Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has decided to register street vendors and hawkers in Kampala. This was announced by Hajjati Minsa Kabanda the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs on Friday while meeting KCCA officials and leaders of vendors from different associations. She said that the registration will help the
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The Acting Leader of the Opposition, Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has revealed plans to publish names of Members of Parliament who have so far signed on a motion seeking to censure the Minister of Security, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi for allegedly abdicating responsibility in the face of torture of Ugandans by
Read MoreThe government of Uganda has revived plans to vaccinate over 16 million children aged from five to17 years against COVID-19. Vaccination of children in the said age group was first mooted in August last year as one of the conditions that had been tagged on school reopening. Experts rebuked the
Read MoreSix African countries have been selected to receive technology that will enable them manufacture COVID-19 vaccines locally. The countries that have been selected include; Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. The technologies that the countries will receive will enable them manufacture mRNA vaccines. Some of the COVID-19 vaccines
Read MoreThe government of Uganda has explained that the decision to stay away from the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) extension was inevitable for the good of the local industry, a position agreed to by some private sector players. The ICA is an instrument for international cooperation between the coffee consumers and
Read MoreMP Francis Zaake Members of Parliament mainly from the ruling National Resistance Movement -NRM party are secretly signing a motion seeking to drop Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake from the Parliamentary Commission. Sources indicate that more than 200 legislators have already appended signatures on the document that is reportedly being
Read MoreThe late Father Simon Lokodo, former Minister of Ethics and Integrity A section of legislators from Karamoja region have urged the appointing authority to reserve the position of Commissioner at Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) to a person from Karamoja region, because the region has few educated people. Leading this
Read MoreUganda has previously been hit with deadly diseases like Ebola Residents hailing from Namutumba district are living in fear after reports emerged that a strange disease has claimed lives of seventy children within one month. The revelation was made by Paul Akamba, the Busiki County MP, during the plenary sitting
Read MoreReturning To School After Pregnancy: A Story Of Two Girls Determined To Complete Studies, Succeed
Edward Twijukye, the Katunguru Primary School Head Teacher is hailed for supporting the learning of pregnant girls at the school 13-year-old Stella and 15-year-old Joy (not real names) got pregnant during the prolonged school closure as part of the COVID-19 containment measures. Upon learning that they were pregnant, they were
Read MoreSt Mulumba Church in Idud Budaka district The Catholic Community of St. Mulumba Church in Idudi parish in Nansanga sub-county in Budaka district has decided to renovate the roof of their church that was destroyed by the president’s chopper after waiting for his pledge for 10 years in vain. In
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