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Jinja: Veteran chef Johan Spape has urged actors in the hospitality industry to avoid competing among themselves but instead work together for the benefit of the industry. The hospitality professional whose experience in the kitchen, restaurant and hospitality training spans over three decades is on a two-week sojourn at the Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (UHTTI) to share his vast hospitality experience and ideas with staff and students courtesy of PUM, a Netherlands funded program that aims at transforming communities. “It is not a wise idea to compete with other hotels. The industry will reap better dividends if unity…

Cricket Cranes secured a hard-fought victory in their final match of the second round of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League B, defeating their East African neighbors, Tanzania, by 59 runs. This win was crucial for Uganda, keeping them firmly at the top of the group standings. The match saw Tanzania winning the toss and opting to bowl first on what one could call a lively wicket. Uganda struggled early on as their top order was dismantled by the Tanzanian bowlers. Ally Kimote (4/20) and Khalidy Juma (1/30) took advantage of the conditions, reducing Uganda to a challenging…

Cricket Cranes delivered a brilliant performance, beating Hong Kong, China by 76 runs at the Kowloon Cricket Club. The victory helped Uganda stay at the top of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League B standings and put them in a strong position. Hong Kong, China won the toss and decided to bowl first. Uganda’s openers, Robinson Obuya and Shrideep Mangela, gave their team a solid start with a partnership of 52 runs. Although Obuya was out for 25, Raghav Dhawan kept the momentum going, scoring 52 runs. Alpesh Ramjani also played a key role, hitting a quick 68…

In their opening match of the ICC World Cup Qualifier Challenge League B second round, Cricket Cranes defeated Bahrain by 52 runs at the Tin Kwong Recreational Ground in Hong Kong. This win helped Uganda regain the top position in the standings, pushing them two points ahead of Italy and Hong Kong. Bahrain won the toss and chose to bowl first. Uganda’s innings got off to a shaky start with Shrideep Mangela dismissed early for 11. However, Raghav Dhawan played a match-defining knock. His 85 runs off 105 balls, including 11 fours, anchored the innings. Dhawan also built key partnerships,…

Critical thinking skills are important in many areas of human endeavour. From time immemorial, critical thinking was the hallmark of education. Ancient Greek Philosophers emphasized it as the ultimate product of the educational process. Critical thinking is recognized as key in any society. The key critical thinking skills are analytic reasoning, problem solving, open-mindedness, inference, communication without fear or favour, decision-making, solving problems systematically, identifying a problem and issue at hand, research, evaluation, adaptability, analysis, curiosity, argument, gathering relevant information, evaluating arguments and recognising fallacies and/or biases Critical thinking and reasoning are important skills in education that help students develop…

The United Nations Populations Fund, together with the Kyabazinga of Busoga have partnered to use cricket as tool to address Gender Based Violence in homes in Busoga. The project, which is to be implemented by East Enders Cricket Foundation, a sports charity operating in Busoga, will seek to prepare boys as respectful and responsible people and to reduce gender-based violence in the region billed as leading in the country. Dubbed Hitting teenage Pregnancy out of Busoga: Cricket for Sex and Reproductive Health, the program started in Kamuli and Mayuge district and will spread to other districts of Busoga over time.…

I hope that you are still interested in the issues of the Busoga University. You should be because the University hasn’t yet commenced. The process has been embroiled in lies, grandstanding, fraud, criminality and machinations. There is a common adage that goes “Lies travel fast while Truth travel slowly, but when eventually the truth arrives, the lies freeze”. We are eventually getting to learn exactly of some of the unbelievable things that have embroiled and retarded the commencement of the Busoga Public University. Since 2016, when it became apparent that the then Busoga University Ltd, a privately run institution had…

The 2024 trade show held at Lugogo, Kampala, under the theme; “Celebrating 30yrs of Industrial excellence” is the 30th edition of this monumental fair that brings together industrialists to showcase their manufactured products. Established by the Madhvani Group in the early 1990s, the Trade Fair has since continued to grow in influence both locally and globally, aiming for trade promotions. For thousands of local and foreign producers and service providers, the Trade Fair has continued to provide a relevant marketing platform. The 2019 Trade Fair attracted almost 400 exhibitors from all over the world. The Trade Fair has not only…

As of 2021, 34 licenses had been issued by the government for sugar production, with the majority concentrated in Busoga region, eastern Uganda. Most of these millsrely on out-grower farmers to supply sugarcane, rather than on planted nucleus estates. This has led to instability in the sector, with sugarcane supply and prices swinging wildly from season to season. Since the beginning of 2023, sugar millers have been operating at half capacity due to lack of sugarcane and prices have shot up to UGX 210,000 per tonne. When farmers and prospecting middlemen hear about the high cane price, they will rush…

Recently I featured on a panel of discussants where we explored new approaches for reporting on development amidst the eroding trust in Media. The major theme at this event, the Uganda Media Week, was “Rebuilding Trust in the Media in times of AI.” Amidst several other submissions, I pointed to the fact that journalists or journalism ought to embrace transparency and accountability in the course of their work if they were to rebuild public trust. This assertion particularly captured the attention of a young journalism student, Elizabeth Justine, who emphasized the critical importance of elaborating on the tenets of transparency and accountability within the field…