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MTN Pulse Partners With Victoria University Awards 10 Youths Scholarships
MTN Uganda’s youth dedicated platform, MTN Pulse, last week, awarded scholarships to 10 youths following a partnership between Victoria University and MTN Uganda, with a vision of supporting teens to attain further education for a prosperous future. Victoria University (VU) is a premier transformational higher education-oriented institution of learning with the mission of providing a…
Victoria University’ Students Given Excellence Tips During Ongoing Orientation Week
Uganda’s leading private institution, Victoria University in Kampala has officially reopened for the new academic year by teeing off the traditional orientation week with a number of activities throughout the week. Hundreds of students who freshly joined the Jinja Road based University are treated to an array of wisdom from different experts and personalities during…
Big Hearted: Ruparelia Foundation Sponsors Little Miss Africa Abok For World Beauty Pageant Competitions In Dubai
Mini Little Miss Africa Tyra Abok is preparing to take over the fashion world with the support of Ruparelia Foundation donating up to $1500 dollars as she plans to travel to Dubai to represent Uganda in the Little Miss United World Beauty Pageant. Tyra Abok is no ordinary 11 year old! She’s the reigning Mini…
Pomp & Glamour as Delhi Public School Uganda Graduates Preschool Pupils
Delhi Public School International, a school that is both modern and forward-looking this week held its graduation for the kindergarten classes with hundreds of pupils promoted to lower primary level. Held at the end of every academic year, DPS, as it is most popularly known summed up Term 3 of its 2021/22 Academic year with…
Acholi Sub Region Religious Leaders Urge The Public To Desist From Fanning Tribal Division
The Archbishop of Gulu His Grace John Baptist Odama one of the religious leaders from the greater North urged leaders to desist from fanning tribal divisions and called for peaceful mourning of the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. In his message to mourners and the entire country Archbishop Odama has urged everyone to forget everything…
UPDF Engineering Brigade Refurbishes Oulanyah’s Ancestral Home Ahead Of Burial
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF Engineering Brigade has started refurbishing the house of former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah at his ancestral home in Ayom Lony village, Lalogi sub-county, Omoro district. The team embarked on the works shortly after President Museveni made commitments to support the construction of Oulanyah’s unfinished village home on Thursday. The…
Kwania District Education Officer Interdicted Over Missing UGX 399 Million
Andrew Omunu, the Kwania District Education Officer (DEO) is on interdiction for alleged abuse of office and misappropriation of funds. He is accused of misappropriating Shs 399 million meant for the procurement of deliverables and supplies to Aduku seed secondary school. This is part of the Shs 2.8 Billion disbursed by the government with support…
Langi, Acholi Fight Over Ritualising Oulanyah’s Burial
A disagreement has erupted between a section of leaders in the sub-regions of Acholi and Lango over the ritualising of burial of Jacob Oulanyah. We’ve learnt that there is currently an ongoing proposal among Members of Parliament from the Acholi Sub-region that the deceased Speaker emeritus be buried according to the Acholi tradition. They strongly…
Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich Suffers Alleged ‘Poisoning’ During Ukraine Peace Talks
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has suffered suspected poisonings along with Ukraine peace negotiators earlier this month, according to reports. The 55-year-old, who is selling Chelsea while under government sanctions, showed symptoms including red eyes and peeling skin following peace talks in Kyiv, according to Wall Street Journal. The oligarch and at two least Ukrainian negotiators…
‘You Are Just Land Grabbers’- Residents Chase Away Custodian Board Officials From Land Boundary Opening Mission
A team of five Departed Asians Property Custodian Board -DAPCB officials have been chased away by irritated residents who are objecting to opening boundaries on their land at Kalagala Village in Kiyindi Town Council Buikwe district. Although the officials have claimed to have notified the residents staying on approximately one square mile of land through…