By Herman Nnyanzi on October 30, 2018
Communist Party, harvard university, Mao Zedong, Peking University, President Xi Jinping, Qiu Shuiping, Renmin University
Education, Education, Education & Students, Education news, Featured, Latest Uganda News
Former head of the national spy agency’s Beijing branch, is named to lead one of China’s top universities, underscoring a drive to tighten Communist Party power over academia and other sectors not under its direct control. Peking University said in a statement that new party secretary Qiu Shuiping hopes the school can “seize the opportunities in […]
By Herman Nnyanzi on October 29, 2018
Arizona State University, Gail Nazarenko, The University of Arizona, Tucson, University of Arizona bans electric scooters
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The University of Arizona has banned dockless electric scooters from its campus effective immediately. University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services Interim Executive Director Gail Nazarenko says the decision for the ban is “based on the experience of ASU (Arizona State University),” which also recently banned the scooters. Nazarenko, citing safety concerns, says the scooters […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 26, 2018
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Makerere University has initiated a new routine to issue out transcripts to gruaduads before the graduation ceremony. This, according to the University, will take into effect this 69th graduation ceremony. The management has therefore commenced the printing of the transcripts for the students who will graduate in January 2019. In an interview with Daily Monitor, […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 26, 2018
Daily nation journalist Barack Oduor, DCI head of investigations John Kariuki, Mr George Kinoti the Director of Criminal Investigations, Rongo University, Rongo University student murder, Sharon Otieno, Sharon Otieno muder suspects, Sharon Otieno murder
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Investigators on the second year Rongo University student, Sharon Otieno murder have moved to Uganda and Tanzania to hunt down more three suspects. Police reports that the suspects directly participated in the brutal mutilation of the seven months pregnant mother. “It is true we have extended the search to Uganda and Tanzania,” Mr George Kinoti, […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 25, 2018
Jinja municipal council, Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Principal Professor Wasswa Balunywa, mubs, PAC Chairperson Gerald Karuhanga, Public Accounts Committee-PAC, The Auditor General John Muwanga, Uganda Land Commission
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Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Principal, Professor Wasswa Balunywa: COURTESY PHOTO Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Principal, Professor Wasswa Balunywa has faced the Public Accounts Committee-PAC to answer questions on how the University lost a big chant of land. The Auditor General, John Muwanga‘s report for the financial year 2016/2017 indicates over 12 acres of the […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 25, 2018
Governor Okoth Obado, Homa Bay-Migori boundary, Kenya Industrial Area Remand Prison, Kenya's High Court Judge Jessie Lesiit, Michael Oyamo, Migori County Clerk Caspal Obiero, Rongo University student, Rongo University student Sharon Otieno murder
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Governor Okoth Obado, a prime suspect in the Rongo University student, Sharon Otieno murder, has been granted bail of Kenyan Shillings 5 million cash. The governor was also the boyfriend to the deceased and the baby daddy to Sharon’s seven months pregnancy. The county chief is also expected to pay two sureties of a similar […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 23, 2018
Dr Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro, first female graduate east and central africa, first woman graduate central africa, first woman graduate dies, first woman graduate east africa, oxford university
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Dr Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro, the first woman to graduate at university level in East and Central Africa has died. Dr Nyendwoha graduated from Oxford University with a BA (Hon) in History in 1954. She has been battling several illnesses since the beginning of this year and died on Monday while being taken to Mengo hospital. […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 22, 2018
Dr. Stella Nyanzi, First lady Janet Museveni, Makerere University, Makerere University Appointments Board, Makerere University staff appeals tribunal
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Makerere university researcher and women activist, Dr Stella Nyanzi has been re-summoned by the Makerere University Appointments Board on allegations of insulting First Lady Janet Museveni in 2017. The board accuses Nyanzi of illegal use of her social media pages especially facebook to direct abusive words towards the first lady who also doubles as the Education minister. “When did […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 22, 2018
Buy Ugandan Build Uganda, Contracts Committee of the ministry of Education, Ministry of Education and Sports, Mr Philly Mpaata a quantity surveyor with Uganda Teacher and School Effectiveness Project (UTSEP)., Mr Thaddeus Lugolobi, Mr William Hasoho a procurement specialist at UTSEP, Museveni fires six in Education ministry over fraud, President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda Teacher and School Effectiveness Project (UTSEP)
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President Yoweri Museveni has sacked six senior government officials in the Ministry of Education and Sports due to fraud. The directive also provides for the dismissal of the Contracts Committee of the ministry of Education due to “mishandling of the process for procuring furniture for selected primary schools in Uganda under the Ministry of Education […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 18, 2018
Caspar Health (Germany), DX-Labtrack (Germany), Eyeluminati (India), ImmunifyMe (Sri Lanka), inveox GmbH (Germany), Magnosco GmbH (Germany), Makerere University, Makerere University Students, Pay It Forward (USA), SpotSense (India), Strand Therapeutics Inc. (USA), top 10 tech start-ups finalists of the World Health Summit 2018, World Health Summit 2018, Wulira android mobile application, Wulira app
Africa, Education, Health
Makerere university students developed the Wulira app to help people having hearing problems and also aid in preventing hearing loss. Wulira is an android mobile application that is used to assess hearing loss in at-risk patients and provide immediate reporting on results. The app is programmed to transmit a specific sound to test subjects and […]
