The suffering of the African child which has lasted for centuries has been encouraged by the poor African norms, poverty, the industrial development and the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS according to the Burahya county parliamentarian Stephen Kagwera. Officiating as chief guest at the official launch of the SOS children’s village in Butebe parish Kabarole over […]
The Ugandan shilling has hit a record low value against the U.S. dollar currently selling at about 2,410 to one US dollar. The shillings started losing again against the dollar after a few months of near comeback where the shilling had dropped from the 2,390 mark to about 3,278 in early June. It is not […]
The outgoing minister of health Dr Steven Malinga has advised government to recentralize health if health services are to be distributed equally. Malinga made the comment while handing over office to the new minister of health Christine Andoa. He said that decentralized of health created a lot of health systems for every district and enhanced […]
The prime minster Amama Mbabazi has defended the President over appointing Beatrice Wabudeya as Minister for Kampala and later dropping the ministry. Mbabazi was speaking in an attempt to clarify on the fate of Beatrice Wabudeya whose post is currently on a pendulum with the public speculating that her post has been scrapped and currently holds no […]
President Yoweri Museveni has directed minister of Luwero affairs to use the 10 billion shillings under the Luwero Rwenzori development program to focus on improving household income The president was responding to a request by the minister of luwero triangle Rose Namayanja that government considers increasing vote to private projects in 29 districts since it […]
President Yoweri Museveni has warned National Agricultural Advisory services (NAADS) against he called abusive mi-emerge of government vision of supporting farmers. Speaking at the 22nd Hero’s day celebrations in Rwengo district, President Yoweri Museveni said NAADS has introduced a new distension where NAADS money is being paid to NAADS coordinators and service providers other than […]
Scrap dealers have topped the list of people prompting child labour and exploitation in Uganda. This was contained in the report released by the platform for labour in Kampala which showed that scrap dealers use children and these children break into houses and kiosks to steal any metallic due to the pressure they get from […]
Campaigns for the posts of the commissioners of Parliament are in high gear with about 16 MPs contesting to fill just three posts. According to the rules, four MPs are supposed to be voted among the mps to seat on the commission, one comes from the opposition while three from the NRM of whom one has […]
The prime minister of Uganda who has been the minister of security Amama Mbabazi has officially handed over security ministry’s office to his successor Mululi Mukasa this morning. While at the function Mbabazi said that he was not surprised by the appointment since his predecessor was in the ministry earlier. He says that security ministry is […]
Kampala Capital City Authority is to undertake major rehabilitation of the both new and old taxi parks. This has been disclosed by the executive director Kampala capital city Authority Jenifer Musisi semakula after inspecting both the taxi parks. Musisi says her visit to the park with technical officials from the road engineering department follows several […]