Nakaseke district chairperson, Ignatius Koomu has maintained pressure on teachers and headteachers over the poor performance of learners despite calls to stop the practice. Four headteachers from the district were recently demoted to classroom teachers over the poor performance of their candidates in the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in 2023. The affected primary headteachers are […]
BY BEN SSEBUGUZI A few weeks ago, it was exciting to learn that Hajjat Hadijah Uzeiye Namyalo, the manager Office of the National Chairman (ONC) dispersed her team to Jinja City to hold National Resistance Movement (NRM) party leaders’ reconciliation meetings which was causing bruises and hampering service delivery. Reconciliation is the act of coming to […]
The National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine on Monday launched the party’s Nationwide Membership Registration aimed at enrolling the party supporters into the national party register. Kyagulanyi launched the exercise on the second and last day of NUP registrars’ and Focal Persons’ training that took place at the party […]
Prudence Mahirwe has been sworn in as the first female Guild President of Kampala International University (KIU) Western Campus. Muhirwe has sworn in together with cabinet and Members of Parliament. The swearing in function has been conducted by the university lawyer Paul Tusuubira at the basketball court. The graceful function attracted the Deputy Vice-Chancellor […]
Parliament has rejected a move to have the Uganda National Road Authority (UNRA) mainstreamed back to the Ministry of Works and Transport. This followed a vote by the legislators against a bill, the Uganda National Roads Authority (Repeal) Bill, 2024 which sought to have the functions of the agency revert to the mother ministry The […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday paused the implementation of the Uganda Revenue Authority’s (URA) Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) which had triggered the traders in Kampala and the upcountry districts to close their businesses as a means of a peaceful protest. On the fifth day of the traders’ strike, President Museveni […]
Parliament has approved the rationalisation of several government agencies, aiming at enhancing efficiency and optimizing resources. In a plenary session chaired by Speaker Anita Among, on Wednesday 17 April 2024, Parliament passed five bills related to this rationalisation, including the Warehouse Receipt System (Amendment) Bill 2024, the Free Zones (Amendment) Bill 2024, the Uganda Exports […]
Some of the NUP Supporters seeking Bail Before the Court Martial. FILE PHOTO Military Police were called in to calm the General Court Martial in Makindye, after the bail application for 28 supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) was for the third time dismissed. The 28 are facing trial of unlawful possession of ammunition. […]
Alhaji Abdul Nadduli, the Senior Presidential Advisor has asked the State Minister for Luweero Triangle to fulfil the pledges of Luweero district if the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government is to regain its lost support in what used to be its mecca. While addressing the Muslims at Kasana Mosque in Luweero district, Alhaji Nadduli said […]
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has lost its former press secretary and a veteran political activist, Sarah Eperu. The news of Eperu’s demise has been announced by former FDC president, Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye on Sunday Evening. Eperu is said to have died at LifeLink Hospital in Namugongo at around 8:30pm as she had been […]