Tullow Oil plc has launched the Tullow Group Scholarships scheme for academic year 2012/2013. The scheme is to be administered and managed in partnership with the British Council according to information fromBritainand atUKembassies.

We have been informed that Tullow scholarships will support postgraduate degree, technical training, and vocational studies.

The scholarships aim to support Ugandans to participate in the oil and gas industry and in other sectors that promote economic diversification.

The courses to be covered include Geosciences, Engineering, Agro based courses, forestry management, environmental, hospitality, tourism management, marine sciences, law, logistics, finance management and general business. The scholarships are open to candidates who meet the criteria. The students who want to apply for scholarships may visit www.tullowgroupscholarshipscheme.org

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The chief registrar of the High Court, Asaph Ruhinda says the applicants must be aged between 21 to 60 years and understands English.

He clarifies that the applicants must go through LCI, LCII, LCIII, Interpol and the office of Resident District Commissioner.

We have also learnt that the exempted persons are people serving as priests,Uganda government ministers, lawyers, police officers, soldiers, persons disabled by mental, people serving in traditional institutions and persons exempted from liability serve as assessors by the statutory instrument made by a minister.

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Several Government technicians and politicians in Uganda have pledged to the disabled community in Uganda that their long wish will be granted. The minister for Elderly and disabled Sulaiman Madada says that the disabled should bare it in mind that the promise by the government to them will all be fulfilled by the National Resistance Movement government.

The minister revealed that annexing the Standards to the Building Control Act was inserted into the Building Control Bill that has already been approved by the Cabinet of Uganda.

The disabled MP for Buganda region Alex Ndeezi says that the disabled community in Uganda is so far grateful to the government for its role in the development of the Standards, and the new task of making sure that the Standards are made part of the law. The MP says that PWDS strongly believe that the government will not retreat or surrender before this dream is realised. Ndeezi says that MPs in Uganda Parliament have also committed themselves to support the Bill when it comes to the House.

The MP says that making the Standards part of the law ought to be a big struggle as it is not a privilege of PWDs but rather intended to benefit all people in Uganda, as accessibility is a right to all. When the Standards are legalized, it will be to the advantage of Government, PWDs, MPs, and every other citizen, because everybody including PWDs will be able to access the physical environment without barriers, hence increasing their participation in social, political and economic opportunities necessary for development. What a nice gift it would be for all in 2012 when the Building Control Act in enacted and taking care of the accessibility needs and concerns of all Ugandans.

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Head teachers of top schools such as Buddo College, St. Marys Namagunga and St Marys Kisubi are among hundreds of headmasters who have converged to select candidates for S5 class of academic year 2012.

The head teachers are supposed to select their favourite students out of the 267, 024 students who sat UCE examinations in 2011.

Out of the 267,024 students, 254, 220 obtained UCE certificate making them eligible to join Senior Five, Primary Teachers’ Colleges and Business Technical Vocational institutions among others. Considering improved performance in last year’s UCE exams, most schools have hiked the cut off points for S5 candidates.

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This was reveled to the media today in Kampala by education and sports minister, Jessica Alupo who said that the move is one of the government’s interventions to address teachers’salary increment demands.

The MP for Kalungu East, Joseph Sewungu says that if the programme as introduced by the minister is implemented soon teachers would be full of smiles.

Alupo says that soon teachers with higher academic credentials will be put at higher salary scales than their colleagues with lower qualifications. She also says that the government plans to increase teachers’ salaries by 20%.

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There is confusion when it comes to churches announcing the pastors among other preachers who will preach at different places.

You can hear one pastor being announced to be in more than seven places in one night and at the same time and one wonders whether the pastors will divide themselves into pieces.

There are several posters announcing Passover festivals at different parts of the country pinned on electricity poles, walls and others dumped along the roads.

All posters announce that the Passover festivals will take place on December 31^st. The posters indicate that the pastors will deliver powerful messages that the demons will scatter.

The head of born again churches, Pastor Joseph Serwada says that the official Passover festival will take place at Namboole National stadium while his rival, Pastor David Kiganda of Christian focus Centre in Kampalaalso says that the parallel Passover festival will take place at Nakivubo stadium.

 Each pastor who advises for the festival claims that the power of God will come down unto the people and break all the bandages.

 By James Okello

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