By Guyson Nangayi – MTN Uganda has become one of the best leading Telecommunications companies in the country. MTN which launched its commercial services On October 21 1998 in Uganda after CELTEL,ZAIN and now AIRTEL, just six months after acquiring and signing of the license, has since grown to be the leading Telecommunications Company in Uganda servicing in excess of 6 Million customers just because it has stable network and advanced services. MTN Group, the South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African and Middle Eastern countries, was founded in 1994 as a privately business held company and is now operates in over 21... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, June 21st 2011 |
By Nangayi Guyson – Kampala – A Kenyan human rights activist who was denied entry into Uganda in April has sued the government before the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) over alleged violations of guarantees of free movement and non-discrimination of an East African citizen. Mr Samuel Mohochi is one of 10 Kenyan rights activists who were reportedly denied entry into Uganda to meet Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki over what they described as illegal continued detention of bomb blast suspect Al-Amin Kimathi. Mr Kimathi, the executive coordinator of Muslim Human Rights Forum, is one of 17 suspects remanded, pending... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, June 20th 2011 |
Story and Photos by Fredrick Mugira – Uganda, – The smell of fresh water and vegetation filled the air. It was a smell reminiscent of a cool feminine perfume in an air conditioned room. The sun had veiled itself under the clouds in a hazy sky. To our right side, leaves strewed the path beneath short trees where four monkeys sat evenly watching us. About twenty meters ahead of us, lay a motorised boat. It had been arranged evidently for eight people. It did not take long before we boarded it clad in orange life jackets. But not all of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, May 16th 2011 |
By Our Reporter – Nigerian government denied reports that President Goodluck Jonathan convoy was stoned at on his way to Entebbe International Airport, 40 kilometers south of capital Kampala. President Jonathan’s Spokesman, Ima Niboro, is quoted by the Nigerian newspaper, Daily Trust implying that there was no attack on the presidential convoy. “There was no attack on the president [Jonathan] in Uganda,” the newspaper quotes, the spokesman. Mr. Niboro added: “We only passed by opposition elements whose leader returned to Uganda today, during a peaceful procession on our way to the airport.” The reaction followed a comment made by the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, May 15th 2011 |
By Katongole Kiwanuka – While there is certainly cause for concern when it comes to what is going on with Uganda’s age category football, the whole arrangement is not lost. Only some people are. Just last week when I was attending the Copa Coca-Cola Youth Championships in Arua, I realised that Uganda’s budding potential is only undermined by reckless talent identification. “Most people in Uganda prefer fighting for players in Kampala rather than spending a few hundred shillings to come here,” pondered youth coach Mike Mutebi in an interview. During my ten-day stay in the darkroom lodges of Arua,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, May 14th 2011 |
