129 out of 186 P7 candidates who sat for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) 2020 at Kampala Parents School passed in Grade I with aggregates between 4 and 6. Daphine Kato, the School Principal made this revelation Friday afternoon while receiving the results. She attributed the success to E-learning. “The
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The former Bukoto South MP, Muyanja Mbabaali (pictured), who is also a businessman could soon run bankrupt as money lenders move to attach his properties to recover their money. Mbabaali, a strong NRM cadre has been given a 30-day ultimatum to pay up all his debts or risk losing five of his properties
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The Ministry of Health has spent Shs23bn of the COVID-19 donations funds to purchase double cabin trucks, a decision that has angered a number of Ugandans. The Ministry took to its official twitter handle today revealing that part of the money collected in donations was used to purchase pickup trucks
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A total of 12,819 registered candidates did not sit for the 2020 Primary Leaving Examinations - PLE. According to UNEB, a total of 749,942 candidates registered for examinations but only 736,942 candidates showed up for the examinations. Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Secretary says there were various reasons why there
Read MoreThe United States Mission in Uganda has donated USD3.5M (about Shs12.4bn) towards the purchase of medical oxygen for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The United States Mission made the revelation today on the Mossion’s twitter handle. “Medical oxygen is an essential, life-saving treatment for COVID19 patients. To make sure that
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John R. Musinguzi, the URA Commissioner General Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected net revenue of Shs19.263 trillion and posted a growth in revenue of 14.99% in comparison to the FY 2019/20 and an estimated tax to GDP ratio of 12.99 percent[ Tax to GDP = Net Tax Shs19,263 Bn /
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Parliament’s Business Committee has unveiled the agenda Parliament will focus on in the 11th Parliament, with MPs warned against corruption tendencies in Committees. Joel Ssenyonyi, Chairperson Parliament’s Commissions Statutory Authority and State Enterprises (COSASE) told journalists at Parliament that during the meeting, the accountability committee Chairpersons were cautioned by Deputy Speaker, Anita Among
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One member of Uganda’s first batch of athletes in Japan has gone missing from his hotel at a training camp, the Japanese town hosting the delegation said on Friday and the officials have embarked on a manhunt for him. In a statement, Izumisano City said 20-year-old weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko failed
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Most African countries are using the AstraZeneca vaccine A total of 450,000 Covid vaccine doses have been destroyed in nine African countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said. The WHO Africa's immunisation programme manager, Dr Richard Mihigo, says delayed shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccines, which is widely used
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Traditional trees species in Kasaija's farm/Taddewo William Senyonyi A few months ago, two friends and I visited Kisombwa Ranching Scheme Ltd, an expansive modern farm owned by Matia Kasaija, Uganda’s Finance Minister. It is located about 170km, West of Kampala in Kitenga Sub-County in Mubende District. We were directed by bodaboda
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