Western Uganda-based Parental Care Primary and Nursery School, located in Bushenyi District, has emerged victorious in this year’s Inter-Schools Poetry and Debate Competitions, which were held at St Leo’s Kyegobe High School in Fort Portal City. The competitions, which were held on Saturday, July 8, 2023, and organised by Rwenzori Debate Forum, together with Kawanda…
By Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye Kampala: The President of Uganda H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni thought of how to fully eradicate poverty and initiated the Parish Development Model which was the main strategy in the NRM manifesto. He sought how to lift the country’s annual GDP growth rate to at least 7% by 2040 – up…
City socialite Sheila Nadege, commonly known as Don Zella, has been ordered by the High Court in Kampala to pay USh20 million as security for costs in her lawsuit against Speke Hotel 1996 Limited, trading as Speke Apartments which is owned by real estate tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia under Meera Investments Ltd. Don Zella had sued the…
Business mogul Dr Sudhir Ruparelia has kicked off construction of the world-class Munyonyo Convention Centre that will host over 120 heads of state for next year’s Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit. The Non-Aligned Movement, founded in 1955 during the Asian-Africa meeting in Bandung, Indonesia, and pursued decolonization brings together countries that are not aligned with any…
Director of the World Sustainability Organization, Paolo Bray has made an urgent appeal to the government and farming community in Uganda, for coffee farming and production to be made more sustainable.He stressed Uganda risks losing its position as one of the world’s major coffee producers, if immediate action is not taken.Coffee is one of the…
City lawyer Kenneth Kwesiga Bateyo has been ordered by Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s court to Shs 86 million or be jailed for 3 years over his involvement in a fraudulent land transaction. The same court also sentenced businessman George William Salongo Kagwa and land broker Chrispus Sali in the same matter. Court found the trio…
Court in Makindye has remanded Local Council one ‘LC1’Chairman of Klezia zone one Mr Chrizestoma Wakayamba to Luzira prison following his arrest on charges of theft and malicious damage of property. Wakayamba appeared before Magistrate John Okipi Robert,on Thursday 6 July 2023 afternoon and pleaded not guilty to charges. On court documents, Wakayamba is charged…
The popular annual Brand Africa 100 Awards are back, bigger and better this year and are scheduled to be held on July 11th, 2023, at Golden Tulip Canaan Hotel, Kampala. The Brand Africa Awards aim at recognizing, appreciating and awarding the best 100 companies across Africa, in a bid to acknowledge their endless efforts at…
The Oyam Central Police Station has apprehended two individuals on suspicion of engaging in voter bribery. “Today, on the 6th of July 2023, at approximately 6:10 hours, police officers deployed to provide security in Otwal Sub-County intercepted Ocen Ronald, a 31-year-old resident of Minakulu Town Council, and Ogwal Robert, a 46-year-old resident of Kut Odongo…
To boost the literacy rates in Uganda, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government under President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni introduced Universal Secondary Education (USE) policy to enhance enrolment at the secondary level in February 2007. Under this policy, every government school is supported with a quarterly grant that is determined by the number of students in…
