The Minister of State for Education, Joyce Moriku has reassured Members of Parliament that government has developed a statutory instrument to regulate school fees and other school related matters. She was responding to a matter of national importance raised by Samuel Opio, Kole North County MP during plenary sitting on 16 August 2022. The MP…
Officials of West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECO), the company that was contracted by government to supply power in West Nile, have blamed the power outages and intermittent supply in the sub-region on Nyagak’s failure to generate the 3.5 Megawatts due to the seasonal dry spell and Electromaxx severe fuel shortages to generate the thermal…
African farmers have been growing cannabis in Africa for centuries. Nevertheless, consumption of the plant for either medical or recreational purposes is banned almost everywhere on the continent. Recently, however, the growing global demand for medical cannabis has caused several African countries to rethink their cannabis cultivation laws. Indeed, as more and more countries worldwide legalize marijuana…
The Ruparelia Foundation, a philanthropic arm of the Ruparelia Group, a conglomerate owned by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia, is set to organize a free eye medical treatment camp in Kamuli district on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21, August, 2022. The free eye medical camp event will take place at the Shree Hind Bhavin Samal located on…
Police in Arua has launched an operation to arrest and prosecute parents who subject their children to child labour. The operation follows a visible rise in children involved in selling edibles within the city centre. Ugandan law prohibits the employment of children aged under 12 and stipulates that the involvement of children in any employment…
The President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has approved a Charter for Victoria University that will see the institution awarding degrees from Bachelors, Masters, Doctorates and Honorary Degrees. The news was confirmed by the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) in a letter addressed to the University’s Vice Chancellor Prof.Lawrence Muganga inviting him for official…
In February this year, business magnate Sudhir Ruparelia left Bank of Uganda (BoU) nursing wounds after slaughtering it in a 5yr court battle which ended in his favor. Now, due to readers’ demand, we summerize for you the entire saga and what ignited this battle that has seen economic pundits ranking BoU as most fraudulent…
August 15th is etched in the books of history as the glorious day that India attained Independence. As the Asian nation ushered in its 75th Independence Day, I&M Bank Uganda joined the Lohana community of Kampala and Indian Association Uganda in the momentous celebrations to commemorate the day that were held on Saturday, August 13,…
Kampala International School Uganda (KISU) a leading international school in Kampala has opened its doors to students willing to pursue their academic at this great and global standard school for the academic year 2022-23. The admission is both for early years and secondary school level. The school, located in Bukoto, a Kampala Urban Suburb adopted…
Victoria University Kampala, Uganda’s leading transformational university has been ranked as the only institution with the most favorable fees structure in the country. According to a recent survey carried out by NationTimes, students at Victoria University revealed that, unlike other universities, VU is receiving tens of thousands of students due to its favorite fees structure that…
