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President sworn in at Makerere

  Peoples’ money in Uganda is spent extravagantly. We have been told that the swearing in ceremony of the new Makerere University Guild President, Ivan Kata has cost the university 200 millions. The money has been used to buy eats, buffets, sodas and beers just to please the students. The swearing in ceremony took place […]

Museveni to build prison to replace Luzira in Mityana

 President Museveni and his government are to build a new prison meant to decongest Luzira Prison in Mityana district. The sources in government tell us that the new prison will cost President Museveni and his government over 8 million shillings. Uganda Prison’s boss, Johnson Byabashaija says that the new prison will address the issue of […]

National head count exercise starts

  The ministry of education and sports has informed the Chief Administrative Officers, district chairpersons, district education officers, municipal education officers, districts security officers, and heads of schools that there will be a national head count exercise for S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 and S6 students on Universal Secondary Education (USE) schools in Uganda. The […]

Uganda in TB drug shortage but government plans to import drugs in September

  Uganda is experiencing TB drugs but the National Resistance Movement government is planning to import the TB drugs in September. Today is March 15, 2012. We don’t know whether TB patients will not have died by September. Currently most hospitals in Uganda have run out of drugs. The minister for Health, Christine Ondoa has […]

Hospitals run out of TB drugs

Shock and grief befell on patients as most of Uganda hospitals faces a shortage of tuberculosis drugs, an insider in Uganda’s ministry of health told our news informers today. The monitoring and evaluation officer with Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development (HEPS Uganda) also says that the shortage of tuberculosis drugs has lasted for […]

Buganda to offer 81,000 school bursaries

As millions of parents in Uganda struggle to find school fees for their relatives and children, the kingdom of Buganda has come out for their remedy. A source in Buganda kingdom headquarters in Bulange Mengo told us on phone today that the kingdom is set to offer 81,000 bursaries to children from unprivileged families in […]

Uganda marks pro Bono day

The republic of Uganda has marked the pro bono day. Because of the national cerebrations, the court cases that were meant to be heard today were suspended as the Acting Chief Registrar, Henry Adonyo explains. The members of the legal fraternity in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and the Democratic Governance […]

Government to regulate possession of guns

The government of Uganda is in final stages of drafting a bill that will regulate the possession and use of guns in Uganda. The Firearms, Ammunition and Related Materials Bill is expected to harmonize and regulate use of guns in Uganda once passed into an act. In Uganda guns are accessed mostly by security organs. […]

Government to construct science laboratories

  It seems the speed at which Uganda’s education system/policies move at the moment the sky is the limit. The government of Uganda, according to the Commissioner for secondary education in Uganda government, John Agaba, is to construct science laboratories and information Communication Technology laboratories across the country using resources from Iran, China, Cuba and […]

Battle to access public buildings intensifies

The constitution of Uganda guides all development partners including the Government of Uganda to address the needs of all people including women, children and people with disabilities. The MP for PWDs Hajjat Sofia Nalule says that when the government empowers people they are in essence putting them in a position where they can identify and […]