The south division NAADS coordinator Linda Ryce has advised the ruling national resistance movement and the NAADS secretariat to make some adjustments in the NAADS phase two guidelines. Speaking during the annual review workshop held at Buhinga primary school in fort portal municipality yesterday, the NAADS coordinator observed that the procurement of technologies at village […]
When G8 leaders gather in Deauville, France on May 26-27 for their annual summit, one of their top priorities will be strengthening their partnership with Africa, including on issues related to food security and poverty reduction, and the critical role of agriculture in achieving these goals. Nowhere is this more relevant than in Sub-Saharan Africa, […]
Students from the School of Computing and IT (CIT), College of Computing and Information Sciences, have for the 4th Year running scooped the first position of the Microsoft Imagine Cup. The East and Central Africa Regional challenge was held in Nairobi on 9th May 2011 and CIT, which emerged top, will now represent the region at […]
Brussels Airlines has offered travel discounts for tourist flying inn to visit the mountain Gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable forest south western Uganda. The discount of 10% will be offered on tickets once travels can prove they will go Gorilla tracking when they visit. The discount is available during the low tourism season which is […]
The MP for Manjia county in Bududa district who has been the former state minister for Northern Uganda David wakiikona has called for immediate action on the land slides in Bududa. Addressing journalists at parliament Wakiikona said that landslides are of a major threat to the area and therefore a need for quicker intervention. He says that […]
The former Deputy speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has been elected the Speaker of the 9th parliament. Kadaga the NRM candidate secured 302 votes while her competition, FDC’s Nandala Mafabi secured 57 votes and 2 were invalid. 361 MPs participated in the election while 14 missed the election. Kadaga afew minutes later took an oath as the […]
Bugisu cooperative union has yet another time faced a financial management scandal just a few months after the government suspended the entire board and appointed a caretaker to manage the union. The new scandal which has cost the union over 600 million shillings has been blamed on the new caretaker manager Batera Cyprian. Government last […]
The former deputy speaker of the 8th parliament Rebbecca Kadaga has said divisions within the NRM is hurting the party and has tarnished the image of the country abroad. Kadaga who has also been nominated by her party to contest for 9th parliament speaker says the country has a negative image and the opposition has […]
The opposition Political parties have denied allegations that they have a hidden agenda disguised in the walk to work demonstrations over the high prices of fuel and food stuffs. The Democratic Party President Norbert Mao says it’s not true that they have a hidden agenda in the demos but only want Government to get concerned […]
The Swearing in Ceremony for MPS of the 9th Parliament has ended today seeing over 118 MPS administering oath before the clerk to Parliament Aeneas Tandekwire. This brought the total number of new members to 374 with only one member of Parliament for Gomba County Rose Najemba who is said to be outside the Country on state […]