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Chicken in the classroom A couple has seized a classroom block at Nakifuma Children’s Voluntary primary school in Mukono district and set up a poultry farm over rent arrears for over ten years. Farouk Lubega and his wife, Amina Nakito explain that they agreed with the school management to pay

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is behind talks of the ongoing parliamentary democracy debate for selfish interests, some political observers have noted.  Early this week, media reports emerged that the ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM Government adherents are quietly mooting a move to inaugurate a Constitutional Review Commission to change

The Equity Bank Leadership program was officially launched by Betty Amongi, Minister of Gender, Labour & Social Development Equity Bank Uganda has officially launched the Equity Leaders Program (ELP) by admitting its first cohort of 123 top performing scholars from the 43 Districts where the Bank has a branch presence.The

The public will be required to present proof of full vaccination to access transport services effective at the end of March. Addressing journalists at the Media Centre on Friday, the Minister for Health Ruth Aceng said that all passengers aged 18 years and above will have to present Covid-19 vaccination

James Bukomba, the sub accountant of Buyaga town council in Bulambuli district is in trouble for allegedly extorting 3 Million Shillings from a women’s group. The money applied under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program. Bukomba was arrested on Thursday on the orders of the Bulambuli District Resident Commissioner Stephen Bayoole

The Principal Assistant Town Clerk for Mukono Central Division Ismael Mulambuzi Ssemyalo has been Interdicted for allegedly mismanaging revenue. Since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown, Mukono like other municipalities has been complaining about difficulties in raising local revenue as well as funding the planned activities such as collecting garbage,

The installation of Archbishop-designate Paul Ssemogerere as the Local Ordinary of Kampala Archdiocese Metropolitan See has been set for January 25. The announcement was made by the Archdiocesan Chancellor Rev.Fr Pius Male on Thursday evening. According to Male, the date was chosen by the Archbishop-designate due to its significance in

Government has stopped all private and government-funded schools from increasing tuition fees. The decision comes at a time when many schools in the country had opted to increase fees as a way to raise money to pay back school loans. The Minister of Education stopped schools from asking parents to

Uganda’s public debt has risen to 73.8 trillion shillings (about 20.8 billion US dollars), according to provisional figures at the Bank of Uganda up to the month of October 2021. By the end of June 2021, the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development reported that the debt had gone

The Ministry of Education has halted the requirement by schools for learners to undergo mandatory COVID-19 testing before being allowed to access schools as education institutions reopen next week. With the surge in COVID-19 cases registered in the country, managers of several boarding schools especially in the Kampala Metropolitan Area