The Secretary in the Office of the President, Hajji Yunus Kakande, has called on Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) and Resident City Commissioners (RCCs) in Teso to strengthen security measures and champion government development programs in the region. Speaking at the opening of a three-day capacity-building workshop at Akello Hotel, Soroti City, Kakande emphasized the need…
A group of 56 teachers assigned to mark Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Senior Four exam scripts have walked away from their duties, citing dissatisfaction with the low payment they were offered. The teachers, who were stationed at Namugongo Secondary and Vocational School Centre, argued that UNEB’s pay of UGX 950 per script is insufficient…
The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has officially approved the rebranding of Pride Microfinance to Pride Bank. This development comes after the institution was granted a Credit Institution license, marking its transition from a Tier III Microfinance Deposit-taking Institution (MDI) to a Tier II Credit Institution. In a public statement, BoU announced, “Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI)…
Talks due Sunday between the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to end conflict in the eastern DRC were called off after negotiations deadlocked, officials said. Since 2021 a Rwanda-backed rebel militia has seized swathes of the eastern DRC, displacing thousands and triggering a humanitarian crisis. There had been high hopes that…
The Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, and his Ethiopian counterpart, Field Marshal Birhanu Jula, held talks on military cooperation between their respective militaries. Gen Kainerugaba was accompanied by the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lt Gen Sam Okiding, who arrived with him in the Ethiopian capital…
