“This initiative is about saving lives and ensuring that passengers travel in vehicles that are safe and roadworthy,” Byamukama said. Lives Saved, Systems Strained: Kawempe Hospital Cuts Maternal Deaths Despite Overload The government has announced a 60-day nationwide vehicle inspection exercise targeting bus operators, in a decisive move to improve road safety and eliminate accidents […]
Ssebuufu’s conviction dates back to 2015, when he was found guilty of the murder of businesswoman Betty Donah Katusabe. In a move that has stirred renewed public debate, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pardoned jailed businessman Muhammad Ssebuufu, bringing a dramatic turn to a case that has lingered in Uganda’s collective memory for more than […]
“Automatic promotion must stop with immediate effect. Learners advancing to Primary Seven should do so on merit,” Dr. Kaducu said. The government has outlawed the automatic advancement of pupils in primary schools, a system which education stakeholders have for long faulted for contributing to poor performance in public schools. The directive was delivered on Thursday […]
Museveni also ordered that Bamuturaki step aside immediately and formally hand over to Wake and the board. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, to appoint veteran aviation executive Girma Wake as Acting Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines, effectively relieving Jennifer Bamuturaki of her duties. […]
He was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Uganda in 2016. He was then assigned as the Resident Judge of Mbarara High Court Circuit, the largest circuit in the country. While serving in that capacity, in December 2019, he was appointed the principal judge. Ssewungu’s Win Hangs in Balance as Court Orders […]
President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Justice Flavian Zeija to serve as the next chief justice of Uganda, succeeding Alfonse Owiny-Dollo who retired this week. The Appointments Committee of Parliament, chaired by Speaker Anita Among, convened Thursday morning to vet Zeija following the presidential nomination. The move marks a transition at the highest level of the […]
Nabbanja also suggested that instead of showing workers the exit, the minister should begin by helping them acquire required logistics for putting right what UMEME left in a mess. Masaka Catholics on Edge as Priest’s ‘Abduction’ Sparks Fear, Suspicion In what some sections of Ugandans view as a struggle between two authoritative gurus tussling, with […]
Uwezo Uganda is an independent not-for-profit organization working to improve the quality of education in Uganda by demonstrating how to improve learning outcomes through independent data collection, research and advocacy. Farming Helps Kabonge Defy Teaching Fraternity’s ‘Low Salary’ Outcry Results of a survey carried out to establish the literacy and numeracy assessment in primary schools […]
“Social protection is important. Aging is irreversible, and the aged depend on the young. That’s why we plan, and we are happy that the government has reduced the eligibility of SAGE beneficiaries from 80 to 65 years, and increased the fund from sh25,000 to 35,000.” Thirty Suspects Including Headteachers, Schools Inspectors Remanded Over PLE Malpractice […]
IG designate Naluzze replaced Betty Olive Namisango Kamya who took on the mantle four years ago from Justice Irene Kakooza Mulyagonja. Members of the Uganda Law Society (ULS) have advised the newly elected Inspector General of Government (IGG) Aisha Naluzze Batala to resign her old job as a High Court Judge before assuming her new […]