Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is seeking to get a new loan worth about US$300 million (UA 223.83) for the rehabilitation of the Malaba-Kampala meter gauge railway. This is according to the statements presented by the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, the Ministry of Works and …
Read More »JANET MUSEVENI: 120 traditional secondary schools to get face lift
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has announced plans to refurbish 120 traditional Secondary schools. First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni, the Minister of Education, announced this initiative on Thursday during the presentation of the Ministry’s progress in implementing the NRM manifesto at an event …
Read More »Prisoners rehabilitation affected by inadequate social workers: Experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Prisons Services-UPS is struggling to deliver effective rehabilitation services to inmates due to the limited number of social workers. Social workers conduct individual counseling sessions with inmates and rehabilitate offenders such that they don’t engage in any form of criminal activity when they regain …
Read More »170 children rescued from Kampala streets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 170 children have been rescued from the streets of Kampala and taken for quarantine and rehabilitation. This is part of an initiative by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and Non-Government Organizations that work with children on the streets. The children have been settled at …
Read More »Namboole stadium to undergo rehabilitation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mandela National Stadium–Namboole, is to undergo a major rehabilitation to ensure that it meets all the required standards for both national and international sporting activities. Constructed in 1997, the national sports pride is currently appalling and has since failed the tests of the Confederation …
Read More »Pallisa hospital seeks over Ugx200M to rehabilitate children’s ward
Pallisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pallisa General Hospital in Pallisa District is searching for Ugshs232 million to rehabilitate the pediatric ward. The ward is dilapidated with a licking roof, broken ceiling boards and sinks, nonfunctional toilets coupled with limited space. The ward which admits over 90 children per month …
Read More »Butabika Hospital probed for mismanaging Alcohol and Drug Unit project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital has been accused of mismanaging the Alcohol and Drug Unit (ADU) expansion Project. The Unit is envisaged to handle the increasing number of patients in need of rehabilitation services. But, according to a report of the Auditor General, there …
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