A Ugandan Member of Parliament (MP) and former minister in President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s cabinet has cried out to security agencies for help after she received anonymous messages from a group of rogue and ‘rebel’ security officers threatening to harm her if she does not give them money and push for improvement in their welfare.
More than 20 organisations advocating for better mental health services across the country staged camp in the parliamentary gardens for two days. The mental health Goliath had to be stoned down.
The Public Universities Joint Admissions Board (PUJAB) is on the spot after declining to admit a student who excelled in both O-level (Uganda Certificate of Education – UCE) exams at his A-levels (Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education) exams. Marvin Latigo Oketayot’s case has left many questioning the transparency and integrity of the admission process after it was reported that he was not offered government sponsorship because PUJAB officials failed to download his results.
A number of students admitted to Makerere University on the National Merit Scheme of the Government Sponsorship for the 2023-2024 Academic Year have been offered expired courses or academic programs, an analysis done by The Pearl Times Education Desk has revealed.
Makerere University’s and Makerere University Business School (Mubs’) national merit scheme government sponsorship lists for the 2023-2024 Academic Year are out.
A Ugandan opposition MP has reported death threats from a rogue group of ‘tired’ security officers. In an anonymous letter, the group gave the female lawmaker three days within which to pay them Shs10m or wait to take four bullets.
A number of students and those who graduated from universities across Uganda have been left worried and confused after it emerged that a number of courses or academic programs they were studying or the degrees they have been awarded had expired.
A number of degrees offered by Ugandan universities have been rejected in universities abroad, leaving many with them cursing. The list of expired degrees indicates that almost all the academic programs (courses) offered by the universities in the Pearl of Africa have since become obsolete and unacceptable in advanced countries abroad.
Karamoja Affairs Minister Dr Mary Goretti Kitutu may be out of prison but is not yet uhuru. Her involvement in the iron sheets (mabaati) scandal is said to have had an impact on her reputation in the districts of Manafwa, Namisindwa and the rest of Bugisu as well as at national level.