Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Former Somali prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was elected president Wednesday after incumbent Hassan Sheikh Mohamud admitted defeat in a second round of voting by lawmakers. He has been sworn in. After six hours and two rounds of voting, Farmajo failed to win the required …
Read More »Fort Portal tops Uganda PLE results
Fort Portal Municipal Council in western Uganda had the highest percentage number of pupils passing the 2016 Primary Leaving Results (PLE) released today. Fort Portal Municipal Council had a 99.9% pass rate, followed by Entebbe 99.3%, Ntungamo 99.2% and Rukungiri 91%. Others in the top 10 districts include Jinja Municipal …
Read More »UNEB releases A-level results
By Ronald Musoke The Uganda National Examinations Board has finally released the 2013 A-level results today, March 27, with female candidates beating their male counterparts in the humanities. A total of 116,190 candidates registered for the 2013 examination from 1,710 centres compared to 111,456 candidates from 1334 centres in 2012. …
Read More »PLE results out
By Miriam Mukama The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the Primary Leaving Examination results on Jan. 21 at the statistics house offices in Kampala. The results were received by Jessica Alupo the Minister of Education and Sports from Matthew Bukenya the executive secretary UNEB who said boys performed better …
Read More »Why we need to focus on results
By Andrew M.Mwenda Forgive a public servant who delivers a quality product even if he violated 100% procedural rules but punish one who follows every rule and gives a bad product. In this column last week, I argued that the various institutions mandated to exercise oversight functions on the executive …
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