Do you want to succeed? Do you want to get to the top and stay there? Here are your three keys to peak performance and personal financial independence. Once you master them, you will see success and happiness coming to you in ways you never even imagined. Here we go: Key #1: Get to the Top – The Seven Fs to Success Key #2: Stay at the Top – The P.L.A.N.T model for your peak performance Key #3: Make discretionary time & enjoy your success – The three tools for exceptional leaders Do you really want to succeed? Are you…
Students loan schemes to be launched in April 2014
The Ministry of Education and Sportshas finally managed to come up with a regulatory framework to guide the operationalisation of the students loan scheme. This follows the passing of Higher Education students Financing Act. Needy students who are unable to pay for their higher education will now be able to achieve their dreams and pursue their careers. The students loan scheme will enable students enroll in recognized higher education institutions in Uganda. The beneficiaries will have up to one year after accomplishing their studies to start repaying back the loan. Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Education and Sports…
Use of Donor Fund Managers: a new strategy by US and European Union Donors in Uganda
If you are a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and have donor support from funders in United States or European Union, chances are that your company directors/ founders are no longer sole signatories on your NGO bank accounts. You now have a fund manager, usually a partner in a local firm affiliated to an International firm, as a co-signatory on the bank account into which donors deposit the money. This development has come following increased accountability issues over the use and application of donor funds. As African countries get on the spot light over misuse of donor funds for personal benefit by…
20 companies show interest to buy Umeme shares
Umeme Holdings Limited (UHL), the majority shareholder in Umeme Limited on 6th May 2014 announced that it is selling a substantial part of its 60.1 percent stake. A number of foreign firms have expressed interest in buying shares in Uganda’s electricity distributor, Umeme Ltd. This development has come following a majority vote by Uganda Members of Parliament to cancel the UMEME contract on the account of the alleged failure by UMEME to meet the terms of the contract with Government of Uganda However, Umeme Ltd, through its Head of Communications, Mr. Henry Rugamba denies that UHL decision to sell a…
The Uganda Development Bank case is more than conflict of interest
Uganda Development continues to be in the news for all the wrong reasons. The person at the Centre of all this is the CEO, Patricia Ojangole, who joined the bank as Head of Internal Audit department. Patricia is being prosecuted by the IGG on grounds of conflict of interest. Prosecution states that during the recruitment process of the new CEO, Patricia Ojangole, then head of internal audit, influenced the process in her favor to the top position of the bank. She is said to have worked closely with Vincent Kaheru of the recruitment firm, Profiles International. A fact which the…
3 lessons from Man U’s failed succession planning
Football is a game of goals. Scoring is the team’s key result area (KRA). Things like possession; kilometers covered, fouls committed, clinical passes completed, and a plethora of other factors are just details. If you cannot score, you cannot win a match. Period. And that is how Man U has become a shadow of its former self. These lads cannot score goals. Watching yesterday’s champions’ league game left me disappointed in this team. Thank God that I ‘matured’ long time ago. I no longer bring personal feelings to football. There are still some fans not eating because their team lost.…
