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Miss Uganda lands Shs11m Mirinda deal

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Mirinda brand executive Tracy Kakuru, Miss Uganda Zahara Nakiyaga, Crown Beverages Limited's Customer Marketing Manager Jeff Sekandi and Miss Uganda Foundation's Brenda Nanyonjo.

Mirinda, a top brand from Crown Beverages Limited, has today signed up the reigning Miss Uganda, Ms Zahara Nakiyaga, as its new brand ambassador for the next seven months.

“This is a unique initiative Mirinda has undertaken as a way of not only supporting the crowning event of Miss Uganda but also the winner of the pageant,” said Jeff Sekandi, the customer marketing manager for Crown Beverages Limited, at a brief event at Brainchild Burson-Marsteller offices in Kololo.

Mirinda brand executive Tracy Kakuru, Miss Uganda Zahara Nakiyaga, Crown Beverages Limited's Customer Marketing Manager Jeff Sekandi and Miss Uganda Foundation's Brenda Nanyonjo.
Mirinda brand executive Tracy Kakuru, Miss Uganda Zahara Nakiyaga, Crown Beverages Limited’s Customer Marketing Manager Jeff Sekandi and Miss Uganda Foundation’s Brenda Nanyonjo.


According to Mr Sekandi, the package is worth Shs10.5 million and will cater for her monthly salary and fuel allowance.
“We believe the investment is worthy because Miss Uganda has such a long and memorable history,” he said.
Ms Brenda Nanyonjo, a director at Kezzi, the franchise holders of Miss World licence in Uganda, thanked Mirinda for the kind gesture, adding that it shows the value Mirinda attaches to Miss Uganda.
“What Mirinda has done today will make the partnership Miss Uganda has with Mirinda stronger. It is one thing many brands do not do. Most focus on the event and not what happens after the crowning ceremony,” said Nanyonjo.
Mirinda has been part of the Miss Uganda journey with Kezzi Entertainment over the past three years, having started with only product offer for the 2013 boot camp.
In recognition of the excellent work done by Kezzi Entertainment, Mirinda sponsored the 2015 Miss Uganda to a tune of Shs40 million; an increment of Shs10 million from last year’s, to make it memorable and one that befits the standards of Mirinda.
“Mirinda strongly supports activities that help today’s woman to become confident, bold, outgoing, inspirational, and aspirational. We believe that the Ugandan woman has the potential to inspire and be a change-agent in society,” said Sekandi.
Mirinda is a very exciting brand that allows everyone to free their fun side. The brand’s attributes; spontaneity, provocativeness, boldness, playfulness, among others, are brought to life through its rich array of flavours; Pineapple, Green Apple, Orange, and Fruity.

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Teachers’ numbers hit 160,000

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President Museveni.

President Yoweri Museveni has said that the number of teachers in the country has doubled, increasing from 80,000 to 160,000.

Museveni, who was hosting over 80 judges at State House Entebbe, said that with increased taxation that currently stands at 12 trillion, government has invested in infrastructure development in the education, health, roads and electricity sectors.

“Public service increased teachers from 80,000 to 160,000 with increased classrooms. There was load shedding which has stopped. We were spending very little of our money on infrastructure and depended on donors,” the president said and assured the Judges of improved conditions including security and retiring with full benefits. “This is a cost effective way of addressing the welfare of the judicial officers,” he said and urged them to improvise in line with housing for the courts and proposed institutional housing for judicial service officers.

The president however noted that there is lack of serious dialogue between the three arms of government; the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, to talk about strategy and ideology of the country.

“We only talk about sharing resources which is not enough. We must understand, what does the State want to do? There is a weakness of harmony and orientation of strategy,” he said. President Museveni said that the NRM Government was fully committed to providing vehicles for all judges and magistrates in the country and proposed that they establish a SACCO that government can facilitate. He also said that the government would soon fund medical check-up for them in health facilities of their choice within the country and also support the Shs 36bn five year ICT strategic plan to roll out a robust case management system providing for E-filing to reduce timelines and loss of files.

Responding to a presentation by the Chief Justice Bart Magunda Katureebe, on the transformation of the Judiciary for National Development, President Museveni cited UPE and USE that were initiated by government following a steady tax collection regime.

“We thought having these children in school was unavoidable. When the tax collection improved from 2.8billion in 1986 to 728billion in 1997, we started UPE. The number of children in school jumped from the initial 2.5million to 8.8million. The problem is that with policies and prioritization, the judiciary is not involved that is why they don’t get the logic and factors taken into account,” he said.

The President said government now spends Shs 3000bn on roads, 1700bn on electricity and quite a bit on the army.

“We spend quite a bit on the army to be able to build a strong army although soldiers get low wages. Amin soldiers were well paid but had no weapons. But we said weapons first. We brought peace cheaply with most of our soldiers sleeping in Maama ingia pole. If we did not do this, we would have our country run by the United Nations,” he said, adding that peace is enabling Uganda to get more money.

In his presentation Justice Katureebe commended President Museveni for eliminating extra judicial killings in the country. He however, pointed out that the judiciary has rental arrears of 3bn and that the Supreme Court may be up for eviction if nothing is done.

Katureebe said with a 46% growth in the budget from Shs63bn in 2012/13 toShs92bn in 2014/15, performance also increased by 49% from 102,000 cases in 2010/11 to 152,000 cases disposed of in 2014/15.

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Katumba visits UPDF attacked base in Somalia

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CDF-Gen Katumba Wamala paid a visit to Somalia after the attack on AU base.
CDF-Gen Katumba Wamala paid a visit to Somalia after the attack on AU base.
CDF-Gen Katumba Wamala paid a visit to Somalia after the attack on AU base.

 

Kampala-The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala on Thursday visited the Ugandan army camp in Somalia that was attacked by al shabaab insurgents, killing 10 soldiers.

Gen Katumba who rushed to Somalia on Wednesday to meet Ugandan army officers serving under African Union mission in Somalia.

“My visit was prompted by what happened here in Janaale, where we are now, where our base was attacked by the Al Shabaab using a vehicle bomb IED to breach the defense and where we incurred some casualties; some of our friends lost their lives. I came one, to assess how the situation was and to get a clear picture; how the whole thing happened, and also establish whether they were any flaws in terms of the response. I am convinced that the boys put up a good fight,” Gen. Katumba was quoted in a statement issued by African Union.

Meanwhile, the bodies of 10 Ugandan soldiers killed were brought back home in a brief somber ceremony at Entebbe military airbase.

Brig Leopold Kyanda, who represented the Gen Katumba said 46 Al shabaab fighters were killed and three captured in the attack.

 

 

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Hellofood introduces Software to Improve Delivery Process and customer Experience

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Joe falter CEO Hellofood Africa left, Mack Kyazze Head of operations and Ron Kawamara MD Hellofood Uganda with the hellofood Uganda Delivery team

Hellofood, Uganda’s leading online food delivery marketplace,has Introduced the V-work software now used by the company’s operations and delivery department.

The software helps to pin- point the exact location of the Delivery Riders or Bodabodas as they are commonly known, the Operations Team can see exactly where the riders are stationed. They are then able to assign riders who already have smart phones, to collect orders from restaurants while determining the amount of time it will take from pick time at the restaurants to delivery at the customer’s location and also send a softcopy of the exact order the customer placed to the riders.

Ron Kawamara, Managing Director HelloFood Uganda, said, “Customer experience is of utmost importance to us, and as such we continue to optimize and incorporate the latest technology to improve on it. And the obvious place to start is the delivery and operations systems. The software uses GPS to track the location of the riders and also furnish them with the exact orders placed by the customers which is better than calling them.”

Joe falter CEO Hellofood Africa left, Mack Kyazze Head of operations and Ron Kawamara MD Hellofood Uganda with the hellofood Uganda Delivery team
Joe falter CEO Hellofood Africa left, Mack Kyazze Head of operations and Ron Kawamara MD Hellofood Uganda with the hellofood Uganda Delivery team

“The software also helps streamline the dispatch process for the riders and thus operation system is now more efficient. This technology also helps the company maintain a level of transparency with customers who may be anxiously waiting on their meals and would like to inquire how far a long it will be before their meal arrives either to their office or home; as we are now able to accurately communicate with customers about their arrival of their meal, with accurate follow-ups,” Ron added.

For those that would like to take advantage of this New improved customer experience, or to see what else HelloFood has to offer, orders can be placed online at www.hellofood.ugor through the hellofoodapp, which is available for free on Android, iOS, Blackberry, and Windows Phone devices.

About hellofood

Hellofood together with its affiliated brand foodpanda and Delivery Club, is the leading global online food delivery marketplace, active in more than 40 countries on five continents. The company enables restaurants to become visible in the online and mobile world and provides them with a constantly evolving online technology. For consumers, Hellofood offers the convenience to order food online and the widest gastronomic range, from which they can choose their favorite meal on the web or via the app.

 

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US$50bn lost through illicit funds’ flow from Africa

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(The former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki)
Africa loses over 50 thousand million dollars each year as a result of the illicit flow of funds, former president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki told the meeting of the Group of African Governors affiliated with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, known as the African Caucus.
 “Africa faces the great challenge of large volumes of capital leaving the continent illicitly – money that our continent needs to address the challenges of development. We, as Africans, have an absolute obligation to act on this to ensure that the rest of the world (the destination of these illicit movements of funds), by acting together, will help stop this drain of resources which belong to the continent that needs them so badly,” said Thabo Mbeki.
(The former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki)
(The former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki)
 
Mbeki is now head of the High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa created by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union, which analysed the magnitude of the problem on the continent, producing a report now known as the ‘Mbeki Report’.
 
The former President of South Africa maintains that it is possible to put an end to these issues with proper monitoring of the transactions of large commercial companies. Moreover, he points out that in order to combat this phenomenon interventions are needed from institutions such as tax authorities, customs, central banks, financial intelligence units for combating money laundering, audit and anti-corruption authorities and the police.
 
According to Mbeki, there is also need for appropriate legislation to give these institutions the mandate they need to cooperate in the fight against illicit capital outflows, with countries cooperating at the regional level, given that some of these outflows move across shared borders.
 
“Our governments lose large amounts of revenue owed to the state due to the unlawful outflow of significant capital that we need for development,” he pointed out.
 
Mbeki says that it is imperative to build the global architecture required for a focused offensive to put an end to these illicit outflows, within the framework of UN processes including supervision.
 
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UK newspapers ’bombard’ Cameron’s ‘immigrant haven’

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United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron has come under intense media pressure, with newspapers urging him to ease the stance on illegal immigrants trying to find their way to Europe.
Almost all top newspapers in the UK made the plea after a photograph of a lifeless little boy aged about three years was shown across Europe, a development that depicted the refugee crisis involving immigrants from Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Africa.
London has come in for criticism over the number of refugees it has accepted which is lower than other EU countries in proportion to its population, and photos of the body of little Aylan Kurdi did little to improve the situation.
Kurdi’s body was washed ashore after a migrant boat sank on a Turkish beach of Bodrum, a prime tourist resort, prompting a tweet with the hashtag “#KiyiyaVuranInsanlik” (“Humanity washed ashore”) to go viral, even drawing sympathy from The Sun newspaper, which had taken a hard line on the migrant crisis, publishing a column that compared the immigrants to ‘cockroaches’. “It’s life and death,” read the front page, adding: “Today The Sun urges David Cameron to help those in a life-and-death struggle not of their own making.”
“Tiny victim of a human catastrophe” was the Daily Mail’s headline, along with a photo covering almost all of its front page, while The Mirror said it was ‘Unbearable’.
“If these extraordinarily powerful images of a dead Syrian child washed up on a beach don’t change Europe’s attitude to refugees, what will?” asked The Independent in an editorial which was headlined: “Somebody’s child.”
The paper immediately launched a petition demanding Britain accept “its fair share of refugees” which gained 10,000 signatures in hours.
The image, which spread like wildfire on social media, also appeared on the websites of Spain’s El Pais, El Mundoand El Periodico, which dubbed the image: “The drowning of Europe”.
In Italy, La Repubblica tweeted the picture with the words: “One photo to silence the world.”
The image also dominated the front pages of Sweden’s main newspapers, with the headline in the Dagens Nyheter reading: “The refugee picture which shook the world.”
This week, the Turkish government said the coastguard had rescued over 42,000 migrants in the Aegean Sea in the first five months of 2015 and more than 2,160 in the last week alone, of them Kurdi, who was believed to be one of at least 12 Syrian migrants who died trying to reach Greece when their boats sank in Turkish waters.
The rescue worker said the toddler from the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane. Residents there had last year fled to Turkey year to escape violence by Islamic State (IS) extremists.
The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR says more than 2,500 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean so far this year.
Migrants, many of whom have paid over $1,000 to smugglers for the risky passage, are taking advantage of the calm summer weather which makes this the best time for the crossing.
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‘The Terminator trial’ opens at the ICC

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Bosco Ntaganda at the opening of his trial before Trial Chamber VI at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, on 2 September 2015.
The trial of self-styled General Bosco Ntaganda aka ‘The Terminator’ has opened today at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Bosco Ntaganda at the opening of his trial before Trial Chamber VI at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, on 2 September 2015.
Bosco Ntaganda at the opening of his trial before Trial Chamber VI at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, on 2 September 2015.
Ntaganda, a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Force Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo, is accused of 13 counts of war crimes and five crimes against humanity committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri region between 2002 and 2003.
Ntaganda, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, is appearing before the ICC’s trial Chamber IV comprising Presiding Judge Robert Fremr, Judge Kuniko Ozaki and Judge Chang-ho Chung.
He is represented by Defence Counsel Stéphane Bourgon, while the prosecution is led by ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. 
The hearings will resume tomorrow with the opening statements of the Legal Representatives of the two groups of victims in the case, Sarah Pellet and Dmytro Suprun, as well as the opening statements of Defence Counsel Stéphane Bourgon and, after a short break, the start of the Prosecution’s presentation of evidence and the testimony of the first witness is scheduled for September 15, 2015.
‘General’ Ntaganda is accused of murder and attempted murder; attacking civilians; rape; sexual slavery of civilians; pillaging; displacement of civilians; attacking protected objects and destroying the enemy’s property. Other crimes include rape, sexual slavery, persecution, forcible transfer of population and, enlistment and conscription of child soldiers under the age of fifteen years and using them to participate actively in hostilities.

 

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Orange names new CEOs for Africa, Asia

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Orange head Office in Kampala which was recently bought by Africell.
French mobile telecom giant Orange has named new Chief Executive Officers to oversee its operations in four countries in Africa and Asia.
 Those appointed include Eric Bouquillon for Orange Guinea, Alassane Diene for Orange Mali, Jérôme Hénique for Jordan Telecom and Thierry Marigny, who has been appointed Deputy CEO of Sonatel in Senegal.
According to a release the appointments take effect September 13 and are part of the Group’s international mobility policy.
Marc Rennard, Orange International Executive Vice President for the Africa, Middle East and Asia zone said the four are experienced in the telecommunications industry.
“The new CEOs all have significant executive experience in the telecommunications industry. They will continue and enhance the development of their respective subsidiaries, in an innovation-driven environment. Their contribution will be vital for the Orange group, which is accelerating its growth in Africa and the Middle East,” Rennard said.
Mr Bouquillon, the new CEO of Orange Guinea, is a graduate of the Lille University of Science and Technology and has 30 years of experience with the Orange Group, while Diene, the new CEO of Orange Mali, holds an advanced degree in accounting from the Institut des Techniques Economiques et Comptables in Toulouse and has 29 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
Diene managed the group subsidiary Orange Guinea from its creation in November 2007, while Hénique, the new CEO of Jordan Telecom, is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Postes et Télécommunications. He has spent over two decades with the Orange Group, working in France, Spain and Senegal, where has been the Deputy CEO of the Sonatel Group since 2010.
Mr Marigny, the new Deputy CEO of Sonatel, is a graduate of Telecom Management and holds a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Management from Université Paris-Dauphine. Most recently, he served as the Global Brand Vice President and launched the new overhaul of the Orange Brand for the whole international Group scope.
Orange currently carries out operations in 29 countries with 248 million customers worldwide, as at June 30, 2015.
In Uganda Orange boarded off its interests to another French company, Africell in 2014, and then issued a statement indicating that the ‘…transaction marks a new step in the Orange Group’s asset portfolio optimisation strategy for which Africa and the Middle-East remain a strategic priority’.
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Ethiopia to launch second five-year plan

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, will preside over the two-day Ethiopia Summit on October 28 and 29 at the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa.
Organised by Economist Events under the theme “Driving continued growth” the Summit will bring together more than 150 of the country’s leading policy-makers and business leaders with international executives active or interested in expanding in Ethiopia to explore opportunities and tackle challenges.
Having wrapped up its five year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) that saw agricultural exports grow by 9% in the first three quarters of 2013/2014 and the manufacturing sector grow by 11.4% in the same period Ethiopia is now launching its second five year plan.
‘The Ethiopia Summit will be taking place at the opportune time to explore what more can be done to help the country achieve its full potential in alignment with its solid economic growth,’ a release by the African Press Organisation, states.
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Cameroon issues Euro26m concession for Kribi port

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Kribi Port
Nectorans Group and the Kribi Port Multi Operators have won a multi-million Euro concession to operate and maintain the multi-purpose Kribi Port in Cameroon.
Cameroon Prime Minister and Head of Government Philemon Yang issued the notification on August 26 indicating that Nectorans and KPMO, a consortium consisting of nine local operators including forwarders, maintenance and maritime agents had won the concession.
Kribi Port
Kribi Port
According to a release, final details of the transaction are yet to be confirmed though speculation is rife the Nectorans and KPMO may get a 20-year concession, with a Euro26.2 million investment.
After a first phase of five years with an activity estimated at 1.4 million tons of freight per year from the second year, the second phase of 15 years foresees the provision of an adjacent quay measuring 350 metres and complementary facilities and equipment for an activity that will surpass 3 million tons per year.
The development follows a May 2014 tender by the government of Cameroon, seeking competent companies to run the Kribi port that is located 150 kilometres from Doaula.
‘The multipurpose terminal conceded by the Government of Cameroon will initially have a quay measuring 265 metres (with 2 berths) equipped with two cranes on rails and six truck mounted cranes’ the release indicates.
Nectorans Chairman Grégory Quérel was upbeat, saying the concession would spur economic development in the central Africa region.
 “We are particularly proud to have joined our colleagues from Cameroon in a win-win partnership, and to have gained the trust of the authorities in the country. Kribi is the only deep-water port in Central Africa, and as such is destined to become the economic driving force of Cameroon and the sub-region, especially Chad and Central Africa”, Quérel said.
The multipurpose terminal at Kribi will provide work for over 250 people and the main goods handled will include vehicles, timber, cotton, mineral ore and Oil & Gas equipment, together with the materials used for the construction of the industrial zone and the future power plant that will be right next to the Kribi port.
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