By Our Reporter Mbarara: Hundreds of students in candidate classes at Ntare School, in Mbarara District, are stranded after the school’s support staff staged a sit-down strike over salary arrears for several months on top of working under poor conditions. The support staff who include cooks, cleaners, guards and others complain that they have gone…
Uganda is due to hold a general election in January of 2021. Opposition presidential candidates have accused security forces of brutally breaking up their rallies and beating their supporters. In November, one of the candidates – Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine was arrested and charged for defying COVID-19 regulations governing mass gatherings. Over 50…
Head teachers of different schools are concerned about plans by the government to open schools for other classes. Government is planning to reopen for more classes before the candidates sit for their final exams early next year. In October, the government reopened schools but only for candidate classes, after more than six months of inactivity.…
At a time when Africa is mobilizing resources for pandemic recovery and sustainable development, illicit financial flows (IFFs) are robbing the continent of 50 billion U.S. dollars annually, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a high-level virtual meeting on Thursday held under the African Union’s (AU) “Silencing the Guns” initiative. These staggering losses “would be…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned against “vaccine nationalism,” appealing for greater finance to secure inoculations for Africa. “It’s true we are seeing vaccination nationalism moving at full speed,” Guterres said during a virtual meeting with the African Union. The UN chief made this warning as wealthier nations are lining up to buy…
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has been hit by lack of water for the past one week exposing the lives of patients and medical workers to risk. The sanitary and hygienic conditions of all wards plus other hospital facilities is appalling causing anxiety among the medical staff. The maternity, causality ward among other departments are struggling…
Premier Recruitment Limited, a subsidiary of Ruparelia Group, has announced that it will commence interviews of both male and female cleaners and cleaning supervisors for the Qatar Metro. According to the company notice, the recruitment begins on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at Crane Chambers where the office of Premier Recruitment Limited is located or you…
Ruparelia Group of Companies the biggest landlord in Kampala’s central business district has for the first time put up the property for sale. The property magnate under Meera investments has unveiled that Tagore Living apartments, the Group’s first built-to-sell residential condominium project located along Kira Road will be sold under the Co-ownership Act. The building…
A new rhino calf has been born at Uganda’s Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola District this morning. The calf that is to be named by the Ruparelia Foundation brings the number of rhinos under the care of Rhino Fund Uganda to 34. The calf’s mother is called Uhuru. Rhino Fund Uganda was formed as a non-governmental organisation…
