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Varsity chairman says search will be finished in March Tension is growing again at Kyambogo University over the delay by authorities to appoint a new Vice Chancellor. Critics and students say the failure is crippling university business. Key members of the University Senate, the second highest decision making organ, on …

Podoconiosis: A neglected tropical disease causing havoc in Rwanda rural areas A group of 25 people sit, their eyes downcast, on the verdant freshly mowed field at a churchyard in Musanze town. The sky above is thick with dark clouds, promising rains. It’s a perfect morning to be in their …

They concentrate on teaching the traditional music and what each of them means to children Any visitor to Rwanda will be struck by the sounds and rhythms of different kinds of traditional music played even in the capital city Kigali. Though Rwanda has different kinds of music today, traditional music …

On the greatest lesson in life His dream as a student at Old Kampala Senior Secondary School was to become a doctor but he ended up at Bukalasa Agricultural College. “I did sciences for prestige and ended up performing poorly, and not being admitted to Makerere University – the only …

New study shows why it is important to bridge the gap Ugandan media has devised ways of getting the most out of readers whenever results of national examinations are released. This year, the most innovative was possibly The New Vision newspaper of Jan. 24.  Under the rather ambiguous heading; “Decade’s …

President Paul Kagame says Africa has to mobilise its own resources to finance activities of the African Union Commission and not depend almost entirely on money from donors. The President presented the proposal as part of reform proposals of the African Union (AU) to fellow Heads of State and Government …

Shareholders of the regional beer maker, East African Breweries Limited (eabl) are set to receive a dividend of Kshs 2 (Shs 68) per share even as the company recorded a 2% growth in profit after tax to Shs 188bn in the second half of the year ending December 31, 2016 …

Dfcu’s new take-over will help expand its footprint countrywide When Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile announced that they were transferring liabilities and assets of Crane Bank to the Development Finance Company of Uganda (Dfcu), many wondered how that was possible. Crane Bank, set up in 1995, has been the …

USAID’s warning system shows why you should prepare for more bad news this year On Jan. 17, the weather was extremely hot in Kampala. Godfrey Mujuni, the manager of the Data Centre at the Uganda National Meteorological Authority, says thermometer readings indicated it was 34.0ᵒC which is about six degrees …

Brussels-based hotel chain, Rezidor Hotel Group has taken over management of the Aya Brothers-owned Pearl of Africa Hotel Kampala. The Group that manages hundreds of luxury hotels around the world under the Quorvus Collection brand, now joins other internationally and regionally operated brands in the city such as City Blue, …