KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandans are celebrating the historic win of their national cricket team against Papua New Guinea at the ongoing T20 World Cup in West Indies and USA. After losing the opening Group C match to Afghanistan, the Uganda Cricket Cranes fought back to defeat Papua New …
Read More »Parliament approves establishment of National Institute for Teacher Education
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved a motion to establish the National Institute for Teacher Education, marking a crucial step towards enhancing teacher training programmes in Uganda. The Minister of State for Sports, Peter Ogwang, presented the motion during the plenary sitting presided over by Speaker Anita Among …
Read More »Prof. Ogwang prevails in COVIDEX ownership dispute
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has confirmed Associate Professor Peter Ogwang as the true owner of the COVIDEX support drug used on the COVID 19 virus. High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana ruled Friday that the ownership of the COVIDEX drug isn’t contested since Mbarara University …
Read More »MPs query supplementary funding for universities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Education and Sports Committee has asked officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports to present a list of all universities that sought supplementary funding in the current financial year 2022/2023. The officials were appearing before the committee where Members of Parliament raised …
Read More »Parliament passes law to regulate doping in sports
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the National Sports Bill, 2022 that will establish the National Anti-Doping Organisation in Uganda, in accordance with requirements of the World Anti-Doping Code. The Bill was passed by the House in a sitting chaired by Speaker Anita Among on Thursday, 02 March …
Read More »Gov’t tables Bill to improve sports administration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has introduced the Physical Activity and Sports Bill, 2022. The Bill was presented by the State Minister for Sports, Peter Ogwang at a sitting of Parliament on Tuesday, 06 December 2022. The bill provides for the existence of the …
Read More »Kaliro district local government officials arrested over fraud
Kaliro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three officals of Kaliro district local government have been arrested on fraud-related charges. The suspects currently detained at Kaliro Central Police station include Chief Administrative Officer Samuel Bigirwa, District Education Officer Edward Kamaga and the Parish Development Model-focal person Fred Mbalumya. They were arrested on …
Read More »Three Entebbe municipal officials detained over corruption allegations
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has picked up three Entebbe municipal council officials for alleged corruption. The suspects are Frank Ssekagiri, the Entebbe Municipal Community Development Officer, Sarah Monica Nabirye, the Acting Principal Education Officer, and Engineer Christine Nanfuka. The trio was picked up on Tuesday …
Read More »Verify gov’t projects in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has urged government to begin verification of its projects in Kampala and Wakiso districts on the basis that the funded projects in the central are hardly felt. Informed by glaring reports of corruption and embezzlement of funds from other sub-regions, legislators said it was …
Read More »Presidency seeks UGX12Bn to renovate State House
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the President is seeking a budgetary allocation of 12.33 billion Shillings to renovate the State House in Entebbe and 23 upcountry State lodges. Constructed in 2007, the State House in Entebbe has had no major rehabilitation works and needs a retouch, State …
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