Author: Evans Kalyango

Stanbic Bank has been selected as the “Most Admired Financial Services” company at the Brand Africa Awards 2024. The announcement was made recently in Nairobi, Kenya, during celebrations to mark the achievements of Africa’s best private and public organizations. Established in 2011, Brand Africa is an intergenerational movement to inspire a brand-led African renaissance to drive Africa’s competitiveness, connect Africa and create a positive image of the continent. The brand Stanbic Bank Uganda is reflected in its purpose; ‘Uganda is our home; we drive her Growth’. Brand Africa awarded the best local and global brands admired by people from the…

The 2024 National Population & Housing Census (NPHC) shows that out of 10.6 million households in Uganda, 155,200 (about 1.5 percent) received remittances during the last 12 months preceding the NPHC 2024. Remittances are household incomes originating from foreign economies, primarily due to the temporary or permanent migration of individuals to those countries. These transfers include both cash and non-cash items, sent through formal channels like electronic transfers, or informal means such as money or goods physically transported across borders. Remittances largely consist of funds and goods sent by individuals who have settled abroad, as well as the net earnings…

Thirty-three percent of Ugandan households (3.5 million) are in the subsistence economy compared to 67 percent (7.2 million) in the non-subsistence economy. This revelation is contained in the 2024 National Population & Housing Census released by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) recently. The report reveals that among the 3.5 million households in the subsistence economy, 75 percent primarily rely on subsistence agriculture, 10 percent focus mainly on income-generating activities, and 15 percent earn wages or salaries. UBOS defines households in subsistence economy as those involved in subsistence farming, those receiving wages that fall short of meeting basic necessities, businesses generating…

In recent months, political tensions in Kenya have escalated and one figure who has found himself at the centre of controversy is Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua whom parliament impeached 10 days ago. His impeachment didn’t come a surprise as the divisions between him and his boss President William Ruto had become irreconcilable. On Thursday last week, Kenya’s upper house; the Senate upheld Gachagua’s impeachment while he was at Karen Hospital where he had been rushed with terrible chest pains and was unable to take the stand for cross examination during the proceedings. As he was languishing in hospital, Ruto nominated…

In 2023, heartbreaks had started cropping up almost every week had it not been the Ministry of Health to impose breaks on the then trending DNA tests where several laboratories had even started running adverts for the testing services. When a woman is married to  a man and they get together, confirmation of paternity can only be confirmed by DNA tests or if the woman dies before saying otherwise about the children she has but stories have always made headlines of grown ups being told the person they called dad is actually not their true father. Now in a surprising…

Lubowa Hospital is not a familiar name to Ugandans who have been following events since 2019. It’s a specialized hospital where parliament has approved appropriated and pumped over Shs700 billions since 2019 but until recently, it had been on the foundation level and was even bushy with no construction activities taking place. Due to the slow works at the Entebbe road based hospital, several attempts by Members of parliament including Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Acheng, another visit early this year by the Leader of Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi were all faced with resistance and heavily armed UPDF and Police…