In Uganda, student enrollment in primary schools is on the rise An IDA-financed project is helping by supporting the hiring of additional teachers The country is on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal of Universal Education by 2015 KAMPALA, August 31, 2010 – From 2007 to 2009, post primary education in Uganda increased by […]
British oil giants Tullow oil have extended their oil exploration interests in East Africa a north higher with the acquisition of a 50% stake in the East Africa Rift Basins of Kenya and Ethiopia from Canadian oil firm Africa Oil Corp. The companies announced today in separate statements that they had agreed on the deal […]
The East African Community and the Lake Victoria Basin Commission have organized the first-ever EAC Lake Victoria Basin Investment Forum, planned December 1st-5th 2010. The investment forum will take place in Mwanza, Tanzania under the theme “Realizing Economic Benefits in the EAC Common Market through the Lake Victoria Basin”. According to a statement from the […]
The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative has warned Ugandans against mob justice which it says reckless negligence of what the law requires Ugandans to do when they get other Ugandans committing crimes. According to the proper procedure the law requires that if a citizen gets another committing a crime then such a citizen should take […]
The Member of Parliament for Rubaga North Betty Kamya has called upon the government to improve on its investment in the tourism sectors because it is a sector that has the capability of boosting the Ugandan economy if the government increases its funding to the sector. Despite the potential that tourism industry in Uganda possesses, […]
The Human Rights Watch appealed to the government to put in place mechanisms that provide for the training of legal and law enforcement professionals in the way to communicate and interact with persons with disabilities as means of making it easier for the disabled people to access justice in courts of law.- This is just […]
Despite the government’s effort to make health services easily accessible to all Ugandans, Uganda still has a long way to go with 26 of the districts in the country lacking at least a hospital in them, according the a report of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative which focused on the right to Health Care […]
The President of the Uganda Federal Alliance, Betty Kamya and the President of the People’s Development Party have criticized other political parties for their failure to turn up for public debate on health that was organized to allow the different political parties give the policies they would hope to implement to address health issues in […]
Following his successful re-election bid in the August 2010 Rwanda elections, in which he polled 93.08% votes, Paul Kagame will be sworn in for a second seven-year term of office as President of Rwanda on Monday September 6th 2010. We bring you the inauguration and swearing in ceremony live online from Amahoro National Stadium in […]
The police have been heavily deployed at the headquarters of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) on plot 10 Kyadongo Road to in Kampala to restore calm. NRM Party supporters stormed the offices earlier demanding an explanation as to why the primary elections in Kampala have been postponed. This follows reports of vote rigging in Kampala. The Deputy Director […]