Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) is set to conduct the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) tomorrow Wednesday November 8, 2023. According to UNEB Executive Director, Dan Odongo, out of the 749,347 candidates, 2,380 are registered under the Special Needs Education (SNE) arrangement. Odongo says this year’s number is slightly higher compared to last year’s 2,316 SNE […]
Lubwama accuses Kagimu of holding an active political office, which goes against the guidelines for the establishment of the MDF. The election of the former Mukono Municipality Mayor, George Fred Kagimu, as the president of the Municipal Development Forum-MDF, has sparked protests from councillors through the works committee. Kagimu assumed the role of president at […]
The entire Kafu bridge is now submerged, making it impossible to cross. Travellers heading from Hoima to Kampala or vice versa have been advised to seek alternative routes. The Hoima-Kampala highway has been temporarily closed due to the River Kafu bursting its banks as a result of heavy rainfall, causing flooding. The River Kafu serves […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday awarded Rev. Sr. Maria Richard Nayiga with the 60th Independence Diamond Jubilee medal at State House Entebbe. The 60th Independence Diamond Jubilee medal was awarded to Rev. Sr. Nayiga in recognition of her outstanding service and loyalty to the Country from 1962 to 9th October, 2022, pursuant to section […]
Police land measuring over eight acres has been leased out to car dealers in unclear circumstances. Of this land, 4.26 acres leased to the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI) has been hired out to YUASA Car Bond for 49 years and another 3.5 acres was leased […]
“Alcohol-related hangovers reduce productivity at work by up to 40% as about 10 million Ugandans consume alcohol,” Dr Musenero explained. A man who invented a viable product dubbed Pombeguard to cure hangovers has been revealed. Ronald Kalyango was unveiled to the guests by the minister of science and technology, Dr Monica Musenero during a science […]
It’s a double blessing for the National Unity Platform (NUP) fraternity as they had just successfully unveiled their Party headquarters located at Makerere-Kavule in Kawempe Division, Kampala district a few days ago, the party Principal, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has again communicated with joy, that United Kingdom has lifted the travel ban which was imposed on […]
The National Unity Platform (NUP) Party President, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has rubbished the decision taken by the Deputy Resident City Commissioner (RCC) Kawempe Division Yasin Ndidde to halt the grand opening of the new party offices at Kavule in Kawempe slated for Thursday November 2, 2023. Kyagulanyi in a response to Ndidde’s letter he posted […]
Fear has gripped the staff of Buganda Kingdom’s BBS Terefayina at Bulange Mengo following the shocking sad news of the death of one of them in an accident on Masaka Road. Eng. Ahmed Ssenabulya is said to have died in an early morning accident which occurred at Nabbingo Cell on Masaka Road at around […]
The death toll from the fire that gutted a dormitory of Kasaana Junior School in Nyendo-Mukungwe Division, Masaka City, has reached four. The incident that happened at 4:00 a.m. also left 11 pupils injured. According to the school authorities, the dormitory accommodated 15 children of Top and Primary One classes. The latest victims have been […]