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UNEB Wants 2021 Examinations Carried Out Under New Law
The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB wants the forthcoming cycle of examinations to be carried out under a new law which was passed by Parliament on Thursday. The new Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB Bill which seeks to repeal the 1983 Act creates reforms relating to the administration and management of primary and secondary national examinations. The…
President Was Given Wrong Information On DGF Funding – Kasaija
Matia Kasaija the Finance Minister has written to President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni clarifying that the information on which he based a decision for the suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility – DGF was wrong. President Yoweri had earlier on ordered the suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), the single biggest donor basket established…
‘Museveni Should Have Stepped Down Before Race’- Bobi Wine Amends Petition
Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has amended a petition challenging the outcome of the just-concluded presidential race which was filed in the Supreme Court by his team. The results released by the Electoral Commission gave Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, a candidate of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party, a 58 percent majority victory, against Kyagulanyi’s…
Four UPDF Soldiers Injured In Somalia Helicopter Crash
The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) has launched investigations into circumstances under which its helicopter crashed on Friday in southern Somalia injuring four Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldiers. In a statement released on Sunday evening, AMISOM said the helicopter whose registration details were not disclosed belonged to the AU Mission’s Aviation Unit from…
Museveni Lawyers File Defence Against Election Petition
President Yoweri Museveni’s legal team led by K&K advocates have this afternoon filed his defence at the Supreme Court against a petition challenging his re-election. Last week, Lawyers for the National Unity Platform (NUP) Principal Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu petitioned the filed a challenge in the Supreme Court on Monday against President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in…
45 Ugandan Innovators To Share Ugx7.39 Billion NIISP Grant
Forty five Ugandan start-ups will each get a budget boost of over sh140million to enable them refine and complete their innovations. The 45 were picked by the selectors – The National ICT Initiatives Support Program (NIISP) – as having the best chance of hitting the Ugandan, African and global market. The 45 innovators shall receive…
Ham Vs DTB Appeal: Bank Of Uganda Runs Out Of Case, Leaves DTB To Carry Its Own Cross
Bank of Uganda has officially quit the case involving city tycoon Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham and Diamond Trust Bank, in which he accuses the financial institution, together with its parent bank, Diamond Trust Bank Kenya, of illegally withdrawing over Shs128Bn from his company accounts. Bank of Uganda had applied to join the case as Amicus…
Bank Of Uganda, Diamond Trust Bank In Great Trouble For Shielding An Illegality
Officials of Bank of Uganda and Diamond Trust Bank have landed in trouble after investigators in the Ham Vs Diamond Trust Bank discovered that they allegedly conspired to shield an illegality. It should be noted that on January 27th 2021, the first reading of the Ham Vs DTB case Appeal in which DTB is challenging…
Enjoy Your Barbeque Valentines’ Day At Forest Cottages
One of the most important gifts idea lovers can extend to their partners is an outing at an idyllic and romantic setting like Forest Cottages located at Naguru Hill, Old Kira Road, Bukoto. Such an outing brings them together and offers them an opportunity to rekindle their relationship; they get a chance to talk and…
Drama As Embattled EOC Boss Runs Away From Own Names Amidst Corruption Scandals
The troubled Chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi has changed her name a few months after being charged with corruption. In accordance with the Registration of Documents Act, the embattled EOC chairperson who is battling corruption charges has renounced and abandoned the use of the names Ntambi Sylvia as it appears on…