By Sarah Namulondo The United States spokeswoman for the State Department, Victoria Nuland, has said that the US is pressing Uganda not to pass an “Anti-Homosexuality Bill,”. The bill was denied in 2009 but resurfaced this year in February when the parliament resumed its proceedings. MPs applauded as Ndorwa West …
Read More »Ministry to unveil new policy for Tertiary Institutions
BY Joan Akello The executive secretary, education ministry, Dr.Charles Akor said that government is coming up with policies to support private universities. Speaking at the 2nd graduation of Cavendish University, Dr.Charles said the policies are intended to boost research in universities to produce quality products for the job market. He …
Read More »EC dispatches polling kits to Kamuli and Kween
By Joan Akello The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that polling materials for the by-elections in Kamuli and Kween districts will be dispatched to the respective districts today. The EC chairman Eng. Badru Kiggundu said that on Thursday, 17,851 and 37,450 voters will go to the polls in Kamuli and …
Read More »Ugandan Albinos to be declared among persons with disabilities
By Sarah Namulondo The minister for persons with disabilities, Suleiman Madada, has today said that Uganda is considering including albinos into the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Affairs. Madada told press today that leaders of albinos were complaining to him that they too are a vulnerable group but they …
Read More »Samsung strengthens base in Uganda
By Julius Businge Samsung, a global company dealing in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies is conducting Samsung week which aims to increase local knowledge and awareness about the company. The week that started on Nov. 25 in Kampala and ends on Dec. 1 will see the company …
Read More »Rich Nations let down the poor on Climate Change financing
By Ronald Musoke The most detailed analysis to date of how well rich nations have kept promises to provide the poorer ones with funds to tackle climate change released Nov 26 concludes that they have collectively failed to fulfil eight substantive pledges. Published by the London-based International Institute for Environment …
Read More »Milestone for South Sudan football
By Ronald Musoke South Sudan’s ‘Bright Stars’ may have succumbed to a 1-0 defeat on Nov 24 at the hands of Ethiopia’s ‘Black Lions’ at the ongoing CECAFA tournament in Kampala but the result pales in significance for the nation’s sports fraternity. This was the world’s newest nation’s maiden competitive …
Read More »Mungyereza named UBOS Executive Director
By Julius Businge Ben Paul Mungyereza has been appointed as the new executive director of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics effective Nov. 26, the statistics body said in a statement dated Nov. 26. Mungyereza replaces John B Male-Mukasa who retired at the end of his contract on Nov. 22, having …
Read More »Mugarura dismisses rumours of cheating in FDC elections
By Sarah Namulondo The FDC electoral commission has today come out and denied earlier allegations of cheating in the recently concluded FDC by elections. Dan Mugarura, the FDC electoral commissioner, said that all the issues of cheating that were raised about people voting more times than they should was total …
Read More »Prison bosses defend Kazinda’s absence at PAC
By Sarah Namulondo Former Principal Accountant in the Office Prime Minister (OPM), Geoffrey Kazinda was a no where to be seen at Parliament on Monday like it was earlier reported. Kazinda who is facing 28 charges of abuse of office and forgery is on remand at Luzira prisons and was …
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