Month: January 2025

The Uganda Police Force (UPF) will annually incur Shillings 2.3 billion extra to cater for salary enhancement of the 773 promoted officers. The commander in chief of armed forces and head of state, Yoweri Museveni, last week promoted police officers after a six years’ promotion spell. The promoted officers include

Many teachers of Science across the country have missed out on the recently approved salary enhancement that created waves of anger and celebration in the education sector. This financial year, the government declared nearly a 300 per cent salary rise for science teachers in secondary and other post-primary instructions. The

Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe. Makerere University Chancellor Professor Ezra Suruma has reappointed Professor Barnabas Nawangwe as the vice-chancellor of Makerere University. Nawangwe’s reappointment was announced on Friday by University Secretary Yusuf Kiranda. “Following the provisions of Section 31(4) of the Universities and other Tertiary Institutions act 2001 (as amended), and on

Only half of the young people in Uganda say they understand financial instruments such as bonds and contracts even as results of a new survey show up to 79 per cent agree or strongly agree that they can manage financial records. These findings are based on data from a mobile

Tusker Lite has announced a Shs800m sponsorship package for the inaugural Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon that is slated for Saturday September 3, 2022 in Kasese. “I’d like to give assurances that this will not be a one off. Tusker Lite has made a long-time commitment to ensure the Tusker Lite

Sam Mwogeza (in navy blue jacket) is reportedly taking a break from banking after 12 years. It was an emotive affair—one that confirms the saying that ‘goodbye is the saddest word’ as Stanbic Bank Uganda bid farewell, last Friday, to their decorated Executive Head for Consumer and Affluent Banking, Sam

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has revealed that despite making a cocktail of demands upon which to be allowed to operate again in Uganda, social media giants, Facebook has refused to bow to pressure, because of Uganda’s weak bargaining team that has failed to make Facebook comply to Government’s demands.

UNEB Executive Director, Dan Odongo The Uganda National Examinations Board - UNEB has directed all Primary and Secondary schools to display a register of candidates who are going to sit for this year's national examinations. In a letter addressed to headteachers, UNEB Executive Director Dan Odong noted that this activity

The Somali – Uganda Business Summit inaugural event held in Kampala, Uganda between August 9, 2022 and August 10, 2022 under the theme “Promoting Uganda-Somalia Partnership through Investment, Trade, and Tourism” attracted over 120 Corporate companies. The two-day business summit attracted over 120 corporate companies and businesses in the region

The Minister of Works and Transport, Katumba Wamala has revealed that the recent spate of floods that have rocked the country have caused damages to a tune of Shs100Bn on Uganda’s roads and bridges. Katumba made the revelation during the plenary sitting while responding to a concern raised by Acrobat