The Government of Uganda is preparing to introduce a teachers’ scheme in the financial year 2012/13 in order to enable teachers get higher qualifications and consequently receive promotions. This was reveled to the media today in Kampala by education and sports minister, Jessica Alupo who said that the move is one of the government’s interventions […]
The Anti Corruption Court Judge, Anup Choudry is all smiles. In fact his pals at the court say that the judge is smiling from ear to ear after he got a new house. Justice Choudry has been complaining of staying in a small apartment in Kampala where he couldn’t even receive visitors due to the small place. […]
Last Saturday a source from Leon Island told us that singer Jose Chameleon put a smile on a hawker’s face who sold him a fake silver watch at 400,000 shillings. The flamboyant singer was passing near Nandos restaurant in Kampala and a hawker met him in the traffic jam when many people were watching. Chameleon when he saw the watch […]
The Lord Mayor ofKampala, Hajji Erias Lukwago has set up a committee to find out how 800 million shillings were used to evict vendors from the city streets. Lukwago says that there is no way how the KCCA director, Jenifer Musisi Semakula could have used 800 million shillings in evicting vendors. However a source in […]
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is in shock after about 312 billion shillings meant to develop markets in the city went missing on the council’s bank accounts. KCCA has consequently established a committee comprised of councilors to investigate the whereabouts of the said money. Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago says that the committee is headed […]
The government owned New Vision is facing a demand to pay 500 million shillings as damages to the woman whose photo they carried claiming it to be the one of the mother of Kabaka’s new baby Prince, Richard Ssemakookiro. Barbra Patience Kirabo told a news conference in Kampala on Thursday that she has suffered irreparable damage from […]
The session of Members of parliament of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) going on in Kampala has entered day three. The session was opened by President Museveni on January 25th 2012. President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya addressed the same EALA session on Wednesday January 25th. The East African Legislative Assembly meeting is sitting in […]
It has been revealed that all opposition political parties are considering having a special meeting soon to discuss all they need if there is to be dialogue between them and the president Museveni According to DP president, Nobert Mao preparations are under way to have the meeting in place before the long awaited dialogue. However, […]
Education and Sports Minister, Jessica Alupo has threatened to close all primary and secondary schools around the country that would be found without pit latrines or toilets. Ms Alupo says that her ministry has got reports that some schools in the country especially in rural areas and slums operate without toilets or pit latrines. The […]
FDC president, Col. Kiiza Besigye has amazed Ugandans when he told his pals in FDC that he does not call persons on MTN numbers. He says that if the call is a must he uses a call box to do so but never on his mobile phone. Besigye has an airtel line. He barred what […]