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NCHE Permits Victoria University To Continue With E-learning, Conduct Online Exams
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has granted permission to Victoria University to continue implementing the Emergency Open Distance and e-Learning system and to also conduct online examinations. “I am pleased to inform you that after due consideration, the National Council for Higher Education has granted you permission to continue implementing the Emergency Open…
Quality Education: Kampala Parents School Sets Dates For 2021 Term One Intake Interviews
Kampala Parents School, one of the leading private primary schools in the country, has set dates on which it will conduct interviews for pupils who want to join the school in the first term of the 2021 academic year. The move is to help Parents and pupils interested in joining Kampala Parents’ School in the…
OP-ED: The Pain Of Being a Banker & What Should Be Done To Better Their Working Environment
By BEINOMUGISHA GODFREY Kampala: For many who have friends, brothers and sisters who are bankers, may understand the life full of pressure and commitment, they leave. As one is at high school campus admires a banker, after graduation luckily enough you are called for an interview and posted to one branch in soroti, or any…
Museveni Survives Assasination,Top Govt Official Arrested
The police at the Central Police Station, Ibanda has in custody an official of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development on accusation of treason. High-end, yet irrefutable sources say Allen Cherotich, 48, threw a water bottle at President Yoweri Museveni as he inspected the parade at St. George Teachers College, Kagongo in Ibanda district…
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Gov’t Moves To Rein In Real Estate Sector
The Association of Real Estate Agents (AREA) has welcomed the move by government to introduce a new legislation to regulate land and property dealers in a quest to streamline all sector operations. According to AREA, the law will spell out clear terms of engagement in real estate transactions, thereby getting rid of fraud and eliminate…
Gov’t Borrows 83 Bn For Karamoja Mineral Exploration
Parliament has approved a request by government to borrow Euros 20.6 million (equivalent to Shs83.6 billion) for the implementation of the airborne geophysical survey and geological mapping of Karamoja. The loan will be secured from the Corporate Internationalization Fund of Spain. Presenting the committee report to Parliament sitting on 30 January 2020, the Chairperson of…
NSSF (Amendment) Act Shall Come Into Force Upon Publication In The Uganda Gazette
The Minister of Labour, Gender and Social Development Betty Amongi has revealed that the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) (Amendment) Act will come into force upon publication in the Uganda Gazette. On 2nd January, 2022 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni assented to the NSSF (Amendment) Bill 2021 and the same accordingly became the NSSF (Amendment) Act,…
Terrible! Andrew Mwenda Lobbies For State House Job After Being ‘Sacked’ By Kagame
Rwandan President Paul Kagame recently dropped seasoned Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda from his list of advisors. Andrew Mwenda who was appointed to the 23-man Presidential Advisory Committee (PAC) in 2011 during one of their annual meetings in NewYork, USA, was dropped over ‘diplomatic reasons’ in the changes by President Kagame that saw six new faces…
‘Not Even Covid Can Stop Them’- Ruparelia Group Ventures Into Music Recording & Distribution
The Ruparelia Group, a Ugandan-owned business empire has announced plans to establish a new state of art music record label in Uganda as it aims at promoting the talents of Ugandan youths in the entertainment industry. According to a well-established source at the Ruparelia Group, the new music record label will manage and promote musical…
Finance Minister Kasaija Delighted About Tycoon Hamis Kigundu’s Modern Agro-Processing Plant
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Matia Kasaija has commended businessman Ham Kiggundu for establishing a complete integrated food processing unit, creating jobs and opportunities for young people. The minister made remarks on Wednesday September 28, 2022 in an interview with the New Vision and after paying a visit to Kiggundu’s agro-Processing Plant in…
