The Member of Parliament for Kasilo county Elijah Okupa has petitioned parliament demanding that it prevails on government to urgently provide salaries for East African Civil Aviation academy (Soroti flying school) instructors. on behalf of the students of the flying school, Okupa said for two weeks now, the students have not been getting training since […]
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga warns the increasing human trafficking and calls on Government to take keen interest on what she called new era of slavery in the Country. During the plenary session Kadaga said their Ugandans who actively engaged in trafficking Ugandans for sex slavery at the disguise of providing them employment. She […]
Following the signing of the anti homosexuality bill into law by the president of Uganda yesterday, Ugandans against the vice under their umbrella body united against homosexuality are happy for the president and are preparing holding massive national celebrations as a sign to congratulate themselves upon winning the battle against homosexuality. Addressing a joint press […]
MPS from northern Uganda have demanded the Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi to resign over misusing the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP) funds and bought him self expensive car. Addressing a press conference at parliament mps from northern Uganda who include Bernard Atiku, Gilbert Oulanya and Beatrice Anywar said that the money […]
A total of 25229 students who sat for senior four exams last year 2013 will have to repeat this class after UNEB indicated that they scored failures with gals being 13280 and boys 11949. Similarly, UNEB reported that a total of over 1800 students who sat for these exams will have to wait a little […]
Samia Bugwe north member of parliament John Mulimba has condemned the government’s decision ending its funding for universal secondary education students in private schools. Mulimba, told journalists in kampala that it will be difficult to make USE successful if it withdraws sponsorship from private secondary school students because it has no enough facilities for students […]
The internal affairs minister, Gen. Aronda Nyakayirima is calling for a multiple level approach to tackling the cancer scourge that is eating up the populace. Speaking at the official opening of the two day training workshop of security forces heads of health departments in Kampala today, Aronda stated that professionals, advocates and communities need to […]
president yoweri museveni has signed the Anti gay law toughening penalties for gay people and criminalising those who do not report them. US President Barack Obama had cautioned that the bill would be a backward step. The new law criminalises, outlaws and provides harsh jail terms for same sex relationships in the country. It further […]
The vice president, Hon. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi is challenging the Nile basin initiative member states to front issues of climate change mitigation as a way to preserve and protect the world’s greatest rive Nile. Speaking at a function where member states were marking the nile basin day in Kampala, the vice president sighted climate change […]
Health experts are warning that HIV positive clients who also smoke stand higher chances of dying very fast as the act fuels faster development of the virus that causes AIDS. Gilbert Muyambi, the executive secretary Uganda national tobacco control association (UNTCA) states that according to various research carried out the act of smoking causes TB […]