It’s a sad morning following the Police’s reports confirming 25 students who have been killed by the suspected Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels in Kasese district. Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga has confirmed the attack which happened at Rubiriha Secondary School on Friday night as students were sleeping. It’s alleged that out of the over 54 […]
National Unity Platform (NUP) on Saturday lost the Bishop Stuart University (BSU) Guild President race to Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), ending their dominance in the institutions of Higher Learning of late. FDC’s Best Arnold Ankunda, a second year student of Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and Community Development beat NUP’s Sunday Mukama with 458 to 116 […]
Police have arrested a private security guard who allegedly shot dead a third-year student of Uganda Christian University (UCU). Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman, Patrick Onyango has identified the suspect as Kaliri Tugume (27) and the deceased as Rodney Agaba. Onyango said that the incident happened at Meru Fuel Station located at Kiwanga trading centre in […]
By Netzenposts.com (Ayub Kirinya) Bulambuli District authorities have indefinitely closed Masugu Primary School in Buluganya sub-county following the landslides that befell the district last week. The devastating landslides that killed five people also left Masugu primary School in ruin leading to its indefinite closure. The catastrophic event caused extensive damage to vital school infrastructure, including […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commended the Kingdom of Buganda for joining the government’s efforts to fight poverty and create wealth through developmental initiatives such as Parish Development Model (PDM), Presidential Zonal Industrial Hubs and Emyooga. Speaking at the ceremony shortly after commissioning the Presidential Skilling Industrial Hub for Greater Masaka sub-region at Ndegeya village […]
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has blamed the current expired courses crisis on misuse of strong words and directed the National Council for Higher Education to declassify ‘expired’ courses as “under review”. While presiding over plenary on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, the Deputy Speaker also challenged the Ministry of Education and Sports on […]
Kampala International University (KIU) Community is saddened by the Sunday morning terrifying news of the death of their newly elected Guild President in the road accident. Douglas Matovu, of KIU Western Campus is said to have perished in a car accident which happened last night at Bulwadda village on Gomba – Ssembabule road. Matovu was coming […]
The children and teachers who survived the fire which was allegedly set by unknown assailants at the female pupils’ dormitory Salaama at Salaama School for the blind in Mukono district are dismayed following the empty promises by security and government officials at the time of the incident. The pupils say they feel hurt following the […]
Over 400 students attached to Kabale National Teachers College are stranded following the institute’s failure to hold their graduation over two years after completing their studies. Led by their leaders, the students have today petitioned Parliament asking for its intervention in the matter which they say have greatly affected their career life. Joshua Kwarisiima, the guild […]
The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has hailed President Museveni and his government for introducing the life changing skilling initiative among the youth which he said is a step in the right direction in as far as fighting unemployment in Uganda is concerned. “I’m very appreciative of this presidential initiative aimed at skilling the […]
