UPDF officer accused of protecting land grabber in Kajansi
Major Edson Akanyihayo had deployed military police soldiers allegedly to disperse people on Kajjansi forest reserve, only to find members of the land commission at the site.A senior UPDF officer...
View ArticleUNEB releases 2017 PLE results, withholds results from 26 schools
A total of 646,190 candidates sat the exams, with 57,198 passing in first grade, 293,977 in second, 128,573 in third, 91,504 in fourth while 57,354 completely failed the exams.The Uganda national...
View ArticleHow schools celebrated their student's success in the 2017 PLE exams
At Gombe Junior School those with aggregate four were given goats and at Bright Junior School Makerere a cake was cut to celebrate the good results.Pupils and parents of different schools gathered at...
View ArticleLuzira inmates celebrate 2017 PLE results success
36 obtained Division Two, 28 have a three grade while 20 made the 4th grade, and one failed the exams.Inmates who sat for the primary leaving examinations at the Luzira Upper Prison primary school have...
View ArticleOtafiire halts eviction of 60,000 locals in Mubende living in forest reserves
This is after leaders in Mubende district held a crisis meeting barely after the NFA issued an order to evict over 60,000 from forests.Minister Kahinda Otafiire has put to halt the eviction of locals...
View ArticleExperts warn against discarding Bio-Technology bill
According to Dr. Agona, the modern biomedical science of making vaccines relies on the same molecular biology tools that are used to create genetically modified organisms.The debate on Genetically...
View ArticleGirl in Nakaseke dies of strange disease, Crimean Congo fever suspected
The ministry of health last week said there was no existence of the epidemic in the district, however, local leaders have raised concerns that more people could die if action is not taken.A 9-year-old...
View ArticleLAND PROBE: Gen. Elly Tumwine defends Ngabo academy director
Last year, the Director and co-founder of the school retired Captain David Bashaija was accused by the Commission of Inquiry into land matters of grabbing 79 Acres of land belonging to the National...
View ArticleCancer Patients commence radio-therapy treatment
At least 80 patients are attended to per day. George Kanyike, head of the radiotherapy department at the Uganda Cancer Institute, Mulago hospital says this number is likely to rise after the machine is...
View ArticleBoda-boda cyclists reveal trouble-spots in Kampala
Boda Boda riders have listed eight black spots in Kampala from where many of their colleagues have been attacked, robbed and even killed. Boda Boda riders have listed eight black spots in Kampala from...
View ArticleFormer Kampala slums transformed into business hubs
NTV visited these areas to assess how this development has impacted on the lives of the residents and workers in these areasA new skyline is emerging in downtown Kampala and its surrounding areas which...
View ArticleUganda’s public libraries face an uncertain future
It has been discovered that most Ugandans do not read books even when they are available for free in public libraries across UgandaThere are fears that there is a dearth of intellectual rigor as a...
View ArticleIbrahim Abiriga’s driver complains of mistreatment
Asuman Matovu, Abiriga’s former driver, says he was fired on Friday evening and he insists the MP owes him two months wagesArua Municipality MP Ibrahim Abiriga is in the spotlight again after he...
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Former NSSF managing director David Jamwa loses appeal against his 12 year...
Jamwa has been on bail since 2011, pending determination of the appeal challenging his conviction and sentence, and after 7 years of freedom, the appeals court has confirmed his 12 years...
View ArticleLord mayor Lukwago raises red flag over poor performance of KCCA schools
Lukwago has tasked the KCCA councilors to take keen interest in improving the standards of the city’s schoolsThe Lord Mayor of Kampala Erias Lukwago has raised concerns over the continued poor...
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Former NSSF MD David Jamwa's judgement was written in 2015 - Judge reveals
Before reading the court's judgement, Justice Kenneth Kakuru explained that this judgment was ready by September 2015, but when it was sent to former deputy chief justice Steven Kavuma, he neither...
View ArticleMakerere University plans to raise tuition to pay lecturers better
Dr William Bazeyo, the university’s vice chancellor in charge of finance and administration, made the revelations during a handover ceremony for the new leadership of the Makerere University Academic...
View ArticleTwo million hectares of land taken in Mubende in 2017
The Executive Director Wokulira Ssebaggala says 85% of the grabbed land remains idleClose to two million hectares of land in Mubende was lost to land grabbers last year with more 195,000 families...
View ArticleChief magistrate blames Iganga case backlog on delay to name resident judge
Iganga chief magistrate Godfrey Kaweesa said the district was given a high court circuit in 2016 but since the pronouncement, the area has not had a resident judge and court infrastructureJudicial...
View ArticleMakerere University students warned against hooliganism as graduation week...
14,085 Degrees will be awarded throughout the week and these will include 69 PhDs, 980 Masters Degrees, 96 Postgraduate Diplomas, 133 undergraduate diplomas and 12,691 Bachelors Degrees.Makerere...
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