Parliament of Uganda has been told that there is an alleged plan by disappointed primary school teachers and their secondary school counterparts who teach arts subjects to decline to take part in the marking of this year’s national examinations: Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE).
Uganda’s Parliament has adopted recommendations in the report of the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (Cosase) on the report of the Auditor General on the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) for the 2020/2021 Financial Year.
Uganda’s President and Commander in Chief (CiC) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has transferred, posted and promoted general officers and other senior officers of the national army, significantly affecting the Special Forces Command (SFC), an elite unit charged with the security of the head-of-state and members of his family.
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, has used his powers as vested in him by Section 1 of the Police Act Chapter 303 promoted a total of 773 police officers to various ranks of the Uganda Police Force (UPF).
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government, particularly the ministries of Education, Public Service and Finance, are in panic after reports that several head teachers and deputy head teachers, including recently recruited ones, have asked to be demoted or be allowed to resign in protest of the new salary structure that they consider discriminatory.
Fred Enanga, the spokesperson of the Uganda Police Force (UPF), is a happy Government of Uganda (GoU) employee after he earned a promotion in the ranks of the law and order agency.
As government continues to struggle to deal with disparities brought about by a recent decision to increase salaries of secondary school teachers, a top Ministry of Public Service official has said the salaries of arts teachers will be raised a few years before 2026.
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has dragged Ofwono Opondo to the High Court in Kampala seeking court orders for the government spokesperson to compensate him over a alleged assault during a live television show last week.
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has announced that it will support the main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate in the Gogonyo County (in Pallisa District) parliamentary byelection.