Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja The Government of Uganda plans to establish a Technical University that will impart skills among academically challenged students who fail national examinations. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja made the revelation while responding to a question raised by Lilian Aber (Kitgum DWR) while reacting to statistics from the Primary
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Market Women in Uganda (photo credit: IST) “Market Women” are the ubiquitous vendors who populate local markets throughout Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa. In many ways, they are the lifeblood of most African economies – in Uganda, the “informal sector” accounts for 75% of the total working population – making sure
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Pension Towers being constructed by NSSF in Kampala/Internet photo By Denis Jjuuko Some years ago, I walked into the wood paneled office of one of my mentors, a Kampala lawyer. I had gone to ask him of his views on becoming a consultant. When I eventually told him what was
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The National Planning Authority (NPA) has put forward new, radical suggestions in the midst of the ongoing debate surrounding the ever-increasing fees and related charges, more so in public and government-aided schools. The National Planning Authority, responsible for advising the government on policies for the country's development, suggests that any
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School administrators and parents in Kasese district are proposing to government to consider putting up a school fees ceiling rather than stopping schools from increasing learner’s fees. They argue that the "directive" stopping schools from increasing fees does not put into context the fact that there are schools already charging
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Arua city council projects to collect over 2.3 billion shillings from property rates after the approval of the draft property valuation roll, a legal document that consists of property information of all the registered properties within the city. The approval follows the property valuation exercise that was carried between February
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Heads of States under the East African Community (EAC) have re-directed the immediate cease-fire of all parties in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to pave way for smooth peace deals. The heads of state issued the directive on Saturday at the 20th extra-Ordinary Summit of EAC Burundi’s capital,
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The security committee members in Namayingo district, led by the resident district commissioner, Deborah Mwesigwa, on Saturday held a meeting with officials from the Government of Kenya, where they agreed to hand over 29 Kenyan fishermen for prosecution in their home country, over illegal fishing on the Ugandan side of
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A number of residents have shown displeasure with the ministry of health to withdraw drug supplies for Kilembe Mines Hospital. The Chief Administrative Officer-CAO for Kasese Elias Byamungu has directed the district health officer-DHO to immediately process the redeployment of all appointed staff of Kilembe Mines Hospital-KMH to other health
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The National Drug Authority – NDA has closed 70 drug outlets and impounded 140 boxes of drugs worth 40 million shillings during a seven day compliance enforcement operation in the seven districts of Rwenzori region. The operation, according to the Authority, targeted drug outlets that had no licenses nor qualified
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