World Bank country director in Uganda, Kundhavi Kadiresan is tasking the government to set up clear systems to check on the country’s rapid population growth. Kundhavi reveals that the country is having the highest fertility rate compared to other countries in the world which makes it difficult for the available resources to be shared among this high […]
Makerere University Academic Staff have again threatened to go on a sit down strike if the administration does not address their current financial woes in 2 weeks time. During a staff meeting held last evening, the lecturers unanimously agreed on the position. Among the resolutions from the meeting is an immediate payment of their pension […]
The Parliament of Uganda has set 19th May as the date for the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the 9th Parliament . This was revealed by the Senior PRO of Parliament Jotham Talemwa while speaking to journalists at parliament on Friday. The current Deputy speaker Rebecca Kadaga announced her intention to stand […]
The Member of Parliament for Bunya East constituency, James Kubeketerya has advised government to get more serious in handling environmental issues. MP Kubeketerya says that the government has hitherto failed to curtail the environmental degradations happening in Uganda and needs to design new strategies. He is calling for among the things, the establishment of environmental courts […]
Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the Forum for Democratic Change Secretary for Mobilisation has managed to walk smoothly to work without police interference which he says was good for the day calling on the government to do the same to others who decide to walk to work. Muntu who arrived at parliament at around 9am wants […]
Students from different institutions of higher learning have petitioned the speaker of parliament Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi over un fairness in the government scholarship scheme. According to Jorum Kisembo who represented other students said that the government scholarship scheme has failed to play its role and therefore it should be dropped. He said that the scheme in its […]
The number of children who die due to poor feeding has dropped from 40% to 10.7% and this has been attributed to the effort of the restored mulago mwanamugimu unit . This was revealed by the director Mwanamugimu unit at mulago hospital Dr. Elizebeth Kiboneka while speaking during the tour of renovated mwanamugimu unit by the […]
The Bishop of Gospel life church international Umar Mulinde attacked the muslim leaders who condemned the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden who was killed by American forces. This followed muslims leaders in Uganda at both kibuli and old Kampala condemned the killing of Osama Bin Laden by American forces over accusations of being the master mind […]
MPS have viewed the video showing the way how Dr. Kiiza Besigye was brutally arrested by police in the incident criticised by many people. Both the opposition mps and government showed the separate video of Besigyes brutal arrest because the opposition thought that the government video footage was doctored and not telling all of what […]
Preparations for swearing in ceremony of Members of the 9th Parliament have kicked off at parliament. The newly elected MPs have started receiving invitation cards for the ceremony which will last for three days starting May 16th -18th 2011. The deputy spokes person of parliament Jotham Taremwa says that because of lack of space to […]