Headteachers engage in conversation as selection process continues A number of traditional schools have thrown out their own students who didn't meet the cut-off score at the ongoing selection of learners joining the Advanced level of education. Several students who requested to be admitted to schools they attended during their
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Former Ministers, Victoria Ssekitoleko (L), Gerald Ssendaula (2nd L) and Prof Ezra Suruma (R) handing over the resolutions to Minister of the Presidency, Milly Babirye Babalanda (C). Also present was Amos Lugoloobi (2nd R), the State Minister of Finance and Planning. Government and coffee stakeholders are committed to adding value to coffee so that Ugandans earn more money from
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The Uganda National Bureau Of Standards has warned the public against falling prey to impersonators of the standards agency who are increasingly defrauding Ugandans. In a statement dated Thursday 23rd February, 2023, UNBS says: “The Bureau has received a number of complaints from Manufacturers, Distributors and other Members of the Business Community
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There are fears that Uganda may be forced to extend its first oil time if the financing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline is not concluded this year. The Ministry of Energy and the joint venture partners had planned to have the first oil by 2025. But as the
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The plan by the government to establish a national mining company to join the competitive mining sector is generating debate. Some players in the sector are asking why the government is forming state-owned enterprises yet it has for long liberalized. The suggestion of up to 15% equity stake in medium
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Boniface Obura-Note Ber Farmers Group Kwania District_good post-harvest management practices limit aflatoxin growth By Yergalem Taages Beraki Food must be safe in order not to pose health threats to consumers or act as a barrier to trade. Food must also be safe to facilitate the smooth functioning of the overall
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George Nockrach, the head teacher of Abam Parents Primary School in Lamwo district is in police custody for participating in the theft of 145 pieces of iron sheets meant for the school. Nockrach was arrested on Tuesday together with Charles Oryem, the school PTA chairperson, and Vincent Ojok, the School
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Coprian Kasolo alias Arsenal on the Microphones and other colleagues in the High Court. Isaac Ssenabulya alias Kisunsu, the self-confessed kidnapper and murderer of Maria Nagirinya and her driver, Ronald Kitayimbwa has pinned his co-accused Coprian Kasolo alias Arsenal as the leader of the B13 criminal gang. Kisunsu took to
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Samuel Busulwa, a concerned resident of Mukono District has sued the Public Service Commission-PSC for rejecting the names of the two people who were appointed members of the District Service Commission-DSC. Busulwa through his lawyer, Kenneth Nsubuga petitioned the High Court in Mukono seeking an order quashing the Public Service
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A monthly vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine, an HIV prevention method whose approval for use in Uganda is underway is proving to be safe for use by breastfeeding mothers. This is according to the results of a study released Wednesday and presented at the ongoing Conference on Retroviruses
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