Uganda considering Israel's request to take in Eritrean and Sudanese migrants
State minister for Refugees and Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru says 500 refugees who had sought asylum in Israel will be soon be relocated to Uganda. Uganda has agreed to host Eritrean and South...
View ArticleTelecoms regulator given 50 card readers to ease Simcard replacement
The NIRA executive director Judy Obitre-gama says the Identity card readers will be distributed to different telecom companies in a bid to expedite the sim card replacement process In an effort to ease...
View ArticleCurriculum development centre director speaks out on new O-level curriculum
Grace Baguma says overlaps in content was the underlying factor for the dropping and merging of 23 subjects in O-level to shrink them to 20 subjects. The Director of the National Curriculum Development...
View ArticleUnregistered refugees straining Kampala's infrastructure - Humanitarian Agencies
The agencies say the high number of unregistered refugees in urban centres and specifically Kampala has put a strain on the city’s infrastructure and services and affected delivery. Humanitarian...
View ArticleMP wants President to seek Supreme Court advice before signing new laws
The West Budama South MP says if the President had been properly advised, the ongoing legal petition challenging the removal of the presidential Age limit would have been avoided.Jacob Oboth Oboth, the...
View ArticleBuganda King Ronald Mutebi express concern over maps that exclude his...
Speaking during his 63rd birthday celebrations held at Villa Maria Church playground in Kalungu district, Kabaka Mutebi also condemned the rampant kidnappings around the country.The Kabaka of Buganda...
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Frank Mwesigwa replaced as Kampala Metropolitan Police chief
Mwesigwa replaced Assistant Inspector General of Police Abbas Byakagaba in July last year and has headed the unit for less than a year. The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola appointed...
View ArticleChief Justice Bart Katureebe condemns the arrest of a freed terrorism suspect
The Police and plain cloth security agents picked up Dr Ismail Kalule, shortly after the High Court had granted him bail. Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has expressed deep concern over the rearrest last...
View ArticlePresident Museveni meets Kalungu robbery survivor
President Museveni directed that Nakyambade, who is an enrolled nurse, should be given a jobPresident Yoweri Museveni has met a woman from Kalungu district who survived an attack by robbers at her home...
View ArticleGulu University students given employment and career tips at expo
The National Social Security Fund, Monitor Publications, KCCA and Post Bank are the stakeholders on a countrywide drive to lecture university students on entrepreneurshipStudents of Gulu University...
View ArticleEU offers 67bn to boost meat processing for export
The Minister of state for agriculture says the goals may not be realized, unless a concerted effort is also directed towards fighting the foot and mouth diseaseThe European Union has partnered with...
View ArticleGovernment partners with UBL in tree planting
State minister for Environment Mary Goretti Kitutu applauded these efforts and warned against the community against depleting forestsAs a move to restore lost tree cover, over 2000 indigenous trees...
View ArticlePresident Museveni meets religious leaders
The religious leaders had been on two-day tour of projects in Ibanda and Kiruhuura Districts targeted at monitoring the progress of the government’s poverty eradication driveThe clergy under their...
View ArticleOur final ruling for the age Limit case will not be political - Deputy Chief...
Justice Owiny Dollo has given assurance that Mbale High Court will be open to the public during the cross examination of witnesses next TuesdayIt has been a busy week for the petitioners, respondents...
View ArticleRWANDAN GENOCIDE SURVIVOR’S TALE: 24 years on Tumusiime still feels the pain
Betty Tumusime who was only six when she fled the country following the brutal death of her family. Tumusime is now living in Uganda with her son as she makes ends meet doing menial jobsThis April...
View ArticleNurses' Union threatens another sit down strike
The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union has rejected the proposed new government salary increment for nurses saying it is not what was agreed on with the presidentIn November last year, President Yoweri...
View ArticleDeath of lions may affect park visits - Sam Mwandha, UWA executive director
Communities living in and around Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda risk eviction if it is ascertained that they were responsible for killing 11 lions this weekCommonly referred to as the...
View ArticleAdvocacy Group criticises NIRA's move to lend 50 card readers to UCC
Unwanted Witness also fears that giving third parties like telecom companies access to the identity card data could leave most Ugandans vulnerable to cyber-crimeAn Advocacy group known as the Unwanted...
View ArticleMakerere increases undergraduate tuition
According to a circular released by the university, Bachelor of Journalism and Communication is among those whose fees has been hiked from Shs980,000 to Shs 1.2 millionMakerere University has increased...
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Museveni apologises for deploying soldiers on lakes
Mr Museveni said the UPDF were trained to fight wars but after 'unpatriotic fishermen' resorted to fishing pre mature fish, he was forced to deploy themPresident Museveni has apologized to Ugandans for...
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