Justice Phillip Odoki of the High court has ordered Mulago hospital to pay Shs 50 million to a 47-year-old woman as compensation for the psychological torture and trauma she suffered when they lost her baby. Odoki observed that the failure of the hospital to give Nakayima her baby after birth and provide her with information…
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Rotaract Club of Lubaga Awards Culton Scovia.
By Ronald Sserwadda – Updated 1402 on Friday 02nd Feb 2024 Uganda’s Award Winning Journalist and Director Her Story Foundation, Culton Scovia Nakamya on Tuesday was awarded by the Rotaract Club of Lubaga for her consistency in Journalism, exceptional and admirable performance to youth in 2023. The Rotaract club projected on screen one of the…
Uganda’s Rising rate of inflation results from church dues – UBOS
An increase in church dues like wedding fees tithe and others are one of the major drivers behind Uganda’s inflation rise according to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). According to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Wednesday for the last 12 months ending January 2024, the country’s annual inflation rate increased…
Teachers’ strike, Unatu ignores it’s self from the circulating document
A teachers umbrella body, Uganda National Teachers Association (Unatu) has distanced itself from the purported industrial action reportedly set to start once the first term opens next week. Over the weekend, a circulating flyer suggested that Unatu had declared a nationwide strike over low pay. The flyer printed with various Unatu colours also features images…
Ugandan opposition leader call for a revolution against Museveni, Bobi Wine
While speaking to the to the FRANCE24 ,Ugandas opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine. The star musician-turned-politician called for “civil disobedience, a moral uprising, a revolution” in Uganda, which has been ruled for 38 years by President Yoweri Museveni. “I fear for my life because I know that the regime is bent on eliminating all…
VC Nawangwe presides as chancellor at 74th Makerere graduation
However, by the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001, as amended, the Vice-Chancellor assumes this responsibility when the Chancellor is unavailable. The last graduation ceremony, held in February 2023, was presided over by Professor Ezra Suruma, the then Chancellor, whose term expired in December 2023. Subsequently, Makerere University initiated the search for a…
Ugandan student who died in Egyptian police cells returned, buried
Augandan student who died in Egyptian police cells has been returned and laid to rest at his ancestral police in Luwero district. Ahmad Mukasa Nsanja, 30, was a student at Alazhar University in Cairo. He was arrested on December 27, 2023 after he was found with no visa. He was detained at First Settlement police…
NRM celebrates 38th Liberation Day in uganda
On 26th January 1996 NRA took over power in Kampala, today Uganda on Friday marked the 38th NRM Liberation Day when the party National Resistance Movement (NRM) overthrew the then sitting government and took over power in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war in the east African country. President Yoweri Museveni who led the guerrilla…
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