Prof. Bukenya, Sam Kutesa named,
Each vehicle hired at Shs 52m for 4 days.
The lease and purchase of 240 official limousines
for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
in Uganda had the word scandal written all over.
The panic
and drama that unfolded as Uganda hosted the 2007
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
exposed the incompetence and lack of capacity
in every sector.Parliament, Police and Auditor
General are currently investigating
Queen
Elizabeth opens Owen Falls It was announced
in Parliament recently that
the Owen Falls Dam bridge,
built by the British colonial
administration and inaugurated
by Queen Elizabeth II in 1954,
is on the verge of collapse.
Queen Elizabeth opened Owen
Falls on her second ever visit
to Uganda.
BUSINESS
Pride
Microfinance Limited is on sale
Another financial institution is up
for sale. Pride Microfinance, Uganda’s
most profitable microfinance deposit-taking
institution, is being prepared for
sale barely a month after Kenya’s
Equity Bank bought Uganda Microfinance
Limited (UML).
Obama
inspires belief in ourselves
The wave of violence engulfing South
Africa, including the targeting of
foreigners from other African countries,
is worrying and embarrassing.
Cranes
form-guide In the wake of The Cranes'
betraying exit from the African
Championship of Nations at the hands
of Tanzania last weekend, several
theories have been advanced to explain
the dour 1-1 draw.
Wrong tactics, injuries and burnout
have been blamed.
Why
it is brilliant to be 39 years old With Wang w'Angamba This might piss off a few
people, but who said I am in the amusement
business? If I spent my life trying
to make people happy, I would be one
miserable son of you-know-what.
I
have been having quite a journey
with God about the status of my
faith.
And I thought I had faith, but when
He ministered to me through people
about how my faith in Him on certain
matters was faltering
Wilbrod
Okecho, a basketball icon
in Uganda died on May 14, aged 28
Sadolin Power’s Wilbrod Okecho
will always be in the folklore of
Ugandan basketball greats and remembered
for his nice and warm demeanour
towards all that he met.
