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The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has asked the government to stop funding top schools that continue to charge excessive school fees. Ms Susan Nambatya, the EOC research associate, who yesterday spoke at the relea...
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) kicked off its September session in Arusha this week after taking a break since May due to lack of funding. The judges started working on September 16, hoping to clear a backlog...
Uganda is still at risk of violent extremism in defence of religion, ideology, and political goals, a new report released on September 18 shows. Violent extremism refers to the beliefs and actions of people who support o...
The prince (Issabalangira) of Bugabula chiefdom in Busoga Kingdom, Mr Moses Woira Mitala Kitimbo, has urged coffee farmers in Kamuli District to embrace the ongoing coffee registration exercise, which seeks to comply wit...
Of the few moments of regret that I carry in my heart, one relates to a moment etched indelibly in my head from over 30 years ago. It was, if memory serves me right, late 1988 or early 1989, and Mr Museveni was visiting...
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has has issued a directive halting the acquisition of alternative land for waste management. “I hereby invoke the powers of the Office of the Lord Mayor to direct that the processes...
Ugandan scientists have launched a Shs9.8 billion study to develop a vaccine for the deadly Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The two-year study, which is already underway, is being conducted by researchers from...
(Kampala) – Uganda’s academic powerhouse, Kyambogo University, is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The venerable institution, home to countless ambitious minds, is set to trim its staff of part time lectur...
(Nakasongola) – A tragic accident on the busy Luweero-Nakasongola highway claimed two lives and left one person critically injured on Wednesday morning. The crash occurred at around 9:00 a.m. in Kakondi Village, Wabiny...
Dear Professor Jimmy Ssentongo, As a cultural institution representing the Bamasaba people, we have received a complaint from one of our clan members, Eric Joseph Sakwa, of Namwenula Village, Siu Clan, Mbale District. It...
