The decision by President Museveni to suspend operations of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) the biggest donor to Uganda’s state and non-state actors is set to affect the operations of a number of several organisations. DGF is a multi-donor funding mechanism supported by Austria, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the European Union to support state…
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Rozina Negusei a wife to a music star, Akon (Aliaune Thiam) has arrived in the country to take up investment in Solar energy, Agriculture, Biosecurity and Entertainment industry. Negusei who is in the country upon invitation by the Senior Presidential Advisor on Diaspora Affairs, Amb. Abbey Walusimbi says that they look at Uganda as their next home given the enormous…
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Legendary Musician, Halima Namakula Kiwanuka is set to petition Courts of law against Peninah Busingye’s victory in the race for Central Region Member of Parliament (MP) for Elderly citing voter bribery and mismanagement of the exercise. Namakula who stood as an Independent candidate was in the second position in a race of five contestants having scored nine (9) votes behind…
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David Anderson the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Anderson Royal Industries an American based private and public holdings company is in the country to take up investment in Uganda’s Real Estate Industry and the Agriculture sector. The former Advance and Presidential Personnel to the US’ President Barack Obama was ushered into the country by Isaac Kigozi the Managing Director, East…
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The Interparty Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) has raised concern over the recent decision by the Electoral Commission to suspend general election campaigns in 14 districts across the country. On December 26, 2020, the Electoral Commission announced the suspension of campaign meetings in 14 districts including; Kampala, Masaka, Wakiso, Luwero among others over surge in covid-19 cases in such areas. During…
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So if the rights here are financial, where are the concerns that people will have? The concerns are that I don’t have autonomy both in terms of finance but also in exercising powers in making decisions. What you find many people doing in their partnerships is they’ll say: I’m partners with Dickson but we only share the costs. So, we…
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DM: Welcome to Dickson Mushabe Live. In this episode of the Business Mirror I bring to you one gentleman whom I’ve seen grow his law firm from just a small law firm to one of the best in Uganda. They’ve won awards, they’ve won accolades in Africa but the most thing I want us to talk about today is…
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Hostalite LTD has won the 2020 Best Web Hosting Agency 2020 – East Africa & Award for Innovation in Web Design & eCommerce Solutions 2020 in the MEA Markets African Excellence Awards. Hostalite is a leading provider of web and E-commerce solutions in Uganda and East Africa. MEA African Excellence Award recognises industry leaders from varied industries, markets and sectors…
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Transcript for Video – 20 November 2020 DM: A bit of the challenges. It all looks rosy and nice when you come and see things going on, but what challenges. Is it power? Is it employees? What challenges would we anticipate? JK: The moment you start, you have started a journey of solving one problem after another. That is the…
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