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…
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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…
Ugandans dying of hunger are idiots, says Minister Oryem.
This was as a result of president Museveni speech during the Non-Aligned- Movement (NAM) SUMMIT that Ugandans who are starving near to death due famine in karamoja sub region that’s not the station in africa . Hon Okello Oryem said this on the interview made on one of the TV in uganda, where he called…
Uganda ,UAE in negotiation over oil refinery.
The United Arab Emirate’s Alpha MBM Investments LLC was chosen by Uganda from five companies that submitted bids for the project, Energy and Mineral Development Minister Ruth Nankabirwa told the BBC Newsday programme. The two parties are expected to reach a deal within three months. “We hope they are not going to spend a lot…
Parliament to pay tribute to Cecilia Ogwal
The casket, accompanied by pallbearers from the Uganda Police Force was received by Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, and other Members of Parliament. The casket now lies at the Central Lobby where Members of Parliament and other mourners will view the body and sign the condolence book. Ogwal, 77, breathed her last on Thursday 18th, 2024…
