Author: Derrick Asaba
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PostBank Uganda has today officially announced its ascension to tier one status after receiving a license from the Bank of Uganda. This implies that the bank shall no longer be categorized as a credit institution but as a deposit taking financial institution that gives loans for the purposes of consumption and investment to make profit […]
The Rumba and Soukous music star Antoine Agbepa Mumba alias Koffi Olomide has been cleared of sexually assaulting four of his former dancers by an appeals court in France. The Versailles Court in France pronounced the verdict on December 13, overturning a 2019 ruling that found him guilty of the statutory rape of one of the dancers […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo has entered the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, health officials in the country have announced. The head of the technical secretariat of the response against the Covid-19, Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe announced that DR Congo is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases. This was made known in the bulletin of […]
At 25, singer Nexo G Kamunye continues to count his blessings reaped from music. Even though he enrols for a Medicine course at University, his mind largely cherishes music. That written still, Kamunye is hopeful that if heavens become nice to him financially through his musical career, he will construct a hospital in his home […]
Fast rising comedian, Andrew Onen of ‘News Laughs’ hosted a career launch in a grand event at Fairway hotel last Sunday dubbed ‘THE ANDREW ONEN COMEDY LAUNCH’. The event was curtain-raised by young English speaking comedians like Facebook sensational, Little Brian, Dr Hilary and Gladys Titin. Special about this occasion however, was that it sought […]
Happening for the very first time, the Janzi Awards that seek to honor and celebrate artistic and creative excellence of Ugandans in the Creative and Arts Industry, went down over the weekend. The two-day awarding ceremony went down at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala ― this is where winners in the 96 categories and […]
Changing roles yet the actor remains the same is a riddle to the mind. But this is what the Ugandan actor, HousenMushema has grown up to give life to. Mushema, 29, is Ugandan runway, commercial and editorial model, actor, fashion producer and farmer. He was born and raised in Jinja. He is a devout Muslim and […]
The ‘Bampasudde’ singer, Phina Mugerwa alias Masanyalaze has come out and declared that she was not suspended from the Uganda Musicians Association (UMA). “You leave people to say what they want to say. But can a treasurer suspend the secretary? I will talk more about this at the right time,” Phina revealed to Record FM. At the genesis of this week, it is alleged that a cabinet meeting sat and resolved that three of UMA members should no longer represent the association in any business at any level or in any form with immediate effect. The trio are; Halima Namakula (UMA Policy Board […]
Following the first lab tests of the new Omicron variant in South Africa suggesting that it can partially evade the Pfizer jab, the World Health Organization (WHO) maintains that the vaccines should work against the variant. Researchers say there was a “very large drop” in how well the vaccine’s (Pfizer) antibodies neutralized the new strain. […]
Following the Government’s announcement of a total ban on plastic carrier bags commonly referred to as ‘Kaveera’ in July, two agencies are working jointly to actualise this bid. These are the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). NEMA is mandated to monitor, regulate, supervise and coordinate all activities relating […]