While schools haven’t been full reopened by the government following their closure due to spread of coronavirus, schools and parents are preparing for the next academic year which normally starts late January. Parents and school administrators are optimistic that the government will reopen the learning centre. Schools, with strict adherence to health guidelines and SOPs,…
Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia’s Victoria University has announced that it extended 10 bursaries to each of the 529 members of the 11th Parliament totalling 5290 bursaries that will be awarded to the financially struggling-best learners from their constituencies. ”Has your MP offered you a bursary? We extended at least ten (10) COVID-19 tuition -relief bursaries to…
The security and intelligence agencies say they have landed into a plan by the opposition National Unity Platform members to riot in the city over the detention of legislator Muhammed Ssegirinya. According to an intelligence source, NUP members are mobilizing people in areas like Nakulabye, Kiyaye zone, Kamwokya and areas of Kawempe to take part…
Parliament is currently engaged in talks with different stakeholders to see that that the Kawempe North MP, Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya who is currently in a prison hospital, receives treatment in a better medical facility. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon Anita Among who chaired the House on Thursday, 28 October 2021 said that Ssegirinya who…
The Minister in Charge of Cooperatives in the Ministry of Trade, Industries and Cooperatives, Fredrick Ngobi Gume has said that Soroti Fruit Factory, the manufacturers of Teju Juice in the eastern district of Soroti is a dream come true. Gume was yesterday commissioning the new mango line at the factory when he said: “For every…
Two children have died after a suspected bomb exploded at Ssegalye village in Nakaseke district. The deceased have been identified as Pius Kiwuwa aged 12 years and Micheal Kiyingi aged 14 years whereas a child aged nine months identified only as Odong has been injured in the explosion that occurred at Ssegalye village in Semuto…
Members of Parliament have asked the Executive to desist from arbitrarily cutting the budgets meant for Parliament and the Judiciary saying it is a violation of the principle of separation of powers. In the second quarter of the current financial year, Parliament and the Ministry of Finance locked horns over budgets meant to facilitate committees…
By Ben Ssebuguzi Social security of a country is one of the yardstick to measure if that country caters for lives of it’s working citizens.The stronger the fund,the stronger the welfare of it’s citizens. In East Africa,Nssf is one of the biggest with total Assets worth Ugx 15 trillions. What is social security? Social security…
Uganda’s leading private Victoria University Kampala has on Saturday October 30, 2021, humiliated helpless city celebrities with a 3-0 win in the “Endiba” weekend soccer bonanza friendly football match. According to the organizers, the match was under the theme “Extending the message and essence of higher education to the general public,” and the match held…
Ugandas leading private Victoria University Kampala has announced it has finalized plans to resume physical classes for all learners as the university braces for full reopening after over four months of closure due to the covid-19 pandemic. In a memo dated October 29, 2021, released by the University Academic Registrar, Victoria University said that physical…
