Officials in Luwero and Nakaseke Districts have announced that they are unable to pay staff salaries ahead of the festive season due to persistent budget shortfalls. In Nakaseke, the affected staff have been put on notice to anticipate a delay in the payment of salaries for the month of December.
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Bobi Wine and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Before the arrival of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine on the political scene, Ugandans who were seeking political asylum would mostly say their lives were in danger because of their sexual orientation. Many would plant stories in the media
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Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Eng. Irene Batebe signed an implementation agreement at the launch of the Get Access Mini Grid Project at Hilton Garden Inn. The German Government and the European Union (EU) today launched in Kampala the GET ACCESS Mini-grid Solar Programme, a
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A UNICEF report released on Tuesday reveals stagnation in access to digital learning made during the COVID-19 pandemic, as one-third of nationally developed platforms have entirely shutdown, are outdated, or no longer fully functional, limiting learning approaches to help schoolchildren recover their education. The report, “Pulse Check on Digital Learning”,
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Medard Ssegona, Chairperson Public Accounts Committee A section of legislators have rejected the proposal by the Ministry of Education and Sports to create a new teachers training institute, saying there is no unique knowledge that the institute intends to offer teachers in Uganda. This followed a question posed by Busiro East MP, Medard Ssegona, who
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The President of the Federation of Uganda Football Association, Moses Magogo (pictured) has defended the proposal to have individuals wearing of selling fake jerseys for the national team, Uganda Cranes. Magogo, who doubles as Budiope East MP, made the defense while appearing before Parliament’s Committee of Education and Sports to
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Equity bank officially opening the Paidha branch today Equity Bank Uganda has opened a new retail branch in Paidha, bringing the Bank’s nationwide footprint to 50 branches, in line with sustained efforts to increase access to banking services to customers in Uganda. Located in Paidha town, along Nebbi-Zombo Road, the new
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Ssendaula expects to harvest 5,000 bags of maize this season Gerald Ssendaula, the former Minister of Finance is a renowned commercial farmer in Uganda. In 1990s, he was Uganda’s best farmer, with over 1,000 heads of cattle and a huge coffee plantation. However, after joining politics, the farm’s performance was
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Residents assisting police to carry Christine Amaso to the hospital. A young woman in Mukono has narrowly survived death after being strangled by her boyfriend for the alleged theft of his savings. The woman, identified as Christine Amaso, was picked up unconscious from her rented room in Kikooza Cell at
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Government will no longer degazette forests for human use Government will no longer support requests from communities to degazette forests for human use. Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja made the revelation yesterday while responding to a question posed by Iganatius Mudimi (Elgon County) on how far Government has gone to process requests
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