The first lady and minister for education and sports Janet Kataaha Museveni has urged governments in the Great lakes region to strengthen their efforts towards the eradication of all forms of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the Region. Speaking during the commissioning of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region- Regional Training Facility […]
The ministry of education has demanded that schools make provisional emergency sanitary towels to girls during school time. This was made by the Research and Advocacy officer at Gender Unit in the Ministry of Education and Sports, Ms. Rosette Nanyanzi . She said that schools should give emergency pads to girls as parents also take up this role. She said […]
President Yoweri Museveni has called for blocking all the ways and causes of disability adding that the number of People With Disabilities (PWDs) should not grow beyond 4.4 million of the national population. “We need to block all the possibilities of disability to prevent more disabilities like we did to eradicate polio and measles. Even […]
Teenage pregnancy has hit hard kamuli district among the districts in Busoga sub region. Reports available at kamuli general hospital indicate that the teenage pregnancy has moved from 24% to 25% among the adolescent girls in this district. The Project officer of the Forum for African Women Educationalists – Uganda Chapter in kamuli district, Ms. Jackline Nafuna […]
St. Lawrence University has today conferred degrees and awarded diplomas and certificates to over 800 graduands at their 8th congregation held at their main campus in Lubaga, Kampala that was presided over by Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi who doubles as Chancellor of the university. The Vice President said that the key priority of education […]
Parliament has paid tribute to the late former Deputy Chief Justice Leticia Mary Mukasa Kikonyogo who passed away at Mulago hospital after losing battle to a heart attack. MPS in a special sitting eulogizing the late and chaired by the deputy speaker Jacob Oualanyah recognized the justice kikonyogo as an advocate of justice, rule of […]
Parliament has demanded the office of the Attorney general to urgently table the Administration of the judiciary bill which is still lying in the Attorney general’s office. The bill was proposed after the president promise to make undertaking to improve the retirement benefits of judges. The deputy speaker Jacob Oulanyah said that parliament had given […]
A new law is in offing to charge women with rape against men. The parliamentary legislative council is expected to propose a new section to the parliamentary legal committee to be inserted in the sexual offences bill 2015 to charge women with rape. Currently it is only men who have been facing rape charges against […]
Muntu held a press conference today to update the country about his stance, the general said, “I fully respect the outcome of our party’s elections and congratulate the new party president.” ALSO READ: Muntu loses FDC presidency Below is the full press statement. Fellow Ugandans, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for […]
Opposition Members of Parliament have given the office of the speaker at parliament up to tomorrow to ensure the security matters of MPs are discussed first before any other business can proceed. This happened as the opposition still shunned today’s plenary sitting after two months of recess where MPs have been making consultations on the constitutional […]