The Higher Education Students Financing Board is seeking for eight billion shillings to finance over 1,900 students in both university and tertiary institutions. The Executive Director of the board, Michael Wanyama, while appearing before the education committee to defend their budget noted that in the next financial year they planned on admitting 3,000 students to […]
The Chairperson of the Education Committee, Connie Galiwango, has advised parents to speak to teachers if they have mishandled their children instead of resorting to beating them. This comes after reports that the administration of Bilal Islamic school stopped Sheikh Noor Muzaata from teaching at the school after he beat up a teacher who had […]
Police in Arua are investigating cases of aggravated robberies and murders which have been occurring since November 2017 along Arua Ogoko road around Luku hill, Olevu village, Olevu parish, Ajia Sub county, Arua district and at river Ala area, Anzuu village, Anzuu parish, Vurra Sub county, Arua district in which 10 suspects have been arrested […]
Members of parliament under the Parliamentary forum on disaster risk reduction and mitigation have asked government to allocate 30 billion shillings to desilting of Nyamwamba River in Kasese which has claimed lives of people when there is a heavy rain. MPS together with the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group want government to increase the budget allocation […]
Police at Jinja Road has kicked off investigations into the accusation of sexual harassment by one self-styled Diplomat Khamis Ali who heads the UNHCR team at Lamwo refugee camp who is now detained at this very station. Khamis, a Tanzanian National, is accused of sodomising a number of girls in kitgum causing some to develop […]
29% of women in Kigezi region still prefer to give birth from their homes at the expense of giving birth from health facilities, according to the statistics released today by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics. The statistics released by George Kawage, a senior statistician with Uganda Bureau of Statistics, during the dissemination seminar of findings […]
Government is final stages to build renewable energy plants in five Districts of Arua, Jinja, Mbale, Mbarara and Masaka in a bid to increase access of energy. The plants which will operate using human waste are expected to contribute 400 kilo watts to the national grid. According to the Assistant commissioner renewable energy John Tumuhimbise, […]
Nakawa Divison Mayor, Ronald Balimwezo Nsubuga, has threatened to apprehend residents in Nakawa who are misusing Mosquito nets donated to them by government late last month. Balimwezo made these threats while commissioning a two day mobile clinic that will be held at the Dominion Church Mbuya in Kampala. Balimwezo said that the mobile targets residents […]
Pharmacy owners have asked parliament to audit the National Drug Authority activities and operations for allowing the existence of illegal and unlicensed drug shops. as they give the health committee of parliament a report showing rot in this Authority.0 While appearing before the health committee of parliament were they handed in a report showing rot […]
President Yoweri Museveni has called on security agencies and public servants to practice teamwork for effective service delivery. VIDEO MUSEVENI URGES SECURITY AGENCIES TO WORK TOGETHER “In the security docket the main issue has been teamwork. When you work as a team you benefit from the knowledge of others,” Museveni said. “People should contribute their […]