The public accounts committee (PAC) report which had been kept as a secret has finally leaked to the press. The report recommends that the two ministers, Syda Bbumba of Gender and Khiddu Makubuya of General Duties relinquish their positions over reported abuse of office. The MPs report shows that Bbumba and Khiddu caused financial loss […]
Cases of female circumcision are so rampant in Ethiopia, Uganda, Egypt, Southern Sudan, Northern Sudan, and some parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Female circumcision is when a certain part of the female genitalia is excised in order to reduce the sexual desire of girls and make them pure and virgin until marriage. Many […]
Are you a nurse, doctor or pharmacists? Start smiling now because the government of Uganda has got jobs for you. The Senior Private Secretary to His Excellence the Vice President of Uganda, Hajji Hassan Nakabaale says that the office of the Vice President has got requests from England among other countries in Europe to send […]
The government of Uganda has awarded to Tullow Oil Company an oil production license for 400 million barrel kingfisher oil well found in western Uganda worth 1.5 billion US dollars. The long waited move will see a resumption of production activities in the Abertine Graben that had halted due to the expiry of Heritage […]
The council of ministers in East African Community have rejected a proposed legislation that was widely interpreted as a move by Uganda to sell its education colonialism to other countries in the region. Uganda working through its representative in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Wandera Ogalo thought an amendment of the Inter University Council […]
Uganda is set to increase power production this month with the commissioning of the first 25mw phase of Bujagali hydro electric power dam. The dam has been commissioned today by the Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi. The dam is designed to supply power to the national power grid. The 25mw is half the capacity of the […]
Police have warned members of the public on the outbreak of most fires that have destroyed property worth millions of shillings. This follows an outbreak of the Wednesday fire which destroyed property worth millions of shillings at Accurate Motor Garage on Spire Road in Jinja municipality. The police commander of Jinja, Jonathan Musinguzi says that […]
Troubled by the conflicts surrounding the Kyabazinga ship of Busoga, one of the contenders for the post of Kyabazinga (king), Prince Wilberforce Gabula decided to seek intervention of the Queen of England. He got UK visa and left the country for Britain. He reached there safely and he was welcomed by the authorities in UK. […]
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics has released its latest market research indicating that annual headline inflation has reduced tremendously. UBOS today released its monthly market report indicating that the annual headline inflation rate for the year ending January 2012 dropped to 25.7% from 27.0% recorded for the year ended December 2011. Releasing the report in Kampala, the director macro economics statistics, Dr. Mukiza Chris states […]
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 […]