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Reptile conservationists have appealed for the safe handling of stray snakes in homes to help preserve endangered species. Snakes implant a deep-rooted fear in many people. Uganda is home to over 110 venomous and non-venomous snake species. Of those, 15 of the species have been enlisted as nationally endangered types due to their sudden rapid population shrinkage. […]
Mbarara City Football club has petitioned the Uganda Premier League (UPL) secretariat claiming that KCCA FC used a player who was not allowed to feature in a match on January 5th, 2022. In the said StarTimes Uganda Premier League played at the MTN Omondi stadium in Lugogo, KCCA FC defeated Mbarara City FC 1-0. But […]
Uganda’s public debt has risen to 73.8 trillion shillings (about 20.8 billion US dollars), according to provisional figures at the Bank of Uganda up to the month of October 2021. By the end of June 2021, the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development reported that the debt had gone up by more than a […]
Government has stopped all private and government-funded schools from increasing tuition fees. The decision comes at a time when many schools in the country had opted to increase fees as a way to raise money to pay back school loans. The Minister of Education stopped schools from asking parents to pay top-up fees for learners […]
No school in Mpigi District will reopen next week before fulfilling the guidelines for controlling the spread of Covid-19. Mpigi District Education Officer Deogratius Ssekyole said that the directive is meant to ensure that there are no covid-19 cases. Speaking during a meeting for private headteachers and school owners on Thursday, Ssekyole also said that […]
The Gulu District Education Department has allocated 78 Million Shillings for procuring personal protective equipment for the government-headed schools as the schools reopen next week. There are 47 government-headed Primary Schools and 5 government-headed secondary Schools in the district. Each of the learning institutions shall receive 1.5 million shillings. Caesar Akena, the Gulu District Education […]
Mukono District Education Officer Rashid Kikomeko has directed all schools intending to operate both day and boarding sections to apply for compliance certificates. Those that will not have the certificates risk closure immediately after their re-opening. Kikomeko says that school inspections undertaken by the district authorities at the end of last year established that many […]
The National Social Social Security Fund -NSSF together with the Ministry of Gender have pledged to expedite a statutory instrument that will ease access to savings by Ugandan workers. The commitment follows the enactment of the NSSF (Amendment) Bill which was assented to by President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday. The Bill will grant midterm access […]
Security personnel in Gulu City have arrested 48 street hawkers suspected to be criminals operating in Gulu City. The suspects were picked from various locations within Gulu city center by the police and the army during a two-day swoop that commenced on Tuesday night. David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa River Region Region Police Spokesperson says […]
The Association of Teachers of French in Uganda has petitioned the Ministry of East African Community Affairs to lobby for a functional foreign languages policy. The association, an umbrella body for over 300 French language speaking adherents, delivered their petition through the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Rebecca Kadaga. […]
