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The  tool identified  as ‘Kilimo Call Centre’ was launched on 16th August to create more jobs for youths in the agricultural sector. Through the  Ministry of Agriculture  Animal Industry and Fisheries, Government is implementing more recommendations of the National Strategy for Youth Employment in Agriculture. Read MOre

Minister Evelyn Anite made the remarks in a press meeting she held Monday morning at the Ministry of Finance offices in Kampala. It’s reported that last week a whistleblower petitioned the IGG, to instruct an inquiry into the alleged secret booking arranged by Minister Evelyn Anite in the US via France to Mauritius to meet the potential investors of  UTL . Read More

Ugandans have been argued to use their National Identity Cards (Ndagamuntu) to join productive SACCOs, instead of thinking that they will unseat  president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni  off the presidential seat through the ballot. Frank Gashumba, a motivational speaker in Uganda says People Power Pressure Group is good for those who will aspire for Member of Parliament seat, but not for the presidency as Bobi Wine original name Robert Kyagulanyi’s ambitions are. Read More

ZDr Stella  Nyanzi  who is expected to serve only nine months in prison since she had already spent other nine months on remand has appealed to the court to withdraw the punishment indicating that the magistrate passed an illegal and disproportionate sentence. On August 2, 2019, Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu Musenze sentenced her to 18 months in prison after she was convicted of cyber harassment contrary to sections 24(1) and 24(2) (a) of the Computer Misuse Act (2011). Read More

The Wednesday Summit to be held in  Angola’s Capital Luanda  seeking mediation between president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and  president Paul Kagame , following the Uganda-Rwanda Border Closure of Katuna and Gatuna has been welcomed by a section of legislators in Uganda. In the summit, the two presidents are expected to sign a peace deal to end the border conflicts that have suffered the two countries economy. Read More

Speaking on one local television station, Tamale Mirundi who also referred to  President Museveni  as the only God who doesn’t support his people said that ministers will suffer because they support and back someone (Mr.Museveni) who doesn’t pay them back in return. Read More

Red Shop Agent banking  is the delivery of financial services outside conventional bank branches, where a licensed deposit-taking financial institution contracts (bank) a third party operator (agent) to provide a range of financial services on its behalf. The agent could be an established retail shop, a permanent mobile money agent, a petrol station and hardware shop, among others. Read More

Two Middle East Consultants, a  labour exporting company  officials are under arrest over allegations of fraud, torture and human trafficking.  Benon Kunywana, the General Manager Middle East Consultants and Ayamba Owen the field agent was yesterday arrested by the  State House Anti-Corruption Unit  under accusations of obtaining money falsely from over 27 men and women including torturing some of them through false pretence. Read More

As a simple and humble person,  Frank Walusimbi  was born in Kilembe Hospital, Kasese District. His father was an engineer and the mother was a housewife.  In one of his Facebook posts, Walusimbi shared a heartfelt story about his birth was he indicated that his mother did not have a car and the father’s motorcycle was in an extremely bad mechanical condition on the day she (his mother) developed labour pains. Read More

West Nile MPs threaten to leave Uganda together with their voters if at all anything happens to their girl Minister Anite Following the State Minister for Investment, Evelyn Anite’s outcry of a planned move to kill her by Uganda’s Mafias, West Nile MPs have threatened to leave this country together with their people if at all Anite’s life is ended. Read More

Addressing journalists on Tuesday 20 August at the  Democratic Party (DP)  offices in Kampala during the weekly press meeting, Mao asked Minister Anite to join them in the struggle to bring change in this country and fight the mafias in government jointly. Read More

To promote Information Technology in all schools, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) is spearheading country-wide ICT workshops to empower secondary school teachers to apply ICT learning to children. Workshops, organised by the Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF) in partnership with  Kisubi Associated Writers Agency  (KAWA), will aim at building the capacity of ICT teachers.  Read More

Buzzerboy is really cool. Yes we know that, so in order for it to work for you here what you need: You must have a telephony intercom system This means that when the intercom system in your lobby calls you on your cellphone or landline telephone. You can answer the call, talk to your guest, and press a button on your phone to open the door. You DO NOT need to purchase any hardware We have made Buzzerboy’s AI particularly so that it works with your apartments existing system, so you do not need to purchase any new hardware system. Read More

WHAT IS BUZZERBOY? BuzzerBoy is a voice artificial intelligence (AI) service that can open your apartment's lobby door automatically using voice recognition. When your guest calls your intercom, BuzzerBoy will ask them for a passcode. If they say the correct passcode, BuzzerBoy will open the lobby door, and send you a notification. Read More

Wikipedia defines a lockbox or a “real-estate lockbox” as a padlock-shaped box that hangs around the doorknob of a house that is on the market. The device holds the keys to a house to allow communal access for all real estate agents, while continuing to keep them secure. Permission is generally required from the seller, who is the owner, to install such a device on the door. A lockbox device has inherited the “real-estate” adjective because it is commonly used by realtors. While it may be easily available, and seem like a simple solution, you should avoid using them if you live in an apartment building. Read More

There are many benefits that come from living in an apartment building or a condominium. Most well maintained apartment buildings have many amenties including swimming pool and recreation center, communal BBQ, and on-premise mailboxes. Apartment buildings and condominiums also have bullet-in boards where announcements, advertisements, and other notices can be posted and shared with neighbours. Read More

Thinking about becoming a condominium investor. Here are few ways you can generate revenue to go from being a condominium owner, to a condominium investor. TRADITIONAL LONG TERM RENTALS Not everyone wants to be a home-owner, there are many reasons why some people consider renting an apartment for their accommodation. Condominiums become a great choice for young professionals, retired folks, students, and small families. Read More

INTRODUCE A FRIEND TO BUZZERBOY! AND YOU EACH GET $25 TOWARDS YOUR BUZZERBOY SUBSCRIPTION. If you’re not a member, simply create an account, and within 24 hours you will receive your very own coupon code. Share this coupon code with a friend, and once they sign-up for a paid service, your account will be credited with $25 worth of service credits. They will receive $25 off right on their shopping cart. Read More

Comedian Kansiime  who hosted Nana Kaga on  her YouTube Channel  to discuss their personal experiences with wedding meetings made it clear that she regrets helping Ojok pay for her dowry. In a statement, Kansiime also revealed that she ended up paying her bride price in a bid to make it easy for  Ojok to marry her . Read More

Biodiversity  is the variety of life on Earth, in all its forms and all its interactions. From the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat, all rely on  biodiversity .  While, speaking at the  second Uganda waste , water and environment convention 2019 at Silver Springs hotel Bugolobi, Kasaija noted that biodiversity is an area of interest that the Country should consider very much in a bid to save the next generation. Read More

Following an application filed on Friday afternoon by Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), High Court in Kampala under Justice Musa Ssekaana has issued 30 days’ ultimatum to have the struggling Uganda Telecom (UTL) audited. UBC was one of UTL’s creditors. Read More

Speaker of Parliament,  Hon Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga  has tasked  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni  the fountain of Honour to come out and explain the unfulfilled promise to issue  free sanitary pads  to school-going children in the country. President Museveni pledged in 2016, as a way to reduce the risk of school dropouts in Uganda. Read More

From Masaka District,  Dr Stella Nyanzi  grew up with her two parents unfortunately both passed on – Her father passed away in 2014 while her mother Harriet Nyanzi also died that following year in 2015. Being married to a Gambian man whom she met in London, England,  Nyanzi first worked as a Local Anthropologist  between 2002-2003 in the husband’s parent country, Gambia.  Read More

The Tabliq sect leader in Uganda, Sheikh Yahaya Mwanje informed Muslim yesterday during the Eid Adha (feast of sacrifice) prayers held at Nakivubo Blue Primary School in Kampala.  According to Sheikh Mwanje Allah draws curses upon anyone who practice bribery both the giver and the receiver, including dishonesty inducements as clearly stated in the Holy Koran. Read More

The established  striker Romelu Lukaku  scored four goals in his very first match for a new club,  Inter Milan . The club’s record signing from Manchester United showed why he’s worth the price tag by providing a finishing master-class during an 8-0 thrashing of Serie D side Virtus Bergamo. Read More

State Prosecutor, Barbra Kyomugisha has petitioned the court to grant them more time to summon witnesses in the trial of the Kyadondo East legislator’s  Uganda social media tax case . Bobi Wine and four others that include; David Lule, Edward Sebufu, Fred Nyanzi and Julius Katongole for disobedience of Statutory Duty section 116 of the Penal Code Act. However, the accused have since denied the charges and granted bail.  Read More

According to President Museveni, people and organisations working towards promoting trade and investment should put more efforts in uplifting the 68% of Ugandans who are still lagging in subsistence farming. Museveni rather advised that this big fraction of the population should embark on commercial farming and also be part of the modern capitalist economy. Read More

The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hon Musa Ecweru confirmed the deployment while responding to a report that was raised after an oversight visit to the refugee camps by the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. Ecweru said that there are on-going engagements with the Uganda Police to increase the number of police personnel in refugee settlements across the country. Read More

The University Vice-Chancellor  Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe  handed over MasterCard Foundation Scholarships Award letters to 432 cohort five (5) scholars during a Scholarship Award Ceremony that was held at the Makerere University Central Teaching Facility.  Makerere University Selection Committees received 4,700 applications for the available limited slots from which they had to choose a required number of students for the scholarships.  Read More

Organisations conducting medical camps in various parts of the country have been cautioned against carrying out Hepatitis B Treatment. screening without giving out vaccines for the disease. The State Minister for Health in charge of General Duties,  Sarah Opendi  says if they don’t have the hepatitis B vaccines, they should not carry out screening because this can cause self-satisfaction about the disease and eventually cause loss of lives because anytime one can contract the disease. Read More

State Prosecutor, Barbra Kyomugisha has petitioned the court to grant them more time to summon witnesses in the trial of the Kyadondo East legislator’s  Uganda social media tax case . Bobi Wine and four others that include; David Lule, Edward Sebufu, Fred Nyanzi and Julius Katongole for disobedience of Statutory Duty section 116 of the Penal Code Act. However, the accused have since denied the charges and granted bail.  Kyomugisha filed the petition Monday morning after the suspects appeared before Joan Ketty Acaa, the Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate. Read More

According to President Museveni, people and organisations working towards promoting trade and investment should put more efforts in uplifting the 68% of Ugandans who are still lagging in subsistence farming. Museveni rather advised that this big fraction of the population should embark on commercial farming and also be part of the modern capitalist economy. Also, if they join the money market they will be consumers who will not only boost the market but also equally be producers who will produce the much needed raw materials to sustain the industries. Read More

The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hon Musa Ecweru confirmed the deployment while responding to a report that was raised after an oversight visit to the refugee camps by the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. Ecweru said that there are on-going engagements with the Uganda Police to increase the number of police personnel in refugee settlements across the country. These, in addition to other non-uniformed security personnel, have all been evenly deployed in the refugee settlements with a purpose of improving on the security in refugee camps. Read More

The University Vice-Chancellor  Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe  handed over MasterCard Foundation Scholarships Award letters to 432 cohort five (5) scholars during a Scholarship Award Ceremony that was held at the Makerere University Central Teaching Facility.  Makerere University Selection Committees received 4,700 applications for the available limited slots from which they had to choose a required number of students for the scholarships. Read More

Organisations conducting medical camps in various parts of the country have been cautioned against carrying out Hepatitis B Treatment. screening without giving out vaccines for the disease. The State Minister for Health in charge of General Duties,  Sarah Opendi  says if they don’t have the hepatitis B vaccines, they should not carry out screening because this can cause self-satisfaction about the disease and eventually cause loss of lives because anytime one can contract the disease. Read More

Democratic Party (DP)  president, Norbert Mao has filed an apology for arriving late at the DP’s weekly press conference held on Tuesday, August 13. Mao was supposed to address the media, but he came in shortly after journalists had left the premises. He, however, apologised saying his late coming was because he had events he had to attend beyond his control. Read More

The  Uganda Communication Commission  has embarked on plans to introduce a new e-learning tool that will ensure better quality teaching and learning in rural areas. The new tool identified as  Holistic eLearning Project  (HeLP), is aimed at improving the quality of teaching through enhancing collaboration and knowledge sharing among schools.  Read More

Crime Preventers under their umbrella  National Crime Preventers Forum (NCPF)  have vowed to storm police headquarters following unpaid arrears amounting to 14 billion shillings. Crime preventers under this association say that they supplied food to different police units in the country between 2015 and 2017 but police have failed to pay them since then. Read More

In an all-English affair, Chelsea will go head-to-head with Liverpool in the Uefa Super Cup final on Wednesday, August 14. Lampard  who expects his players to deliver a strong performance this time around said that Liverpool are tough opponents and his side has to take into account every single detail. Read More

2019/2020 Startimes Uganda Premier League fixture: Season starts with Kyetume Football Club hosting Sports Club Villa at Namboole stadium . Read More

Inside National Social Security Fund Amendment Bill 2019: NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba reacts to the government’s plans to tax benefits . Read More

The Washington Post Investigation report indicates that African governments have been assisted by Huawei technologies to help them spy on their home Read More

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The  Uganda Communication Commission  together with other government institutions have given all participants in the film industry two months to ensure they meet the legal obligations and standards, or else they will cease operation. Read More

Ssenjonyi is a 32-year-old man born on December 20, 1986, at Mulago Hospital to Mr Joseph Basekezi, a Muruuli from Nakasongola and Mrs Dorothy Nankunda, from Rwampala in western Uganda. He’s a broadcaster who does what he loves and today he’s best known to be the  new People Power spokesperson . Read More

Manchester City has retained the  FA Community shield  trophy after a 5-4 win on penalties against tough opponents, Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp’s side took on Pep Guardiola’s City in the 97th FA Community Shield at the England National team stadium, Wembley on 4th August 2019. After a 1-1 all draw in the 90 minutes of the game, the day’s winner was decided from the penalty shoot out – there is no extra time in Community shield. Read More

Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine , the People Power Movement leader and the Kyadondo East legislator has mourned the death of his friend and supporter. Michael Kalinda  stage name  Ziggy Wine  also a musician who passed away on Sunday evening at  Mulago Hospital  where he was admitted after sustaining serious torture injuries, burns all over the body believed to be of an iron box and was unconscious. Read More

Michael Kalinda, a Ugandan young musician, also People Power Movement strong supporter, suffered kidnap, torture and eventually died on Sunday. Fred Enanga , Police spokesperson on Monday 5 August 2019 said that police have instituted a team of homicide detectives to trace the kidnappers who  also tortured Ziggy Wine beyond recognition  and left him for dead. Read More

Dr Stella Nyanzi ,  Makerere university researcher  and a social activist faces disciplinary action by the Uganda Prison Services following her alleged misconduct contrary to the standing orders of the Uganda Prisons Services during her sentencing last week. She was found guilty of cyber harassment against the persons of the president that includes insulting her late mother and subjected to a nine months’ jail term. Read More

While addressing a group of  newly admitted students (Freshers)  during their orientation at Makerere University Freedom Square, the University’s Director of Health Services, Josephat Byamugisha has called upon the new entrants to prohibit from engaging in unhealthy sexual practices. In so doing, Byamugisha also warned students about the prominent behaviour of sleep-overs since, over the years, many students have been reported to be infected with STDs that have arisen out this unhealthy habit. Read More

US-based singer R. Kelly  is now facing four sets of  separate sex-crime charges  after being charged with two more counts of prostitution and solicitation involving a girl under 18 years for an alleged incident in 2001 on Monday 5 August 2019 by Minneapolis, Minnesota authorities. The new developments on R. Kelly were made at a news conference in Minneapolis by Hennepin County Attorney, Mike Freeman indicating that Kelly is being charged with two counts of prostitution and solicitation involving a girl under 18 for an alleged incident in 2001. Read More