Shock gripped students and the administration of Mityana School of Nursing and Midwifery after learning about the sad news of one of the female students who was found hanging in the brunches of a mango tree after committing suicide. The deceased has been identified as Agnes Nsemeza, a daughter of a UPDF officer, Robert Nsemerirwe, […]
Prof Nawangwe said that the Makerere University’s biometric access system is an administrative arrangement but NOT a welfare issue. Tension is mounting at Makerere University as staff associations challenge the implementation of the Biometric Access System on campus, defying directives from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe. Staff, through their associations – Makerere University Academic Association-MUASA, […]
The Luwero Grade One Magistrate court has remanded the director of Kings Palace Primary School in Luweero Town Council over alleged aggravated defilement and child trafficking. Jonah Ssebanenya is accused of allegedly defiling six pupils aged between 13-17 years who were PLE candidates in Primary Seven. Ssebanenya who is also a medical worker at Katuugo […]
Eng. Tweheyo said that though the plant is currently at 52% production rate, they are spending sh800m monthly only for electricity which is quite a very huge amount. National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has decried the high electricity bills paid to UMEME for running Katosi Water Treatment Plant on a monthly basis. Eng. Joseph […]
Bukedea District on Wednesday registered twenty pregnant pupils who turned up to sit for their Primary Leaving Examinations that started on Wednesday, November 8. The Bukedea district education officer, Stephen Okurut, made the revelation, adding that more two pupils who had recently given birth, also turned up for examinations. Okurut said the district has also […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Nalongo Anita Annet Among has shared a lavish love message to her hubby, Ssaalongo Moses Magogo for who she celebrated his birthday on Wednesday. The speaker refers to the FUFA President who also doubles as the Budiope East Constituency in the Parliament of Uganda as “a Special Soulmate, love of my […]
Robert Balinda Akankwasa of M/S Intrepid Recovery Associates Ltd announced that they had reached an agreement with NFA to auction the charcoal through public auctioning, with each bag being priced at sh25,000. The National Forestry Authority (NFA) in the Aswa range has initiated the auctioning of more than 5,326 bags of charcoal that were seized […]
The Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among has appealed to Ugandans to mind about the legacy they will leave behind when they die, other than focusing on individual material accumulation. Among said that a lasting legacy should not be solely defined by one’s material possessions in form of land, many commercial flats in town, farms […]
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has tasked authorities at Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to explain the delays in the completion of Mpigi-Busega Expressway. Tayebwa who Tuesday led a team of legislators from Physical Infrastructure and National Economy committees on a fact-finding mission, inspected on-going construction works at Katonga Bridge and Mpigi – […]
The United States of America and United Kingdom diplomatic missions in Kampala, Uganda has issued security alert to their citizens in and those intending to visit the country. They have been warned against attending “Large scale music festival in Jinja”. “Due to increased terrorist activity, U.S. Embassy Kampala recommends that individuals exercise an elevated degree […]
