Uganda’s education sector to recover from COVID impact after 2030.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1757 EAT on Friday 15th July 2022. Uganda’s education sector will fully recover from COVID-19 impact and aftereffects after 2030, according to Makerere University-based thinktank, Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC).  In the research in which experts analyzed levels of key education advancement indicators such as enrollment, transitioning, and quality of…

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MPs question Roko’s ‘confidential’ creditors.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1739 EAT on Thursday 14th July 2022. MPs on the parliamentary finance committee have questioned the government’s decision to buy shares in indebted Roko Construction Limited.  State minister for Finance (General Duties) Henry Musasizi told the committee that the government had acquired a copy of the resolution for buying…

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Brig Gen Freeman Mugabe replaces Gutti as army court chairperson.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1650 EAT on Thursday 14th July 2022. President Museveni has appointed Brig Gen Robert Freeman Mugabe as the new chairperson of the Makindye-based army court. He replaces Lt Gen Andrew Gutti whose term of office expired on June 9, 2022, and is headed for retirement at the end of the…

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Sweden hands life sentence to ex-Iranian official over 1988 purge

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1636 EAT on Thursday 14th July 2022. A former Iranian official has been sentenced to life in prison by a Swedish court after being convicted of committing grave war crimes and murder during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The Stockholm District Court on Thursday…

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Ukraine devastates Russian artillery depots ahead of offensive.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1559 EAT on Thursday 14th July 2022. Ukraine destroyed a series of Russian ordnance depots in the 20th week of the war, demonstrating the efficiency of US-supplied HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) rocket systems and other Western systems, and worrying Russian military observers. These Ukrainian attacks appear to…

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Kampala Minister , KCCA ED ask Ugandans to join Parish Development Model

By E K Benj KAMPALA- The minister of Kampala, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda and Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka has called upon Ugandans to join the Parish Development Model Program aimed empowering citizens financially. During the State of Readiness for Implementation of the Parish Development Model – PDM at City hall on…

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Govt earmarks Shs 135bn for Karamoja hunger.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1438 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022 . The government has earmarked Shs 135 billion to avert the hunger crisis in the Karamoja sub-region in the next three months.  The intervention was announced by the prime minister Robinah Nabbanja in parliament during a plenary sitting on Tuesday. According to…

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Aweko’s beautiful solution to Kampala’s trash.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0047 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022. Where one sees trash, one woman sees style and beauty. Fashion designer Faith Aweko is that visionary woman. Aweko is the founder and design head of Reform Africa, a line of bags made from used polythene bags. Instead of clogging the water…

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