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Education Giants: Victoria University Opens Intakes For Health & Safety Oil & Gas Courses
The oil and gas industry has been taunted as the next big driver of the economy in Uganda, a country that boasts of 6.5bn barrels of oil and a significant amount of natural gas in western Uganda. Many Ugandans are preparing to participate in the nascent industry which will attract $20bn worth of investment. While…
Dolphin Suites Slashes Accomodation Rates As It Unveils ‘Away From Home Offer’, Check In
The quality of Hotels in Uganda are fast changing, becoming super good and of high international standards. Take Dolphin Suites located at Plot 36, Princess Anne Drive, Bugolobi in Kampala for example. The hotel opened its doors to guests in May 2010 by Speke Group which is a subsidiary of the Ruparelia Group and has…
Must Read: Why You Should Enroll Your Child At Kampala International School Uganda ‘KISU’
Kampala International School Uganda (KISU) opened its door to teach Ugandan children in 1993, at its Bukoto campus. It has since grown to be the leading international school in Uganda. KISU provides a broad, balanced curriculum based upon the National Curriculum for England, IGCSEs (Cambridge) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, adapted to reflect the…
Speke Resort: Meetings, Incentives, Conventions & Exhibitions Hub
Revenue streams for hotels and entire hospitality industry is no longer dominated by accommodation and what the kitchen has to offer but rather from a new cash cow – the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) tourism segment. The trend has not spared Uganda where, according to industry insiders, hotels are making a lot of…
‘Dr Muganga’s Brutal Arrest’ A Blow In The Face of President Museveni’s Directives on Torture, Human Rights Abuses By Security Agencies
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) on Thursday confirmed having Dr Lawrence Muganga, the Vice Chancellor of Victoria University, one of Uganda’s leading private higher institutions of learning. The army Spokesperson Brig Flavia Byekwaso moved to end speculations online reports that Dr. Muganga was kidnapped, she said reports were false but rather he was arrested…
Security Operatives Bow To Pressure, Release Victoria University Vice Chancellor Dr. Muganga
Victoria University’s (VU) Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Lawrence Muganga has finally been released, barely a day after he was brutally arrested by plain-clothed security operatives from the University’s main campus at Victoria Plaza, in Kampala. Dr. Muganga according to VU sources was released on Friday evening at around 9 pm and linked up with Tycoon Rajiv Ruparelia…
OPINION: Museveni, Besigye, Mbabazi, Muntu And The Hybrid Politics That Bobi Wine,NUP Don’t Understand
By Andrew Baba Buluba The elections of 2021 may be too far behind us but many of its components will most likely continue influencing the country’s future political terrain for years to come. Four-time Museveni challenger Rtd. Col. Dr Kizza Warren Kifefe Besigye was for the first time in over two decades out of the…
Flash Floods Sweep Through Nakapiripirit Leaving 1,000 Homeless
Some 1,400 people are currently pondering for their next step after flash floods destroyed their houses and crops in Namalu sub county in Nakapiripirit district. The flash floods caused by a heavy downpour on Wednesday also destroyed one of the bridges called Namalera which links Karamoja to the rest of eastern Uganda districts such as…
Museveni Demands School Reopening Date By Next Week
President Yoweri Museveni has directed the prime minister to lead the team from the ministry of education, health and the national taskforce to come up with dates and revised safe proposals for the reopening of learning institutions. The directive follows a meeting that happened on Tuesday this week between President Museveni, ministries of education and…
Scaring! Over 127 School Children Under Kyaggwe Bursary Scheme Impregnated In Lockdown
Kyaggwe county leaders are concerned about the increasing number of pregnancies and deliveries involving school-age going children due to the prolonged school closure. At least 127 out of the 1,000 girls under the Kyaggwe county (Ssaza) bursary scheme have conceived in the lockdown. Some of the children have given birth to healthy babies while others…