Members of Parliament (MPs) have lashed out at Cabinet for overlooking Parliament while implementing the controversial new secondary education curriculum yet the August House had recommended its halting. This is after Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde, the Minister of State for Primary Education asked Parliament for an extension to Thursday when the
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Isimba Dam contractor, China International Water & Electric Company is facing financial constraints but the problem isn’t from Government, Vincent Otim, Owner’s Engineer-Uganda Electricity Generation and Company Limited (UEGCL) has said. Otim said that China International Water & Electric Company might be having issues at management level, but on site
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There was free drama in Parliament after Speaker Rebecca Kadaga ordered the Sergeant at Arms, Ahmed Kagoye to ‘arrest’ the samples of locusts that had been tabled before Parliament by David Abala (Ngora County). In his submission to Parliament, Abala castigated Government for not intervening in Ngora district despite reports
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The Electoral Commission has appointed 19th February – 10th March 2020 as the period for the Display of the National Voters’ Register in preparation for the 2020-2021 General Elections. This is in accordance with Section 25 of the Electoral Commission Act (Cap 140). Addressing the press today, Justice Byabakama Mugenyi
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Kampala based Victoria University has signed letters of intent (MoUs) with top universities from Gujarat State in India. This will see the Universities cooperate in areas of innovation, E-commerce, incubation programmes to support starts-ups and technical support to start-ups. This follows a delegation of officials from Ministry of Education and
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The political fight for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s top youth position promises to go down the wire with two favourites emerging. Former leader of the Crime Preventers, Blaise Kamugisha it appears, is determined to scoop the most prized slot in NRM Youth politics. Gaddafi Nassur is the
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced corruption and touted American business on Monday during the second leg of an African tour in Angola, where the government is seeking to claw back billions of dollars looted from state coffers. Pompeo is aiming to promote U.S. investment as an alternative to
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Detectives in Kenya are questioning staff from the Deputy President William Ruto's office as part of an investigation into a fraudulent military arms deal worth nearly $400m (£300m). In a court in the capital Nairobi a former sports minister, Rashid Echesa, has denied committing fraud. He is accused of trying
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The Health Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine has warned the public to be careful about a fake email address created in her names. Diana issued the warning on Monday saying wrong elements were trying to fleece unsuspecting members of the public using her name. "It has come to my
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China is administering its centuries-old traditional medicine on patients affected by the coronavirus disease, a top health official said. Treatment in Wuhan hospitals combine Traditional Chinese Medicine, popularly known as TCM, and western medicines, said Wang Hesheng, the new health commission head in Hubei, the province at the center of
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