The Ministry of Education and Sports will sponsor 8,096 nursery and primary school teachers in what will be the first cohort of the mass upgrading programs for teachers. In 2019, the Ministry phased out lower teaching qualifications including certificates, Grade III, and diplomas in a move to streamline, professionalize, and
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One of the houses set ablaze in Rwobunyonyi village by people allegedly hired by Mugamba where more than 2,000 families are facing eviction. More than 2,000 families in Hoima district are on the verge of being evicted from their ancestral land. The affected families are residents of Rwobunyonyi, Kirindasojo, and
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Arrested: Dr. Muwonge Dr. Moses Muwonge, the Director of Samasha Medical Foundation in Kampala city is behind bars for malicious damage. He was detained at Luwero Central police station on Friday when he responded to a summon for interrogations on malicious damage after allegedly destroying the crops of his tenants.
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PS Ggoobi says government is not broke as thought by public The government withheld substantial amounts of funds which were supposed to be released in the first quarter of the financial year 2022/2023, as a way of controlling the count of money in circulation, according to the Ministry of Finance,
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Kenya has failed to strike oil and gas deposits in the coastal strip that has for years been at the centre of an international border dispute with neighbouring Somalia. Seismic surveys at Mlima-1 well, which is known as Block L11B in the Lamu Basin, revealed that the wells were dry,
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Dr Fred Muhumuza is not in agreement with BoU’s approach to control inflation Consumer prices and cash tightening will get worse before getting better, as the Bank of Uganda continues to battle rising inflation. This comes after the increase of the Central Bank Rate to 10 per cent, the highest since
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BoU Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego The Bank of Uganda (BoU)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting has increased the Central Bank Rate (CBR), a benchmark lending rate for commercial banks, by one percentage point to 10%. BoU Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego attributes the increase in the CBR to higher inflation outlook.
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MTN Uganda head office MTN Uganda is on the spot for alleged massive fraud and fraudulent practices that has left Government counting losses in revenue. According to a leaked report on MTN Uganda by State House’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, there’s proof that the telecom giant is involved in CLI
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Fraudster, Paul Lubanga Lwanga More than 1,000 university students and youth seeking jobs have been conned of money or smartphones in bogus online jobs over the last year. These have mainly fallen prey to jobs that are advertised through various social media platforms and posters that are pinned in strategic
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Experts want financial literacy lessons in schools Experts have expressed the need for equipping children with skills to save and invest early on in their lives. The experts were on Thursday speaking at the closing event of a donor-funded financial literacy programme for primary school children in selected schools in
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