Child rights activists say physical violence remains the most common and most visible form of child abuse in Uganda. This is closely followed by sexual abuse, child neglect and emotional abuse which is cross cutting. According to Peter Bahemuka of Raising Voices, if a child is molested or subjected to any other form of abuse, […]
The parliamentary committee on local government and public service has this morning embarked on a tour of all KCCA projects The MPs led by the chairperson Florence Kintu have unearthed shocking information about the two properties on plot 1 Sezibwa and plot 2 Mabua roads. The MPs have discovered the house located along Mabua road […]
The high failure rate recorded in 2012 UCE exams has been blamed on commercialization of education. Democratic Party secretary general Matthias says that most schools no longer put emphasis on academics but rather on money. He says that due to commercialization even people who should be in charge of supervising these schools have resorted to opening […]
Hearing of Mukula’s appeal has been pushed to next week. High Court Judge David Wangututsi has adjourned hearing to Feb 11th when the state will respond to the defence submissions. Former health state minister Mike Mukula is challenging both his conviction and four year jail sentence. Earlier, one of his lawyers David Mpanga submitted to court […]
The National Social Security Fund has triumphed in the 40 billion shilling compensation dispute with construction firm Alcon International. A panel of seven Supreme Court Justices led by the Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki have ruled in favor of the National Social Security Fund. The judges have allowed an appeal by the NSSF challenging a 40bn shilling […]
Students can take benefit of funding offered by the International Fashion Academy (IFA) to pursue their MBA in luxury brand management and global fashion media. In 2013-2014 academic year IFA is pleased to announce 10 scholarships at the postgraduate level. Students will spend 24 weeks in Shanghai (China) and 12 weeks in Paris (France) for […]
Uganda can now boost of oil production engineers to help the country exploit the oil resources confirmed in different parts of the country. According to a media statement, the group of 10 underwent 6-10 months hands-on training in the United Kingdom and at the Bangladesh production facility where they were exposed to areas such as […]
Manchester Metropolitan University offers number of awards for postgraduate students. These are open to prospective overseas students who are enrolled in full time postgraduate taught programmes. The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. Students will be notified if their applications have been successful in August 2013 for courses starting in September 2013 and December […]
The governments of Uganda and Tanzania have finalized arrangements to use the southern route commonly known as Mutukula for trade as an alternative to the Mombasa route. This follows a meeting between the government of Uganda and officials from the Tanzania government held last month. Addressing a news conference, the minister of finance Maria Kiwanuka […]
Human Rights Activists have threatened to drag government to court over what they deemed as infringing on human rights through registering phone Sim cards. This was revealed at a dialogue organized by rights bodies that included Human Rights Network and Human Rights Network for Journalists to discuss dangers embedded in Sim card registration. According to […]