Buganda today declined to pick the two cars gifted to the Kabaka by Museveni. The kingdom said the kabaka is 'well looked after" by his subjects. Museveni gifted 30 cars to 15 cultural leaders. They cost Shs 12 billion in total. @BbegMedia
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Edris Kiggundu
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Joined February 2011
- At 36, Flavia Tumusiime is the youngest person to manage a station the size of NTV in the recent past. Tumusiime will oversee the operations of NTV Uganda, Spark TV, Dembe FM, as well as KFM, which combined have more than 100 employees. Read👇@BbegMedia
- Fang Min, the Chinese businesswoman who runs Fang Fang Hotel and Restaurant, was asked what challenges she faces with Ugandan employees. She said the first is stealing ('They make fake receipts, something is for Shs 50,000 and someone makes a receipt of Shs 150,000').
- Next Media has suspended Zambaali Bulasio Mukasa and Victoria Bagaaya for going public with their political ambitions. We have been told that they remain employees of Next Media for now, in unspecified roles. @BbegMedia
- NBS TV has suspended their senior talk show host Simon Njala Kaggwa for 14 days for hosting Mathias Mpuuga's event in Masaka last week. Mgt says Kaggwa breached ethical guidelines which require staff to be non-partisan. Kin nga akaaye! @BbegMedia bbegmedia.com/2024/06/25/nbs…
- Two years after joining Museveni's cabinet, Mao's most visible achievement is his wedding to his former researcher. He's gone mute on transition. His X handle is an album of social events not thought provoking posts. What happened to Mao? @BbegMedia bbegmedia.com/2024/07/11/two…
- Dalton Kaweesa, the head of news at Next Media, has been shown the exit, according to impeccable sources at Naguru. Dorah Atwongeyeire, the online editor is likely to replace him.
- Kabaka Ronald Mutebi is currently undergoing treatment at Okonguarri Psychotherapeutic Centre, a mental health facility in Namibia. This was confirmed by Martin Andjaba, Namibia's ambassador to Germany. We wish him a quick recovery. @BbegMedia bbegmedia.com/2024/05/26/kab…
- At undergraduate level, Harvard awarded Anselm $5,000 after his thesis was rated one of the best in his year. Now he has landed a PhD scholarship in Anthropology at Columbia. Success to him. bbegmedia.com/2024/04/16/ans…
- The late former secretary to the Treasury, Keith Muhakanizi, owns a 0.20% stake in DFCU Limited, making him the third largest individual shareholder in one of Uganda’s leading financial institutions. @BbegMedia
- After Sudhir lost his bank to DFCU in 2017, the tycoon fought battles to try to rescue his bank. While he may never revive Crane Bank, he at least owns a chunk of his nemesis. He is the largest individual shareholder in DFCU. @BbegMedia
- Kabaka Mutebi will be moved from Okonguarri Centre in Namibia to another undisclosed facility within Africa, we have been told. Since we broke the story of his exact whereabouts, the facility has received so many inquiries.@BbegMedia bbegmedia.com/2024/06/09/sou…
- Bobi Wine may not be perfect like all of us but he certainly has an X factor that many politicians lack. With all his imperfections, he has built a political force that even seasoned & experienced politicians like Mbabzi couldn't. I've been lucky as a journalist to...
- Journalists from Daily Monitor, NTV, and NBS TV were today told that they were not welcome to cover the commissioning of Bunyoro University by President Museveni. They were told it was 'orders from above.' @BbegMedia
