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By Adiga Julius The minister of Education and sports Janat Kataha Museveni has affirmed that there no any arrangements to give supplementary exams to pupils who missed out on their primary leaving exams. This comes after the Bunyole west Member of Parliament James Walunswaka on Tuesday asked the ministry to provide supplementary exams to pupils who had been seen in the media from the districts of Iganga and Butambala having missed their PLE examinations after their head teachers failed to register them for the exams. Minister Janet Museveni while presenting a statement on the matter to parliament, she put the…
OPM and UNHCR announce the preliminary results of the verification exercise KAMPALA: The Government of Uganda with the support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, concluded a comprehensive exercise to verify the identities of all refugees and asylum-seekers in the country, using enhanced biometric tools. The verification exercise, which was conducted upon a directive from the Rt. Hon Prime Minister in early 2018, was aimed at confirming the number of refugees and asylum-seekers registered in Uganda. It was also aimed at enhancing the quality of data and improving assistance management and the overall support for refugees. These objectives were achieved…
By Adiga Juilius The manager climate change at World Wide Fund-Uganda, Jacob Etinganan is challenging communities in westnile to develop special and local climate change adaptation and mitigation plans for the region if they are to crack down on the effects of climate change. Addressing a meeting of environmental CSOs in the westnile districts today, Jacob stresses that, adaptation plans developed locally always bear fruits faster as compared to foreign imposed strategies. He also reminds them that since climate change comes along with numerous challenges, he asks them to tap into the existing challenges namely, long drought, floods, among others,…
Kadaga Appointed CPA President By Admin The speaker of parliament ,Rebecca Kadaga ,has been appointed President Designate 2018 to 2019 during the Commonwealth association executive meeting held in London ,UK. The commonwealth parliamentary association executive (CPA) meeting is being attended by among others speakers from Cameroon ,Malta ,Kekya ,Lesotho among others . Uganda has offered to host the 64th commonwealth parliamentary Conference in September 2019 in Kampala . The conference theme is adaption ,Engagement and Evolution in rapidly changing Commonwealth .
By. Admin Six leading child rights NGOs have today launched a new children’s campaign aimed at curbing child abuse in schools. Addressing a joint press conference today in Kampala, the executive director, SOS childrens’ home, Olive Lumonya together with her counterpart from Save the children, Brechtje Van Lith decry the continued acts of sexual, emotional, physical psychological violence mated on the children while at school, saying this continues to affect the growth of children as well as the quality of their studying. They further mention that a report on violence launched last year shows that 3 in 4 young adults…
By. Damba Rogers Organizations implementing Communities health insurance schemes at the lower levels are urging government to expedite the enactment of the national health insurance regulations which have spent more than 15 years on the shelves. Due to lack of regulations in the country, it has become hard for the schemes to be rolled out to other parts of the country, which leave thousands of Ugandans un able to access health care services provided by the scheme. Currently, there are 130 schemes running in eight districts across the country among them, Masaka, Luwero, Nakasongola, Nakaseke, Kisizi, Sheema among others with…
Kitatta limps after dismissal of his bail application By our reporter The general court martial for the second time has dismissed the bail application filed by the Boda boda 2010 patron Abudallah Kitatta claiming he has influence to interfere with the evidence against . In his ruling the chairperson of the General court martial Lt.Gen. Andrew Gutti noted that the court found out That offenses levied against Kitatta are capital in nature yet the applicant is a prominent and an influential person likely to interfere with evidence. The court was also not convinced with Kitatta’s deteriorating health without medical proof…
By Damba Rogers Starting next week, the researchers at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) are to kick off with the screening women who are to take part in the HIV/AIDS injectable (Carbotegravir) According to the clinician on the UVRI research team, Dr. Amanda Wanyana, the carbotegravir injectable is studied with the aim of coming up with another option to the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS to affected persons alongside the existing capsules (Truvada) swallowed by HIV negative persons. She further says, the study will see the selected women swallow tablets and after two month receive the injection which will…
By Our reporter. Ugandans suffering from cardiovascular diseases are to starting having subsidized drugs from public health centers and selected pharmacies across the country. The new initiative comes after the Uganda heart institute signed an Memorandum Of Understanding with Swiss drug manufacturer, Novartis that will see the company distribute cardiovascular drugs to the institute at USD.1 with the aim of seeing local vulnerable Ugandans suffering from cardiovascular diseases access quality medicines to crack down on the disease. The previous prices have made it difficult for poor Ugandans suffering from Non Communicable Diseases to easily access quality medicines to help them…
His Excellency Kofi Annan Greatest Pan-Africanist & Mankind’s Most Passionate Ambassador of Recent Times Opinion by Peter Magoma Mashate Lawyer Based in London The advent of His Excellency Kofi Annan a Ghanaian and Nobel Peace Laureate who rose through the rank and file of the UN to become the first citizen of the international family of nations who died on 18th August 2018 aged 8o, but his contributions will live for ever as a testimony that Africans can do it and also do it very well. He served between 1997 and 2006. However he did not easily get the UN…
By Admin. Eight members of parliament under the Uganda parliamentary forum for children have been shocked by the appalling environment in which the street connected children sleep. More shock befell them while in kisenyi, as they couldn’t believe when they found a street child grown into an adult and now a mother of two sleeping in open space with her two babies. Annet mutooro has told the mps that she has lived on the street for now 26 years. She stays there with her two children. Annet who did not reveal the father of the children, says, she can only…
By Damba Rogers Self referral among Ugandans to various health centers within and abroad the country has been sighted as one of the biggest burden to resource wastage and creation of more health complications. Addressing a media meeting today in Kampala, the commissioner clinical services ministry of health, Dr. Jackson Amone and the director general health services, Dr. Henry Mwebesa say, though it’s a right for a patient to seek referral to better and faster services, sometimes this rule is being abused by the patients and some health workers in the country. The health experts say, self referrals have seen…
Kadaga commissions Auditor General’s Moroto Regional Office By Adiga Julius The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has appealed to parents in Moroto to educate their children in order for them to favourably compete for job opportunities in the Auditor General’s Office. Commissioning Auditor General’s Regional Office in Moroto, Kadaga said that with a good education, children from the area will also qualify for better job opportunities throughout the country. “You have to go to school and work hard so as to be able to take advantage of these job opportunities and compete with other qualified candidates,” she said. In her…
African Legislators urged to prioritise good governance in migration By Nassiwa Hanifah KIGALI, RWANDA: Weak policies and frameworks governing migration in Africa have been cited as the leading cause of tensions between host communities and migrants. While presenting a paper on Labour Migration and Governance in Africa to Pan African Parliament MPs on Friday in Kigali, Rwanda, Jason Theebe, the Senior Regional Labour Migration expert of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said absence of good policies to govern movement of labour has potential to give rise to xenophobia, discrimination, racism. He urged governments to provide pre-departure and post arrival…
Deputy Speaker Calls on Local Governments to Stand Up For What is Right By Acaye Henry Deputy Speaker and Omoro County MP, Jacob Oulanyah has called upon Local Government Speakers to stand up for what is right and be brave while chairing their house Oulanyah was speaking at the Acholi Sub-Region Local Government Speakers Conference in Golden Peace Hotel, Gulu today Friday 26 October 2018. While demonstrating the guiding principles of Speakership Oulanyah urged the Speakers to be bold while dealing with controversial issues and not show any weakness.