Monthly Archives: October 2014
#WEWANTCHANGE: Five issues, five voices
IPI launches campaign highlighting challenges to press freedom worldwide
VIENNA, Oct 30, 2014 – Criminal defamation laws, the imprisonment of journalists, violent attacks on journalists, endemic impunity for such crimes and a spate of emerging …
HEINEKEN majority owned subsidiaries Nigerian Breweries plc and Consolidated Breweries plc issue notice of Extraordinary General Meeting regarding Scheme of Merger
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE / Knowledgebylanes) — Heineken N.V.’s (EURONEXT: HEIA; OTCQX: HEINY) (‘HEINEKEN’) majority owned Nigerian subsidiaries Consolidated Breweries plc and Nigerian Breweries plc have today sent notices of Extraordinary General Meetings …
NRM picks Okilli for Amuru race
AmuruGulu.
The National Resistance Movement party has picked Ms Jane Frances Amongin Okilli as the party flag bearer in the by-election race for Amuru District Woman parliamentary seat.
Ms Okilli received 7,695 votes (74 per …
Pablo marks a decade of jokes
Kenneth Kimuli better known by his stage name Pablo, is witty. One can’t help laughing at how he turns everything around him into a joke even when having a formal interview.
But this has been …
Parents of school dropouts to be arrested
Lyantonde:
Authorities in Lyantonde District have passed a resolution to arrest and charge parents who neglect their responsibility of sending children to school.
Speaking to Daily Monitor yesterday, the district chairman Mr Fred Muhangi, said …
Rainbow school wins best enterprise Uganda award
Rainbow International School Uganda has won this year’s “Best Enterprise – Uganda” Award.
The accolade, presented to the Midland Group Director, Ms Drashna Kotecha by the Socrates Committee of the Europe Business Assembly (EBA) at …
Primary children compete in spelling bee competition
KAMPALA-
Primary Seven pupils in schools around Kampala are set to take part in final spelling competitions which are organized by Spelling Champions East Africa Organization (SCEA).
According to managing director of SCEA Mr Anthony …
Monitor fair to help youth tackle unemployment
The thrill of graduating from university is often dimmed by failure to find a job. With the youth unemployment rate standing at 64 per cent, many youth are testimony to this.
The job market is …
Museveni hails relations with North Korea, urges on unification with South
KAMPALA:
President Museveni has urged the visiting North Korea head of State to work towards re-uniting the two Koreas. North Korea and South Korea became separate states during the Second World War and have remained …
Move to help those without access to formal financial services
Kampala- The Government of Rwanda has moved to accelerate its plans to transform Rwanda into a cashless economy and achieve 80 percent financial inclusion by 2017.
The country’s commitment to using information and communications technology …
Meeting to discuss Mbabazi allies flops
Ngora.
An emergency meeting of the NRM top leadership in Ngora District that was scheduled for Tuesday did not take place after the party’s district chairperson did not turn up.
The meeting, among other issues, …
Kooki king sues govt for Shs70b
KAMPALA
The Kamuswaga of Kooki has sued the government seeking payment of Shs70 billion, in compensation for land in Mutundwe in Lubaga Division Kampala and Nabingo in Mpigi district which he claims was confiscated by …
Zambia presidentand#039s remains flown home
The body of president Michael Sata will arrive back on Zambian soil Saturday, ahead of a state funeral for the 77-year-old leader.
His remains are expected to arrive at Lusaka airport at 0800 GMT with …