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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The only way private universities can expand is through collaboration and sharing their resources, Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has said. “Private universities need to leverage on collaboration because the public universities already have their platforms that are based on collaboration,” said Tayebwa. He made the remarks …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Academic staff from private universities have sought parliament’s intervention to have government avail them 25.4 billion Shillings to create a revolving fund that is aimed at facilitating their members who have been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the Consortium of Private Universities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private universities are requesting the government to avail them with a fiscal stimulus to enable them re-open their gates to final year students. Early this week, President Yoweri Museveni relaxed on the lockdown guidelines allowing educational institutions to resume in a phased manner starting …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called for a review of the tax policy where private education institutions are exempted from paying taxes. Museveni said this during the launch of the Uganda Christian University (UCU) run on Saturday, 22 February 2020 in Mukono. The run is …