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Programme to achieve National ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools’ Standards launched in Karamoja Programme to set the benchmark for water, sanitation and hygiene services in schools across Uganda By Admin A water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools programme – WASH in Schools – in Karamoja was launched today at the Matany Primary School in Napak District. The programme, supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and UNICEF, aims to support districts in Karamoja deliver the national WASH in Schools standards in all schools across the region. “Schools in Karamoja are seriously lacking in quality water, sanitation and…
By Admin The archbishop of the church of Uganda His Grace Stanley Ntagali is asking Ugandan youth to always think of laying future plans as this is the only way they will register success in life. Speaking at a media conference to announce the annual Uganda Christian University day that falls on every last Sunday of September at his offices in Kampala, Ntagali says most Ugandan graduates are not fully grilled into the prevailing working environment of Ugandan which has made it hard for them to feet in the job market. The day is aimed at raising funds for the…
MTN Uganda (www.MTN.co.ug) in partnership with Mastercard (www.Mastercard.com) and United Bank for Africa (UBA) (www.UBAGroup.com) have announced a new service that will enable quicker, safer and more convenient online payments globally. Through this partnership, MTN MoMo customers will use a virtual card to shop or make payments at the vast network of global outlets accepting Mastercard payments. The launch of the virtual card that is known as MTN MoMocard will ensure MTN’s ability to provide its customers access to products and services previously a preserve of physical credit card holders while diversifying its mobile money portfolio. Additionally, the partnership will…
By Parliament Press Speakers of Parliament from the East African Community (EAC) have met in Juba, South Sudan with a call on states to strengthen cooperation and promote peace in the region. The legislators from South Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya met under the auspices of the Bureau of EAC Speakers from 17 to 22 September, 2018. The Speaker of the Uganda Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, pointed out the importance of member states supporting each other, saying they have cultural and economic ties. “Uganda bears a big brunt when there is instability in South Sudan because of the resultant…
source Supersport Luka Modric ended Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s decade-long domination of football’s individual awards by being crowned Fifa’s best player of the year on Monday. The Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder starred for both club and country as Madrid won a third straight Champions League, and he inspired Croatia to reach the World Cup final for the first time. He beat Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah to the prize. Modric’s success means Ronaldo remains tied with Messi having won Fifa’s award in different guises five times each. At 33, Croatia’s run to the final was the…
Museveni Donates 100 Millions to Ghetto Groups in Kamwokya By our reporter Hundreds today flocked Passover Harvest church in Kamwokya yearning to get a share on 100 million shillings which president Yoweri Museveni donated to the youths living in the slum to kick start their businesses. Young, Youths and Old patiently waited in lines to append their names on the list of beneficiaries It was a cash money bonanza in slums as the deputy government spokesperson Shaban Bantaliza was dishing out money to the Ghetto youths groups donated to them as capital to boost their small scale business in the…
By Admin Following a Presidential directive to recall reserve forces and recruitment of Local defense units to beef up security in Kampala metropolitan areas, the Uganda people’s defense forces have today released the recruitment program for 24000 LDUs which will start on 25th September up to 1st October this year from Kampala Wakiso and Mukono districts. Recruits must be Ugandan citizens possessing an original national identity card medically fit and ranging between 18 to 35 years. The spokesperson of UPDF Brig. Richard Karemire has said that applicants will be required to have a minimum formal education of P.7 to S.4…
Officials from the ministry of works faced hard time yesterday in the Parliamentary Accounts Committee when they were tasked to account for the unbecoming delay of the standard gauge railway project. The project that started in 2016 was planned to run for five years but two years down the road, no remarkable progress has been achieved as it remains stack on land accusation. In their defense, officials blamed government for delaying the project by failure to release funds which has made it difficult to compensate project affected persons. For example in this financial year, the project needs 82 billion shillings…
Speaker calls for increased public involvement in legislative process By Adiga Julius The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called for public involvement in the law making process instead of stampeding the legislature at implementation stage. Citing the United Kingdom where the public is consulted before Bills are presented before Parliament, Kadaga said that in Uganda public participation remains limited and called for more engagement with the constituents. The public does not fit into our work yet. We do not necessarily have to consult everyone but we can take samples from different parts of the country so we have a…
By Admin Today Thursday September 20th, 2018 Hon. Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi returned to the country and was peacefully escorted by the police to his residence in Magele, Wakiso District. We wish to thank him for cooperating with the police at Entebbe International Airport that provided him with transport, escort and a lead car to his home. We equally thank members of the public for having adhered to the set security guidelines issued yesterday. Thirdly, there were allegations of media personalities arrested. This is not absolutely true. Some of them were questioned in accordance with the set guidelines. All are all…
MPs on the Committee interacting with Persons Living with HIV. By Parliamentary Press Members of Parliament have been informed that people living with HIV/AIDS are still stigmatized despite efforts to fight the disease and stigma. Pill Power, a local Non-Governmental Organization in Kampala told the Parliament Committee on HIV/AIDS that people living with HIV/AIDS are still being viewed as a curse in some communities. The leader of Pill Power, Barbara Katabazi, who gave her testimony to the Committee on Wednesday, 19 September 2018 said that she faced rejection from several people after she declared that she was HIV positive. “My…
Source CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea said it would close a key missile test facility in the presence of “international experts” and potentially destroy its primary nuclear complex if the United States agrees to corresponding measures, South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced in a joint press conference with Kim Jong Un Wednesday. The two leaders made the announcement on the second day of a three-day summit, their third this year, as part of efforts with the United States to contain the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula. Speaking to the media Wednesday after a brief signing ceremony, Kim…
Adopt Ubuntu concept in international relations – Oulanyah By Adiga Julius The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, says differences in opinions and beliefs have stalled progressive development of some nations in the world and caused unending conflict in areas where people fight for control of territories. He added that the world should work to promote each other’s goals and thus improve unity worldwide; religious, traditional and economic beliefs notwithstanding, which he says can solve the problem of conflict. “Christians believe Jesus is coming for the second time; Jews believe the Messiah will be coming for the first time… why…
Speaker calls for open Court Martial sessions By parliament Press The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has asked the army leadership to make the General Court Martial sessions more open and participatory to the public. Kadaga made this call following a remark by Brig. Charles Wacha, the Head of the Directorate of Human Rights in the UPDF that it is difficult for the public to access the barracks where the army courts conduct their sessions. This was at the launch of the Third Quarterly Report of the Uganda Law Society (ULS) titled, The State of the Rule of Law in…
UPDF soldier convicted for defilement jailed for 2 years and 3 days By our reporter The General court sitting in Makindye has today convicted a UPDF soldier Lance Corporal Kenneth Owani over defilement and sentenced him to two years and three days in prison. Owani was found guilty of seducing Maurine Atimango a 16 year old resident of Gulu barracks and forced her into sexual intercourse which resulted into unwanted pregnancy. Owani was arrested in march 2013 and charged for defiling a16 year old Maurine Atimango in the Gulu based Unit Disciplinary court which later committed him to the fourth…