The Promota Africa Magazine

Willy Mutenza won the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) 2009 Business Innovation Award in UK.

Held at the Hilton London, Tower Bridge, its celebrity hosts were Robbie Gee (Actor – Desmonds, Snatch, Prime Suspect, The firm, Mean Machine) and Eddie Nestor (BBC Radio London presenter/Actor – Casualty, Prime Suspect2, Here & Now, The Bill).  The glittering event also boasted esteemed dignitaries including Simon Hughes MP and His Excellency Dr. Zola Skweyiya, South African High Commissioner, presenting awards on the evening.

The land on which Luzira prisons is built, is up for grabs if any investor shows interest to develop it.

Prisons authorities have already submitted a proposal to Uganda Investment Authority to exchange the land with an investor for a new prison facility outside Kampala, Prisons Chief Dr Johnson Byabashaija reveals.

He explains that the move is aimed at helping Uganda prisons get new and improved structures to cater for the increasing number of inmates.

MPs yesterday put to task two senior government officials to explain their role in the irregular award of a $4.5 million (about Shs9 billion) broadcasting deal to a South African company during Chogm.

Barrack Obama's trip to Oslo to pick up his Nobel peace award is in danger of being overshadowed by a row over the cancellation of a series of events normally attended by the prizewinner.

Norwegians are incensed over what they view as his shabby response to the prize by cutting short his visit.