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Parliament has approved a recommendation by the parliamentary education committee to halt the salary increment of science teacher stating that its discriminatory against arts teachers. The parliamentary committee on education and sports chaired by Connie Nakayenze Galiwanango recommended that the salary increment of the Science teachers in the financial year 2018/19 be put on halt. […]
President Yoweri Museveni has assured crime preventers in the country that they will maintain their duties as they are now regarded as a Reserve Army of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), State House Uganda reports. “A few weeks ago, I saw in the papers and somebody said that the fate of the crime preventers […]
Maj. General Stephen Tumusiime Rwabantu, Deputy Commander of the Reserve Forces has warned those thinking of destabilizing the peace of Uganda, saying the army is ready to defend the peace of the country at any cost. Rwabantu made the remarks this morning at UPDF Headquarters in Mbuya, at a ceremony held to decorate the 62 […]
Kenya MPs will elect nine representatives to the regional East African legislative assembly on December 13th this year. The ruling Jubilee Party will get five and the opposition National Super Alliance four slots for the regional Assembly. Kenya had delayed to elect EALA representatives because of long electioneering period and this had delayed constituting this […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was in Bulusabe Village, Bufupa Parish, Budadiri East Constituency Sironko District to commiserate with victims of the recent land slides. President Museveni paid a visit to the mountain cliff where 7 people lost their lives. While condoling the people of Bufupa and Masaba sub county, President Kaguta Museveni warned people to […]
The programme leader Biodiversity and Biotechnology at the National Agricultural Research Organization Dr. Andrew Kiggundu has warned Ugandans to be careful on the grained food they eat that could be causing a risk of cancer. He says that some grained food especially ground nuts contain Aflatoxins which is dangerous and would cause cancer. He noted that some […]
The Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Dr Tom Okurut wants the Biosafety and Biotechnology bill 2012 (famously referred to as GMO bill) swiftly passed in its current form. Dr Tom Okurut told reporters in Kampala that what is very important is that Uganda must have a law on Biotechnology and Biosafety not the diversionary debate […]
The executive director SEATINI-Uganda, Ambassador Nathan Irumba, is cautioning governments of developing countries to desist from subjecting farmers to foreign dependence as this will drastically cause negative effects to agricultural development in these countries with Uganda being among them. According to Ambassador Irumba the continued importation of various agriculture policies from developed countries will not at any time help the […]
Graduates from MakerereUniversity, KyambogoUniversity, MbararaUniversity, BusitemaUniversity and Makerere University Business School Nakawa now have a chance to be equipped with facilitation, coaching, mentoring, and technology and communication skills courtesy of the Digital Opportunities Trust Uganda. This Reach Up programme by the Digital Opportunities Trust (DOT) Uganda will have graduates placed in their different communities […]
The Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for young African researchers aims to enable scholars to undertake research for a short research period (generally 1 to maximum 3 months) in which they are engaged in their home institution, at a selected Coimbra Group university, and to help them establish academic and research contacts. The following Coimbra […]