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Bus drivers, operators end anti government strike

  Passengers’ temperatures have cooled down on Wednesday after bus drivers, owners and operators called off their week long strike that had paralyzed the country and led some sections of the people in Uganda to allege that the strike was anti government. Most service sectors in Uganda almost stage daily anti government strikes in Kampala […]

Government to construct science laboratories

  It seems the speed at which Uganda’s education system/policies move at the moment the sky is the limit. The government of Uganda, according to the Commissioner for secondary education in Uganda government, John Agaba, is to construct science laboratories and information Communication Technology laboratories across the country using resources from Iran, China, Cuba and […]

Information Communication Technology and Mathematics compulsory in schools

Information Communication Technology and mathematics subjects are compulsory in Uganda schools, the minister for Education and Sports Jessica Alupo told the media in Kampala on Wednesday. Alupo says that unlike in the previous years, Mathematics and Information Communication Technology subjects will be compulsory for all Senior Five (S.5) and Senior 6 students across the country. […]

New salary structures for workers

The Minister for the Presidency, Muruuli Mukasa has revised the salary structures of public servants and councilors working in Kampala district. This follows a directive by parliament requesting him to table before the House the salary structure for the Kampala Capital City Authority staff. According to the sources in the minister’s office, the Executive Director […]

Christians in Saud Arabia start lent period

Millions of Christians in Uganda, USA, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy, German, France and England among other countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Europe on Wednesday commemorated Ash Wednesday. The holy function marked the beginning of the 40 days of the lent period ending on Easter Sunday. Christians fast for 40 days to […]

Battle to access public buildings intensifies

The constitution of Uganda guides all development partners including the Government of Uganda to address the needs of all people including women, children and people with disabilities. The MP for PWDs Hajjat Sofia Nalule says that when the government empowers people they are in essence putting them in a position where they can identify and […]

Uganda government gives Persons with disabilities gifts

The biggest gift the Government of Uganda ought to give to persons with physical disabilities this year 2012 is making the Accessibility Standards part of the Building Control Act in the making. Several Government technicians and politicians in Uganda have pledged to the disabled community in Uganda that their long wish will be granted. The […]

Al shabaab plans to bomb east Africa

Intelligence briefings from Somalia indicate that Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab fighters are planning to bomb East African countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania,  Burundi and Kenya. Security sources in Uganda tell us that the Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab rebels plan to use East African countries through the links they have with East African rebel […]

Opposition members who asked British Parliament to investigate oil saga in Uganda face arrest on president Museveni orders

Opposition members in Uganda who petitioned the British Parliament asking it to investigate the oil agreements recently signed between Uganda and Tullow oil company face arrest. Uganda intelligence officers intercepted this letter yesterday and handed it over to president Museveni who has now directed police to hunt for the people behind it. The authors of […]

Head teachers refuse to admit pupil over disability

I listened to Christine Namusoke’s story with a lot of sadness and tears rolling down my face. Christine narrated to me how in the school year of 2011, her five-year- old daughter Pauline was denied entry into four schools near their home, just because she had a deformity on her face. Pauline developed a tumor […]