Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has spoken out on allegations that she used the iron sheets categorized as relief items meant for Karamoja sub-region to roof her hotels.
Uganda’s President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has vowed to deal with heads of government schools who are charging poor parents high school fees.
Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, has advised Ugandan parents to stop fighting for the few places in expensive and highly-ranked schools, but to instead consider taking their children to any school, including the rural ones.
Assessment body Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) is expected to release the 2022 end of A-level Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results next week, sources at the Ministry of Education and Sports have said.
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government, through its Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), has announced tough budgetary measures for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as public servants. The measures for the 2023-2024 Financial Year (FY) touch on salary increment, travel abroad and vehicle purchase, among others.
According to ASP Faridah Nampiima, the Traffic Police Spokesperson, On February 19, the Territorial Police in Bugiri registered a fatal accident along the Tororo-Iganga Highway at around 11am. The accident involved a Toyota Land Cruiser Registration Number UP 8517 which was leading the convoy of the Inspector General of Police, and a motorcycle Bajaj Boxer, Registration Number UEF 098H, which was being ridden by a one Yunusu Mukose, a 32-year old resident of Mukuba zone in Bugiri Municipality.
Ugandan secondary schools will officially open their doors for students joining Senior One for the first term of the 2023 Academic Year. But a number of top secondary schools have hiked their school fees, leaving some parents with no option but to opt for those charging fees within their means.
Nearly 20 students of Kyamakanda Secondary School in Rukungiri District were rushed to hospital after most of them collapsed on learning that their dormitory had been burnt by fire.
Main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has finally spoken out on the release of party MPs Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West and Muhammad Ssegirinya of Kawempe North, and allegations that the opposition group’s leaders negotiated their freedom with President and NRM National Chairman Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni.