PLE candidates need reassurance not threats
This week Primary Seven candidates will seat their final exam which is set by Uganda National Examination Board. This annual exam always comes with a mix of anxiety, worr...
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China partners with Busoga Consortium to eradicate poverty
The government of China has joined forces with the Busoga Consortium for Development (BCD) to tackle household poverty in the region. This collaboration comes after a...
Senior Three student dies from snakebite in Kamuli
A Senior Three student at Namasagali College has died after being bitten by a poisonous snake which slithered into the dormitory last week. The late Nasser Ssajjabi, who...
Here is what informed the rationalisation of agencies
Back in the 1990s, Uganda adopted several reforms. One of them was creation of semi-autonomous agencies. The architects of these (largely donor-driven) reforms promised e...
Buruuli chief writes to Kabaka over breach of 2013 agreement
The head of Buruuli Cultural Institution has written to Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, accusing him of  not honouring the 2013 agreement that called for mutu...
Help me meet my prince charming
I am a well-educated 36-year-old single mother. I have failed to find a man who is comfortable with my level of education and intelligence. I tend to fall for intelligent...
Over 150 orphans helpless as funders pull out
By  Steven Wandera More than 150 orphans at Restoration Gateway, a Christian non-governmental organisation in Kiryandongo District, are stranded after sta...
Petition seeks end to military officers in civilian roles
The appointment of military serving officers into civilian roles has been challenged before the Constitutional Court in Kampala. The petitioners led by the Makerere Unive...
Caught in the shadows: Painful reality of elephantiasis
It is midday and Gaudensia Tankobatagira is sitting quietly on a stool beneath the shade of an avocado tree at her home in Kabigyemire Village, Busiriba Sub-county in Kam...
VIDEO: New details of how govt slept on job ahead of Kiteezi dumpsite collapse
On October 4, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) published in this newspaper a “notice of intended application for licence†for the development of the...