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 Seven Convicted, Sentenced over Supporting ADF

The group of convicts was arrested in October 2018 by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) following the murder of Assistant Superintendent of Police Muhammad Kirumira. The International Crimes Division of the High Court has found seven out of the twelve people who were arrested for terrorism shortly after the murder of former Buyende District […]

Cabinet Approves National Teacher Bill

“While professions such as medicine, engineering, and law have regulatory councils overseeing their professionals’ conduct, the teaching profession, which boasts the largest number of professionals, lacks a similar governing body,” Information Minister Baryomunsi. Cabinet has given the green light to the National Teacher Bill which among other things seeks to usher in a new era […]

President Museveni Commissions Fruit Processing Factory in Nakasongola

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday commissioned Kike Tropical Fruits Limited, an extraction and refinery plant. Situated in Kakooge, Nakasongola District, the factory deals in fruit processing.  During the commissioning, the President thanked Francis Mugabe, the proprietor of the factory and his family for joining Uganda’s fight against poverty. President Museveni also thanked Olivia Mugabe […]

Construction of Bukedea Technical School Stalls

The completion of Bukedea Technical Institute has stalled. Construction of the institute started in 2014 with funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Currently, the school has an enrolment of 264 students. Besides the incomplete structures, the school lacks the equipment in the workshops. Samuel Kaddu Mukasa, the Principal of the school says that the […]

Headteacher Interdicted for Defiling Seven Female Students

The Bukalasi Secondary School headteacher Milton Nandala Wotunya has been interdicted by the Education and Sports Ministry after allegations of sexual abuse of learners emerged. Bukalasi Senior Secondary School is a government-aided secondary school located in Bukalasi sub-county, Bududa district.  In a letter dated October 24th written by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education and […]

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