A new political pressure group similar to Activists for Change (A4C) has launched its national wide programme in Kampala.

The pressure group of concerned Ugandan citizens has been named the National Action for Awakening Uganda (NAAU ). It officially launched shop at Fair Way hotel in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).

Its national coordinator is businessman Frank Gashumba. The leaders of Awakening Uganda hope to bring on board all political pressure groups in Uganda to stage a joint pressure group against President Museveni’s reported despotic regime.

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The Uganda Government is already prepared for Al Shabaab. Uganda’s security agencies are all on high security alert. A source in the Military told us that Uganda’s army, the UPDF has already passed out 180 crime preventers to beef up the security in taxi and bus terminals.

Kampala Metropolitan Police commander, Andrew Kaweesi says that the police working with other security agencies have beefed up security at bus terminals and taxi parks.

The managers of taxi and bus parks have been instructed by the police to conduct compulsory security checks on travelers before them board buses and taxis. Suspected Al Shabaab fighters last attacked Uganda on July 11^th 2010.

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 Ms Alupo says that her ministry has got reports that some schools in the country especially in rural areas and slums operate without toilets or pit latrines.

 The minister was today addressing journalists at the ministry’s board room in Kampala Capital City Authority.

 Alupo also says that the heads of schools manning UPE and USE schools should report to her office toilets and pit latrines that have filled up.

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UNEB's Mathew Bukenya

The Secretary of UNEB Mathew Bukenya this afternoon handed over the results this afternoon to the Minister of Education and Sports, Jessica Alupo.

According to the results, 86.4% of the pupils passed compared to 88% in 2010. However, Bukenya says that more pupils passed in division one last year at 9.6%, compared to 8.6% the previous year.

According to the results, Basic Science and Health Education were the best performed subjects while Social Studies and Religious Education were the worst performed.

Bukenya says pupils from schools in urban centers still performed better than their counterparts in rural schools as has been the trend.

Meanwhile, Wakiso district was the best performing district with 32, 643 having passed while Kampala followed suit with 25, 910 candidates.

Mukono, Kamuli, Iganga, Mbarara and Bushenyi also registered improved performance.

Bukenya reported that districts like Nakapiripirit, Moroto and Amdat continued to perform poorly.

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Announcing the results, the Executive Secretary of the Nurses Examinations Board, Helen Kataratambi said that a total of 2433 candidates sat for the exams with 49 passing with distinctions, and only 41 were ungraded.

She has decried the shortage of tutors in all the 37 nursing institutions across the country which she says is failing the operations of the institutions.

Receiving the results from the executive secretary, Education and Sports minister Jesica Alupo urged UNEB to always make use of the little available resources to produce good quality nurses if the health sector is to grow.

She also revealed that government has already approved the appointment of 80 tutors to be deployed in all the nursing institutions across the country effective next year.

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The applicant is also required to produce copies of relevant documents relating to ownership of the plot applied for. The person applying for lease also has to draw a sketch map directing how the place applied for can be reached.

In case of a company, submit a copy of the articles and memorandum of association together with a certificate of registration.

The applicant is also supposed to produce photographs of the existing developments on the plot applied for and afterwards attach passport size photographs on the forms obtained from Buganda Land Board.

 By Walakira Nyanzi

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