the hills of Sironko District. The social, economic, religious, and cultural hardships encountered by both young rural women and the…
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Two thugs were shot and disabled by a joint patrol team of Police and UPDF under Wakiso Police Division. ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, Deputy PRO Kampala Metropolitan Police, said the two thugs have been terrorizing residents of Kikaya Bulenga. The incident occurred at about 1:00am on Wednesday 25/05/2022 when thugs armed with pangas attacked the home of Ssempijja Bruno, and cut him before stealing his Huawei phone. However, by the time the officers arrived at the scene, the thugs had moved to the rental houses of Gladesi Mugerwa and were at the rental apartment of Ronald Mutebi, a journalist with the…
Few players have ever enjoyed almost total domination of a FIFA World Cup, but one man who knows exactly how that feels is Argentina’s Mario Alberto Kempes Chiod, known as El Toro and El Matador. The Bell Ville-born striker made the 1978 tournament very much how own: he scored twice in the final, a 3-1 win over the Netherlands, and received the Golden Boot as top goalscorer. He also won the Golden Ball for the player of the tournament, making him one of only three players to have won all three awards at a single World Cup, along with Garrincha…
SuperSport viewers on DStv and GOtv are counting down the days to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, with the tournament set to run from 21 November to 18 December and provide the most thrilling distillation of ‘The Beautiful Game’. DStv and GOtv is the only true home of football in Africa, offering a range and depth of action that no other rival can match – it’s literally ‘Unbeatable Football’! If you’re going to spend your money on something, it may as well be on the best football in the world. Morocco national team coach Vahid Halilhodzic says he…
Police have foiled another attempt by Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former Forum for Democratic President to stage a protest against the high commodity prices. Flanked by his fellow former presidential candidate, Samuel Walter lubega Mukaaku Besigye left his residence enroute to Kampala capital city centre. Besigye told journalists that he had decided to continue with the protests to wake up Ugandans to compel the government to address the high commodity prices since the president, Yoweri Museveni had failed to provide solutions during his Sunday night address. He, however, couldn’t move far since the police had blocked the road to his…
The Rotary Club of Bweyogerere Namboole in partnership with the Rotary Club of Tororo Sam Owori held a Rotary Family Health Day Camp with the community of Nyalakot Health Centre II, Oriyoi Village in Tororo District. Over 800 people were treated and given free medication. The activities offered during the camp included; General health, Dental Checkups , Nutritional health awareness and training, Hypertension testing, Cervical Cancer Testing, TB Screening, Malaria Testing, HIV testing, Family Planning and Reproductive Health among other activities. The Rotary Club of Tororo Sam Owori and Bweyogerere Namboole also undertook clinic talks with teenage mothers on how…
Police at Kibiri Busabala have carried out an operation on bars and hangout spots which play loud music and arrested seven people, among whom are proprietors of the establishments. The operation followed a public outcry on the deafening sound coming from the bars in the wee hours of the night when people are resting. This was backed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police’s directive that territorial Police should work hand in hand with the Environment Police to curb noise pollution. KMP Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire revealed in a statement on Thursday that the suspects are currently detained at Katwe…
Land Titles for four investors who benefited in the distribution of the Nakawa-Naguru land have been cancelled by the house. These beneficiaries include Internal Medicine of Virginia PC (15 acres), Master Links Uganda Ltd (3 acres), Phaneroo Ministries (4 acres) and Arab Oil Supplies and Exploration Ltd (4 acres). This followed the adoption of Parliament’s Adhoc Committee report, which has been investigating the distribution of 82.05 acres of Nakawa-Naguru land. One of the terms of reference that was given to the committee by the Speaker, Anita Among was to establish any possible fraudulent activities or flaws committed in the disposal…
SuperSport viewers on DStv and GOtv will be counting down the days to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, with the tournament set to run from 21 November to 18 December and provide the most thrilling distillation of ‘The Beautiful Game’. DStv and GOtv is the only true home of football in Africa, offering a range and depth of action that no other rival can match – it’s literally ‘Unbeatable Football’! If you’re going to spend your money on something, it may as well be on the best football in the world. One of the players who could light…
By David Isabirye Jerome Juuko won the Absa Bank Card Assist campaign in Uganda. This was a campaign that was initiated by the bank having looked at the behavior of the customers concerning the usage of cards. Absa Bank realized the usage of cards was going up daily and there was a need for customers to be safe. Juuko had the highest card transactions throughout the campaign period. The Card Assist Campaign was started in December 2021 which Absa Bank launched across the African Continent. At the end of the campaign, the customer who had made the most transactions using…