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By BigEyeUg Team

A new and most organized real estate agency company is now in Uganda that can facilitate buying or selling of land and houses from any part of the country. Prime Plots under Prime Sponsor Company was created in May 2020 with a clear vision of providing high quality and personalized services to individuals, private sector companies, and government clients in Uganda.

If you are a potential buyer and looking for land, house or apartment, or need help in transferring your land title to your names or company names, then you should visit these guys. A property management company that seems to have the best and trusted real estate agent.

The mission of Prime Sponsor is simple. “To believe in loving your neighbor is to help them succeed”. To fulfill this mission, they perform every due diligence to ensure ownership and protect you the interested buyer or seller and above all, they strive to have a long relationship of friendship with all their clients.

For all those with property to sale, they use applications that will permit satellite view of the entire area, tracking coordinates with GPS that can send a client direct to the site location without being accompanied, they are the first to have such ease operation.

They have become a more trusted solution to all the property fraudsters in Uganda. Their current website is www.primeplots.primesponsor.co.ug

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MTN’s Jimmy Ssempuuma (L) hands over Emily Tumuheki’s cheque.

By Our Reporter 

With the disruption caused by COVID-19, teaching is one of the professions that took a hit. It even gets harder for the private school teachers who are not earning salary as schools have been closed since March.

Emily Tumuheki, a private school teacher in Masaka, is one of the many teachers who have gone without pay since the closure of schools as a way of preventing the spread of the deadly Covid19.

Tumuheki, a resident of Nyendo town in Masaka district and a teacher of English at Kitendesa Modern Primary School reaped big from the on-going MoMoNyabo Together promotion as she won herself a whopping 5,000,000 Uganda shillings. The teacher could not believe her luck the moment she learnt that she had been chosen as a lucky winner in the MoMo Nyabo Together promotion.

When the hosts of the MoMo Nyabo Together show Zahara Totto and Patricko Mujuuka first contacted Tumuheki, she was in shock she decided to hand the phone to a friend of hers thinking she was getting conned. She however was able to compose herself and answer all five questions correctly.

While shedding tears of joy at her cheque handover, Tumuheki narrated how life had been so hard seeing as she was not earning and yet her bills kept on accumulating.

Tumuheki who hails from Ntungamo moved to Nyendo in search of greener pastures.

Currently, she is also pursuing a Bachelors degree in Secondary Education to grow her career.

The happy teacher was overwhelmed with the fact that she had indeed become a millionaire.

“I cannot imagine this real. This money will help me a lot. I plan on starting a shop where I can trade in food items like rice, sugar, salt and many others consumer goods.” Tumuheki said.

Tumuheki went on to add that because of COVID-19, she had resorted to quitting her job and starting something else but she did not have the capital to start her dream business.

“My life has drastically changed for the better,” said an excited Tumuheki in praise of the MTN MoMoNyabo promotion.

She named her mother, Frank Twikirize as her beneficiary. Twikirize was excited when her daughter called to ask if she had received 2,000,000 Uganda shillings that was sent to her phone. An excited Twikirize asked her daughter to thank MTN for remembering them.

“For one to get money in such times, it can only be by the grace of God,” Tumuheki said.

While handing over a dummy cheque, the Regional Manager Central Ssempuuma Jimmy congratulated Tumuheki Emilly upon her win. He also encouraged all MTN customers to continue using the MTN MoMo service, “You too can win like Tumuheki,” he said.

Tumuheki said she always used her MTN MoMo to buy airtime, minutes to make phone calls as well as data to surf the internet and social media. She thanked MTN for availing Ugandans with a chance to win money this year.

Apart from the winners called in studio, 250 people win 50,000 shillings directly every day. All you have to do is pay for airtime, bundles or any bill using MTN MoMo on the MyMTN app or dial *165# and stand a chance to win.

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A customer pays at the till using Airtel Money Pay assisted by a Game Store Executive.

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Airtel Uganda has announced a partnership with Game Stores that will see Airtel Money subscribers pay for their purchases using Airtel Money Pay.

Airtel Money Pay is a service that enables Airtel Money subscribers to pay for goods and services using Airtel Money instead of exchanging cash for such purchases. The service enables both parties to immediately confirm these proximity payments via text message (e-receipt) that is sent to both subscriber and seller of the goods/service.

Commenting about this partnership, Airtel Money Head Merchant Portfolio Mr. Godfrey Muhindo noted that this new partnership will bring the highest level of convenience to Airtel subscribers who shop at Game stores.

“This payment method is going to ease the lives of our subscribers. Customers no longer have to carry cash or withdraw money, then pay when they are shopping here at Game,” he noted.

Muhindo also noted that the Airtel Money Pay innovation is timely as it is giving Ugandans an alternative and safe payment method in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Speaking on behalf of Game Stores, Frederick Olwit, the Game Store Manager, welcomed Airtel Money Pay onboard and thanked Airtel Uganda for the partnership.

“Our clients can now transact conveniently and securely from their Airtel accounts and pay for their shopping without hassle,” he said. “As merchants, once we receive the money on our Airtel account, we can use it to make other transactions like payments or transfer it to the bank.”

Mr William Kaye, the Managing Director of Universal Tracking Systems and a customer at Game Stores who has used the service confirms the effectiveness of the product.

“After shopping, I came to the till and made my payment via Airtel Money Pay. The till attendant immediately confirmed payment and in less than a minute, I was done. The service is indeed very fast and did not require me to pay an extra fee,” Mr Kaye said.

At the launch, a lucky draw was held for members of the media and three lucky journalists each received cash sent directly to their Airtel Money accounts to do shopping at the store.

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Mr. Mathu Kiunjuri, Managing Director, BAT Uganda Ltd addressing press after the 20th Annual General Meeting.

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Shareholders of British American Tobacco Uganda (BAT Uganda) have in their Annual General Meeting (AGM) ratified Ushs 15.7 billion (Ushs 320 per share) as a first and final dividend for the year ended 31st December 2019. Paid on 19th June 2020, the dividend is in line with the Company’s 100% dividend pay-out policy and was a timely income injection for Ugandan shareholders amidst economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The AGM was held electronically owing to COVID-19 Government restrictions on public gatherings. Additionally, this year marks 20 years of the Company being listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE).

BAT Uganda Managing Director, Mr. Mathu Kiunjuri commented: “Despite the Company’s strong performance in 2019, BAT Uganda remains concerned by the impact of illicit trade in tobacco products. According to independent third-party research, approximately 19% of cigarettes sold in Uganda are illegal. These worrying levels of illicit trade not only impact consumers who unknowingly purchase these products but also government revenues and the legitimate tobacco market.

“Tax-evaded illegal cigarettes continue to deprive the government in excess of an estimated Ushs 30 billion every year. This is revenue that is desperately needed to support the country’s economic recovery given the adverse impact of COVID-19.

“We call upon the Ugandan authorities to ratify the WHO’s Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. Ratification would provide a robust framework for the implementation of global standards in fighting illicit trade, optimising benefits of the Uganda Revenue Authority’s Digital Tracking System (DTS) and helping to tackle illicit financial flows.”

BAT Uganda Chairman, Hon. Dr. Elly Karuhanga said: “I commend BAT Uganda for its resilience and delivering strong business results on the back of a challenging operating environment.

“BAT Uganda continues to contribute to Uganda’s socio-economic development through the remittance of significant tax revenues to the Government. In 2019, the Company’s tax payments increased by Ushs 6 billion to Ushs 96 billion in the form of Excise Duty, Value Added Tax and Corporation Tax.

“Despite the increase in tax remittances and sustained superior dividend pay-outs, we reiterate that illicit trade continues to impact our business and the regional economy. Firm and sustained enforcement action, in the form of tracing illicit product to source, is required to safeguard the legitimate tobacco industry.

“Going forward, BAT is transforming itself and the tobacco industry to better meet the evolving needs of its consumers and build a sustainable business. In March this year, the BAT Group announced an evolved corporate purpose: to build A Better Tomorrow for consumers, shareholders, employees and society. This is an ambition to reduce the health and environmental impact of its business, while remaining committed to delivering positive social impact and ensuring robust corporate governance across the business. To facilitate this evolution, the Company also adopted a new logo and corporate identity.

“On the back of our new strategy and purpose, I am confident that with the exceptional quality of talent within the Company, and our partnerships with over 30,000 business partners, we are on track to deliver a better tomorrow for our stakeholders.”