On Wednesday, security personnel who had barricaded the road leading to Besigye's home were withdrawn together with the police trucks that had blocked the entrance to and out of his residence.
Read more ...Ever since preparations for the centenary celebrations started, the university management has been chest-thumping that the iconic building, which was opened by the colonial government in 1941 will be restored in record time and act as a gift for the centenary celebrations.
Read more ...Sulaiman Ssemwogerere, the Coordinator for Uganda Professional Science Teachers Union in Luwero district, says that some headteachers have been threatening to write to Chief Administrative Officers to delete the names of the striking teachers from the payroll. According to Ssemwogerere, the headteachers claim that the science teachers’ strike is illegal and those who participate in it are considered to have absconded from duty.
Read more ...Carol Kavuma, the Coordinator of the Uganda National Institute of Teacher Education-UNITE establishment task force, says that the task force recently completed writing its final report, which they forwarded to the National Council for Higher Education-NCHE where it was reviewed and recommendations made to the Minister of Education.
Read more ...“Today about 33,000 Indians in a population of (over) 40 million natives claim to be responsible for 62 percent of the country’s economic output, they are inching close to 75 percent of the colonial period,” he points out pointing to the fact that Uganda’s economy is already back in hands of the Indians as the case was prior to 1972.
Read more ...The majority of buses on Ugandan roads are lorries or trucks whose chassis have been converted into buses. Although the majority of this alteration is done in Kenya, a few Ugandans have also started the craft.
Read more ...Gen Katumba Wamala said that although the driver of the bus Paul Ssempagala had over 20 years’ experience as a bus driver with no recorded crash history or reckless driving, he was captured by police CCTV moving at a speed of 99km per hour above the prescribed speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour.
Read more ...Edward Ssebukyu, the Commissioner in charge of private schools and institutions in the Ministry of Education, says that at last it has been decided that the long-awaited money be disbursed through the Microfinance Support Centre effective immediately.
Read more ...Rev Esau Bbosa Kimanje, the Presiding Vicar for Namugongo parish, notes that they had anticipated that by June 3, the works on the amphitheater would be complete, but due to rain works have been slow.
Read more ...According to the building plan, the church intends to set up a 10,000 seater infrastructure. They will later construct extension terraces going up to the existing museum structure to provide enough space for pilgrims who flock to the place.
Read more ...In April 2020, Uganda began the path to launch its first satellite into space by sending three graduate students to obtain training in satellite design, manufacture, and testing as part of a multinational program initiated in 2015 by the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan.
Read more ...Vincent Elong, the national chairperson of the Uganda Professional Science Teacher's Union, says this is not the first time the government has made such promises.
Read more ...Over years, the Muslim community in Uganda has been claiming that there is structural discrimination in the education system that has been fighting against them as members of the society.
Read more ...Suzan Opok Tumusiime, the FAWE Uganda Executive Director, says that although sending such a category of learners back to school is a mileage, schools and the education system must be empowered if they are to support breastfeeding and pregnant learners.
Read more ...The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni confirmed the development at the media briefing on Wednesday noting that they have already secured a supplementary budget of Shillings 23 billion to this effect.
Read more ...Janet Museveni said that the vaccination of children will be by consent from parents.
Read more ...57 percent of the respondents in Uganda were against the idea of letting the government restrict the free press, especially on issues it considers harmful.
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