Many schools have increased fees A section of MPs have tasked Government to issue a directive barring schools from implementing the increased fees structure until the economy recovers from damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that if this isn’t done, it will increase the dropout rates in schools. The plea
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John Chrysestom Muyingo, the State Minister for Education The Ministry of Education and Sports has rejected a proposal by some lawmakers to consider having parents of students in government aided schools to post all fees in the consolidated fund managed by Bank of Uganda so as to rein over the exorbitant fees
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The Dubai route has performed well for Uganda Airlines Uganda Airlines is slated to launch inaugural flights to Guangzhou, China in October 2022. This is after Uganda’s national carrier in June secured landing rights to any point in China except Beijing and Shanghai. The 11-hour flight will be Uganda Airlines’ longest
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Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa. Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija and his Agriculture counterpart Frank Tumwebaze to present to Parliament an action taken report on funds for the purchase of coffee seedlings to be supplied to farmers. This directive followed a petition
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Kenya’s President-elect, William Ruto Road contractors, the banking sector, insurance, e-mobility operators and agro-processors stand to mint billions as the electorate push President-elect William Ruto’s administration to deliver on promises made during campaigns. The government bureaucracy is realigning with the new administration’s manifesto that promised to sink billions of shillings in
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Rwenzori International University has opened its doors for the first students Kasese district has received its first private university with the hope that it will fix the higher education challenges in the region. Rwenzori International University (RIU) is the brainchild of Dr. Nathaniel Mumbere Walemba, a senior educationist together with three others.
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Uganda’s Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa (pictured) has summoned a meeting with the top leadership of Parliament to discuss how the latest five bills aimed at tightening regulations on money laundering will be handled within two weeks. This is a result of fears that Uganda would be blacklisted over failure to tackle money
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Kenya Airways last made a profit in 2012 Kenya Airways (KQ), Kenya’s national carrier reported a loss of KSh9.88 billion (UShs314.8bn) in the first six months of 2022, narrower than the KSh11.48 billion loss it reported in the same period a year earlier. According to the financial statements of KQ
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Robert Migadde presenting the committee report to the House urging government to cap her loans for maximum benefit Parliament’s Committee on National Economy proposed in a report to cap the minimum amount for external borrowing to above US$20 million (Shs76bn) to minimise costs related to contracting loans and maximising the
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UNBS recently closed more than 50 Maize mills over poor standards Jackson Atima, the Arua Central Member of parliament has asked the government to give the Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS, the same attention it gives to the Health Ministry. He said this when he raised a matter of national
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