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School Feeding Programme launched in Karamoja

School Feeding Programme launched in Karamoja

The First Lady and Minister of Karamoja Affairs Hon. Janet Museveni launched the school feeding Programme in Karamoja by handing over 17,100 bags (about 355 metric tons) of maize flour for distribution to primary and secondary schools in the region. The maize flour given by the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs in the Office of the […]

Uganda Prisons Service buys land for relocation of Kigo prison

The Government of the Republic of Uganda has completed payments of the 300 acre piece of land for the relocation of the Kigo prison. In an interview, the commissioner general of Uganda prisons Dr Johnson Byabasaija explained that government had paid 3 billion shillings for the land located in Sazi near Kasanje in Wakiso district. […]

Prisons urge government to extend free education

Prison authorities have appealed to the government of Uganda to extend the Universal Primary Education program to the inmates. The Head Teacher of Luzira Prisons, Anatoli Biryomumisho says the primary section in Luzira which holds the largest number of inmates has limited facilities, calling for urgent government intervention. Biryomumisho says that the small number of […]