Landslides have once again hit some parts of Bududa district leaving a number of people displaced and some roads connecting villages damaged. The district that has been experiencing heavy down pours in the past day that has resulted into a mild landslide that has destroyed three villages in Bulucheke Sub-County of Budada District. According to […]
Government has released the 2014-2016 Uganda National Population Based Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey showing 89,000 people get infected with TB every year. While presenting the report in Kampala, Dr Bruce Kirenga, and a TB Principal Researcher at Makerere University says the current disease burden is higher than previously with 253 per 100,000 people affected compared to […]
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON: There is renewed interest by academics, civil society and legislators over the continent’s extractive sector and want a common mining law. The legislators are concerned over natural resource governance and economic development on the African continent and are pushing for legislation that addresses issues of transparency and accountability by the governments and mining […]
Police in Buyende district are holding a secondary school teacher for allegedly extorting money from students seeking enrollment and registration for national examinations. The suspect has been identified as Muzamiru Kigenyi a teacher at Gwase Premier Secondary School in Bugaya sub-county in Buyende district. The Buyende Resident District Commissioner, Fred Bangu, says the suspect was […]
A concerned citizen has petitioned the office of the Inspector General of Government (IGG) requesting for an investigation into the wealth of Bank of Uganda’s Director for Supervision Justine Bagyenda. Denis Nyombi a lawyer from Denis Nyombi & Co. Advocates says he is seeking the IGG’s intervention because he is privy to information that Bagyenda […]
The Uganda population HIV impact assessment survey 2016 released last week reveals that the current HIV prevalence among adults aged 15 to 49 in the country is at 6%, among children under 5 years stands at 0.5% while among those aged between 5 to 14 years still stands at 0.5% with the total number of Ugandans […]
Students at Kiyuni Secondary School a government aided School in Mubende district are stranded, after their head teacher Byaruhanga Joseph disappearing with their money which was paid in for their registration for Uganda Certificate of Education Exams this year. It is alleged that Mr. Byaruhanga Joseph disappeared with monies worth Ug Shs 7,260,000 for 44 […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants 10 billion shillings meant for completion of the renovation of Uganda House in Nairobi re -allocated for establishment of new missions abroad. The Minister of State for International Affairs, Okello Oryem, said that the court case surrounding the renovation of Uganda house in Nairobi has failed the ministry to […]
The Commercial Court has given Bank of Uganda and Business tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia 60 days within which to amicably settle their differences, failure of which the case file will be forwarded to a Judge for hearing. On Tuesday this week, the Head of this Court Justice David Wangutusi appointed city lawyer Harriet Magala from Kituuma Magala and company […]
The Higher Education Students Financing Board has cautioned members of the public against conmen. This comes after the board extended the time for receiving applications of students seeking loans to be able to continue with their studies. The boards chairman Fr. Callisto Locheng said the application forms are to be given out free of charge […]