Olympia Hostel Exterior/ Photo by Fahad Muganga A section of students at Makerere University spends twice as much as their tuition on accommodation in "high-end" hostels around the University. While the average tuition for programs at Makerere is one million Shillings, some hostels within the precincts of Makerere, charge up
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A team of Public Health Experts from School of Public Health at Makerere University have urged Parliament to ensure herbalists are regulated in order to protect the health of Ugandans. The call was made by Rhoda Wanyenze, Dean School of Public Health and Dr. David Serwadda, Professor Department of Disease
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Flavia Kabahenda (Kyegegwa District Woman MP) is chairperson Parliament's Committee of Gender, Labour and Social Development The Uganda Women Parliamentary Association and Civil Society Organisations have vowed to reject the proposed alignment of the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) into the Parish Development Model (PDM), saying the move will further
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Russian President Putin The significant escalation of the Ukraine-Russia conflict rattled equity markets and led to an increase in global oil prices, which likely had some risk premium already embedded. West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude oil prices both increased and are trading near, or above, $100 per barrel. The
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Banks have been challenged to be innovative in addressing challenges facing farmers Amidst a push for increasing access to agriculture financing by both government and donors, experts say those designing lending products for farmers should also help them build resilience with changes in weather. Paul Kweheria, the
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URA Commissioner General John Musinguzi Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has explained circumstances under which a group of undisciplined motorcyclists attacked the Authority’s offices in Koboko Municipality. This followed an earlier motor accident in Oraba, where one of the bodaboda cyclists, carrying 16 jerry cans of suspected smuggled fuel, had an
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Uganda still has an undeveloped dairy industry The Minister of Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze has said the future of Uganda’s dairy sector is bright. The Minister says he is happy to learn from many dairy farmers across the country that milk prices have been stable
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Deputy Speaker Anita Annet Among (L) and Speaker Jacob Oulanyah/ Courtesy photo Following the indisposition of Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, there are concerns of what will become of Parliament if he doesn’t return soon. On February 3, Oulanyah was flown to Seattle in the United States of America for specialized treatment leaving
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Left-Ali Ssengero, displaying a petition and a copy of their family land title, and Right is Fred Lubow who was not considered for compensation yet his houses, graveyard, food plantations were affected Several families affected by the proposed oil pipeline project in Rakai and Kyotera districts want the government, Total-Uganda and the
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The Chairperson of Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), Mariam Wangadya (pictured) has lashed out at the media fraternity for “exaggerating” torture cases in the country, to put her agency in bad light among the citizenry. Wangadya made the strange remarks while appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights that is investigating
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