The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Rebecca Kadaga is disappointed with the Ministry of Education and Sports over failure to secure funds for all students that applied and met requirements for University loan scheme, noting that the decision by Government shows its failure to prioritise the education sector. “It is interesting
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President Yoweri Museveni has directed security agencies that no person should be arrested for the crime of "idle and disorderly". In a memo seen by this website dated October1, 2019 to concerned security personnel, the Inspector General of Police-IGP, Martin Okoth Ochola says that the President “has also directed that
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In a bid to encourage Ugandan to consume nutritious foods and fruits for a healthy living, Brookside Limited and My Food Network have partnered to provide innovative ways through a promotion dubbed “Every fruit counts”. According to the Manager of Brookside, Vincent Omoth, the social media promotion gives consumers especially food enthusiasts
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More than $600m (UShs2.2m) worth of Kenya's old 1,000 shilling notes have yet to be turned in with just hours before the deadline for demonetisation of old generation notes. Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) remains at a loss as to where the cash could be, but is making a final
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Gone are the days when people especially those in urban centres used to give the issue of having small land as the reason as to why they fail to practice farming to improve their living standards especially financially. Growing your own food is a great way to save money and
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By Liujiawei Last week, President Yoweri Museveni advised young women who had been trained in a variety of vocational trades to use the skills acquired to meet the needs of people, which in turn would make them wealthy and prosperous. This was at the graduation ceremony of 8,480 graduands who
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The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) on Monday announced Johnathan McKinstry aka Johnny the new Uganda Cranes head coach, replacing Sebastien Desabre who quit for greener pastures after Afcon 2019 tournament. Announcing Johnny, FUFA CEO, Edgar Watson said: “We selected a coach who fits in our vision of being
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The search for Uganda Cranes head coach is over after the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) on Monday unveiled Irish Johnathan Mckinstry. Mckinstry replaces Sébastien Desabre who now manages Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids FC after quitting the Cranes job in July this year. The Irishman is former coach
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Kyadondo East lawmaker and Presidential hopeful, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine will have to find another symbol for his people power movement after government outlawed his famed Red Beret. According to local reports, a gazette signed by Adolf Mwesige, Uganda's Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, the red beret
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Ugandan investigative reporter and news anchor Solomon Serwanjja (pictured) has won the 2019 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Serwanjja is a presenter at Uganda's NBS TV, where he hosts one of the channel's prime-time shows. He has also produced award-winning reports, including one for BBC's Africa Eye programme about
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