Month: January 2022

Business Editors Pick Main Stories

Digital lending takes shape in Uganda’s strides towards cashless economy

January 31, 2022
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At first Mobile Money was developed to help one transfer money from one network to another…

Around the World Editors Pick Main Stories News

Africa can now make better decisions, Museveni argues in call for reforms at UN Security Council

January 28, 2022
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President Yoweri Museveni has joined the growing list of world leaders calling for reforms to the…

Editors Pick Week in Focus

Mutebile, icon of Uganda’s economic reforms bows out, hopes for enstranged neighbours Uganda-Rwanda reconciliation renewed, Uganda fully reopens economy

January 24, 2022
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Uganda woke to the news of the death of Bank of Uganda Governor Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile…

Art & Culture The Wonderful Pearl

Cultural institutions and their role in building Uganda

January 21, 2022
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In 1967, then president of Uganda, Apollo Milton Obote abolished cultural institutions in the country, setting…

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As Uganda reopens schools, we must not leave our girls behind

January 18, 2022
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This Article was first published by The Independent This week, Ugandan schools reopened for the first time since…

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As Uganda reopens schools, we must not leave our girls behind

January 18, 2022
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This week, Ugandan schools reopened for the first time since March 2020 – the longest Covid-related school closure of…

Editors Pick Main Stories Week in Focus

News of Children killed in fires blacks out excitement as schools reopen, Rwandans flee vaccination, Uganda to conduct door-to-door immunisation

January 17, 2022
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News of two school fires in which five children were killed and several injured, has marred…

Editors Pick SPORTS

Why Cheptegei is Uganda’s sports personality of 2021

January 14, 2022
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In all measures, sports lovers will in unison agree that world record holder, Joshua Cheptegei carried…

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NSSF Bill: Savers to receive mid-term benefits, but who will pay the price?

January 11, 2022
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President Yoweri Museveni last week assented to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) (Amendment) Bill, 2021,…

Editors Pick Main Stories Week in Focus

Ugandans ignore Health ministry warning of 3rd wave as schools reopen, AFCON kicks off with pomp, Somalia leaders pen deal to conduct elections

January 10, 2022
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Officials from Uganda’s Health ministry last week unfortunately sounded like a broken record as they announced…

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How standoff between Museveni and MTN over license fees, espionage ended in Ugandans owning 15% of biggest teleco

January 6, 2022
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On March 14, 2019, President Yoweri Museveni met with officials of the MTN Group from the…

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Uganda’s beef has earned an honored place on tables across the world, what’s so special?

January 5, 2022
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Last month, the President of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) H.E. Modeste…

Editors Pick Main Stories

The wrap up: 2021 in the eyes of Uganda’s President Museveni

January 3, 2022
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Friday December 31 2021, delivered a highly anticipated national address, winding…