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The National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) has been crowned the Best Visionary Government Enterprise Agency of the Year 2025 at the 13th Visionaries of Uganda Awards. This esteemed recognition honors NEC’s outstanding contributions to Uganda’s socio-economic transformation, innovation, and sustainability. The award ceremony, held yesterday, November 27th, was graced by Vice President Her Excellency Maj (RTD) Jesca Alupo, who commended NEC’s …

Yesterday, November 27th, 2025, Maj Gen (Rtd) Innocent Oula, the Deputy Managing Director of National Enterprise Corporation (NEC), welcomed a delegation from the Nigerian Armed Forces Command and Staff College Senior Course 47 (SC 47) to NEC Headquarters in Bugolobi, Kampala. The Nigerian delegation, led by Brig Gen NUC Ogil accompanied by Commander DM Bozegha l, Deputy Defence Attache, Addis …

Post Views: 1 By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante (MK)In Bushenyiwww.mknewslink.comThe Bushenyi-Ishaka independent parliamentary candidate casbert Tukundae Kasiano has revealed that the municipality needs only him to make it better and attractive to everyone to invest and live there.Kasiano said this in an exclusive interview with www.mknewslink.com managing director in Bushenyi town western Uganda.He added that the high way between Ishaka …

Post Views: 8 By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante (MK)In Buhenyiwww.mknewslink.com8 MP independent candidates across the 3 constituencies of Bushenyi have vowed not leave the race even if the president meets them before or after 2nd December 2025 when he visits the district to campaign.The above and many were revealed today November 28, 2025 at Ankole resort Hotel in Bushenyi town.The …

KAMPALA– The Judiciary of Uganda has commended judicial officers in Magistrates Courts for their outstanding contribution towards the successful implementation of the Small Claims Procedure (SCP). The SCP allows individuals to resolve financial disputes involving amounts below Shs10 million without the involvement of advocates. Principal Judge Jane Frances Abodo (in middle) with Judicial officers and other stakeholders cutting the cake …

Uganda’s tech corridors have been thrown into celebration after Dr. Aminah Zawedde, the iron-lady steering the ICT Ministry, was dramatically unveiled among Africa’s Top 45 Most Influential Women in Digital Transformation. The bombshell recognition, dropped in the hot-off-the-press November 2025 CIO Africa Magazine, has crowned Zawedde as the only Ugandan rubbing shoulders with continental tech giants shaping Africa’s future. Sources …

ABC Bank Kenya has announced a Sh1.2 billion rights issue as part of efforts to meet the Sh84 billion minimum capital requirement set for commercial banks under the revised regulatory framework. The capital raise—targeting existing shareholders—is intended to strengthen the bank’s balance sheet, reinforce capital buffers, and ensure full compliance ahead of the Kenya Central Bank’s deadline in December. In …

A Singapore High Court has paved the way for a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Standard Chartered Bank over its alleged role in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB fraud, liquidators announced on Monday. The court dismissed the bank’s application to strike out the suit, marking what the liquidators described as “a significant legal victory” in ongoing efforts to recover stolen Malaysian public funds. …

By Ben Ssebuguzi When Presidents Yoweri Museveni and William Ruto presided over the ground breaking of Devki Mega Steel plant in Tororo, it was a pure joy feeling between both leaders and the East Africans, hence cementing our shared values. When an investor injects capital into an economy,it increases income for those who receive it.This means that the USD 500m …

LIRA CITY — The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) 5 Infantry Division has distributed impounded charcoal to vulnerable households in Lira City as part of ongoing efforts to enforce President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s directive against commercial charcoal production in Northern Uganda. The exercise, conducted at Lira barracks, was overseen by the Division Commander, Maj Gen Keith Katungi. The charcoal had …