The BBC World Service will for five days, starting Sunday 24th to Thrusday 28th broadcast live from the Freedom Square, Makerere University in the first ever Science Festival in Uganda, celebrating the role of Africa in Global Science. The Vice Chancellor Professor John Ddumba-Ssentamu will be featured on Science Africa show slated to air on Thursday 28th March 2013. Throughout the […]
Africa’s Literally legend, Chinua Achebe is dead. Prof. Achebe, 83, died on Thursday at a Boston hospital in the United States where he has been undergoing treatment. Achebe known across the globe for his ground breaking novels like Things Fall Apart, A man of the People, Arrow of God, No Longer at Ease, Antihills of […]
This is a book that those of you considering an intimate relationship and especially great sex need to have. Whichever name you chose to call it, sex is one of the most important aspects of our adult lives. Many people like to have sex and enjoy it. But for one reason or another many do not […]
The residents of Mwalo village council in Bukomansimbi in greater Masaka district spent the whole of today in shock after two primary school teachers of Kyabagoma Muslim Primary School were killed by lightening and others survived with injuries. The dead teachers have been identified by police as Karim Kisseka and his counterpart Joseph Mukasa. The […]
In Uganda’s A-level examination results, a few new upcoming senior secondary schools continue to distinguish themselves as winners and best performers. These schools include St. Mary’s SS Kitende (with 37 quadruple-As), Uganda Martyrs SS Namugongo (17 quadruple As), and St. Mary’s College Kisubi (4 quadruple As). Other schools that performed better were Namilyango College […]
The minister of education and sports ms Jessica Alupo presided over the release of S6 exams which the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released on Tuesday in Uganda’s capital city Kampala. According to the 2012 S6 examination results released, there was an increase in last year’s performance compared to the year 2011. There were […]
Senior six examination results have been released in Kampala by education minister, Jesicca Alupo. According to the results, arts students have performed better than their science counterparts. But this is not good for a country with many redundant and jobless ‘artists’. What happened to the government policy of promoting sciences? Is it not working? […]
Police swung into action on Friday and stormed Nkumba University bringing all the work at the institution of higher learning to a stand still. The police stormed the university because over 100 opposition youth were attending a human rights dialogue at Nkumba University at the invitation of human rights network-Uganda (hurinet-u). The police force […]
Makerere University Students who are involved in demonstrations protesting against the new tuition fees policy have a point. It is imperative to note that although these striking students are fighting physically for a cause, it is known inside the crevasse of their hearts that they are battling for their parents, guardians, brothers, sisters […]
Police on Monday fired teargas and shot bullets into Makerere University striking students. This was the second time Makerere University students went on strike, protesting against a policy which requires them to pay over 60% of their tuition fees in the first week of the semester. According to the administration of Makerere University, the […]