selection for senior one kicks off

The selection exercise for senior one has started today with the cut off points still the same just like last year’s point with the main driver being poor performance with most traditional schools taking girls on 8 point and boys on 7 points. Speaking at the opening of the exercise, the permanent secretary ministry of […]

MP Alaso pleads with the president over USE.

Serere district woman Mp, Alice Alaso is pleading with president Museveni to reconsider his decision to cancel the public private partnership in Universal secondary school program. Speaking to journalists at parliament, the legislator said she has received information regarding the letter the president wrote to the ministry of education to cancel the partnership and that […]

NRM mps have gone for a retreat

Members of parliament from the national resistance movement have travel for the annual retreat at the National Leadership institute in Kyankwanzi . The mps have several expectations ranging from country’s economic progress by interacting with ministries especially their performance and the presidents take on the anti homosexuality bill. In an interview as they where boarding […]

Government signs agreement with oil companies

The energy minister, Hon. Irene Mulokni has today revealed to the press that yesterday government t together with oil companies signed an agreement that will see the drilling and selling of oil in the Albertine graben harmoniously executed. According to Muloni the agreement entails that the oil will be refined to make fina, generate power […]

mps want gender ministry money halted

Public Accounts committee of parliament has observed that the 3 billion shillings allocated to the ministry of gender for taking children off streets each financial year is a misallocation calls for its halting. The MPs on the committee expressed concern following the ministry officials’ failure to state the number of street children the ministry has […]

NRM retreat focuses on 2016 general elections win

NRM Party will lay strategies during the retreat to plan ahead of 2016 general elections and see how they can win majority seats in all elective offices. NRM Publicity Secretary Evelyn Anite while addressing the press ahead of NRM caucus annual retreat at National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi said the members will review the NRM […]

UPC decry poor performance in UPE

NRM Party will lay strategies during the retreat to plan ahead of 2016 general elections and see how they can win majority seats in all elective offices. NRM Publicity Secretary Evelyn Anite while addressing the press ahead of NRM caucus annual retreat at National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi said the members will review the NRM […]

Rugunda sounds a warning over pillars of democracy

The chairman National Consultative Forum for Political parties in Uganda Ruhakana Rugunda highlights the need for all political parties and players in the country to uphold democracy, key in building a stronger nation. Rugunda says democracy can be deepened in the country by respecting people’s rights and freedoms and sharing the belief of building a […]

KCCA fails to account for 3 billion shillings

The officials from the local government ministry have failed to clearly explain for the diversion of the 3 billion shillings meant for procurement of land to development of three markets in Kampala. The accounting Officer and Permanent Secretary Patrick Mtabwere admitted that the funds were diverted from development budget of market development to recurrent budget […]

A new mining report released

A new report indicates that the three mining companies in Karamoja have violated the rights of indigenous people by excluding them from making decisions about the development of their land without their consent. The report authored by Human Rights Watch titled ‘ How can we survive here? The impact of mining on human rights in […]