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National Consultative Forum conference costs Uganda taxpayers 800 million shillings

The three day National Consultative Forum conference meeting has cost Ugandan taxpayers 800 million shillings. The retreat for members of the National Consultative Forum for Political Parties was held at Lake Victoria Serena hotel. The retreat kicked off on March 5th and closed on March 7th. It attracted representatives from the Democratic Party, Forum for […]

Makerere University students again demonstrate over money

Makerere University students have violently demonstrated on the roads around their institution of learning because they have not been paid their faculty allowances and internship allowance. The demonstration made the police to heavily deploy at all the gates of Makerere University, schools, colleges and offices for fear that the rioting students would burn them. The […]

NRM retreat with NRM party leaders to end on Wednesday

A retreat for members of the National Consultative Forum for Political Parties being held at Lake Victoria Serena hotel will close on Wednesday this week. The retreat which attracted representatives from the Democratic Party, Forum for Democratic Change, Justice Forum, National Resistance Movement, Uganda Peoples Congress and the Conservative Party kicked off on Monday March […]

NRM retreat with NRM party leaders to end on Wednesday

A retreat for members of the National Consultative Forum for Political Parties being held at Lake Victoria Serena hotel will close on Wednesday this week. The retreat which attracted representatives from the Democratic Party, Forum for Democratic Change, Justice Forum, National Resistance Movement, Uganda Peoples Congress and the Conservative Party kicked off on Monday March […]

Food Valley Ambassador Program offers scholarships in science research

Food Valley Ambassador Program: The Food Valley Ambassador Program is looking for international students with the ambition to start an international career in food and life sciences research. The program is organised by the Food Valley organisation, Wageningen University, Nutri-akt, and ten multinational companies. These companies offer high-potential students an extra-long one-year internship opportunity in […]

Eiffel Scholarships, in Masters and PhD

Eiffel scholarships: Eiffel scholarships are awarded to foreign students for study in France towards a PhD or master’s degree, primarily in three areas: engineering, economics & management, law & political science. The program aim is to attract elite foreign students from developing countries. Amount of Eiffel Scholarship: Under the program 400 scholarships are offered every […]

University Collage London grants scholarship for Africa

University College London – Africa Educational Trust, UK: University College London (UCL) and the Africa Educational Trust (AET) have agreed to collaborate in a scheme to enable students from Africa, who are financially unable to study in the UK, to pursue full-time undergraduate studies at University College London (UCL). With this scheme University College London […]

Japan/World Bank offers scholarships in a masters degree

Japan/World Bank Graduate scholarship Program: The Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program scholarship provides annual awards to cover the cost of completing a master’s degree or its equivalent. Value – $ 32,000 per annum. Grant award period: 1 year If the academic program is longer than one year, it may be renewed for a second consecutive […]

Intensive Language course offers scholarship in Germany

Intensive Language Course in Germany Scholarships: DAAD offers grants to graduate students at North American universities to attend 8-week intensive language courses at leading institutes in Germany. The scholarship of €1,300 includes tuition, accommodations (arranged by the host institute), and a cash allowance for meals and incidental expenses in full or in part, depending on […]

Report paints grim picture of fraud by KCCA top mangers

A report yet to be published by the Auditor General reveals massive fraud in the Kampala Capital City Authority. The 151 page report reveals that the executive director Jennifer Ssemakula Musisi was paid over time worth over 20 million shillings for the period March to June 30th 2011 and yet she is a public officer […]