“Public officers are being branded thieves and publicly humiliated in front of their own learners and communities long before any legal inquiry or conviction takes place,” Baguma said. The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) has criticised Minister for Local Government Balaam Barugahara over the arrest and public grilling of headteachers and education officials during his […]
Justice Katamba agreed with the court assessors that the prosecution had not proved its case against the accused persons beyond the required standard. The High Court in Masaka has acquitted Alex Mugarura and Edison Niyo of all 48 charges arising from the 2018 fire at St Bernard Secondary School located in Manya village, Rakai District […]
St. Cyprian High School headteacher Joseph Kamya said the school had registered 292 Senior Four candidates and 154 Senior Six candidates for the 2026 UNEB examinations. Msgr Charles Kasibante, the Vicar General Emeritus of the Kampala Archdiocese, has blessed Senior Four and Senior Six candidates at St. Cyprian High School Kyabakadde in Mukono District, calling […]
Dorothy Mukasa, the Executive Director of Unwanted Witness Uganda, said the initiative aims to build a pool of young lawyers from different law schools with a strong understanding of digital rights. Uganda Christian University (UCU) has won the regional rounds of the Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Competition after defeating Tanzania’s University of Dar es Salaam […]
According to a statement from the university’s Dean of Students’ office, Musimenta was found dead in her room at Sports Pro-Hostel, where she was staying. Two university students have died in separate incidents in Mbarara and Kampala, leaving their institutions and families mourning. At Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), a first-year Bachelor of […]
Nairambi Seed School has an enrolment of 807 students, of whom 462 are in the boarding section, while Buvuma College has 370 students, with 200 accommodated in the boarding section. Buvuma leaders have moved to intervene after headteachers of the district’s only three government secondary schools suspended their boarding sections over parents’ failure to pay […]
The school administrators also said some parents had stopped honouring agreements reached during parents’ meetings regarding the payment of boarding fees. Headteachers of three secondary schools in Buvuma District have resolved to suspend their boarding sections, citing parents’ failure to pay agreed functional fees. The affected schools are Nairambi Seed School, Buvuma College and Bweema […]
In Mpumu Archdeaconry, Bugoye CoU registered 15 candidates, but one did not sit the examination and the remaining 14 were ungraded. Bunyama CoU also registered 15 candidates, with only one scoring Division Four and the other 14 ungraded. With just over a month to the start of the 2026 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), performance in the […]
While releasing the mock exams, the Bishop of Mukono Diocese, Enos Kitto Kagodo, challenged the headteachers to use the remaining period before the Primary Leaving Examinations to improve the performance of the candidates. A total of 2,944 candidates have scored Division U in the 2026 Mukono Diocese mock examinations, with only 334 candidates attaining Division […]
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson ASP Luke Owoyesigyire said police visited and examined the scene, while the deceased’s body was conveyed to the City Mortuary for a postmortem examination. A 14-year-old student has died after being struck by lightning at Nakaswa Secondary School in Kasawo Sub-county, Mukono District. The incident occurred on Thursday, September 17, […]