Month: January 2017

Education minister Janet Museveni has blamed schools for the poor performance in the 2016 UCE examinations arguing that most schools have sacrificed academic excellence at the altar of commercial gain, with many asking students to pay money for numerous tests and Mock exams instead of teaching. She has also faulted […]

The Jinja Magistrates Court has further remanded Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere and his royal guards to prison until 20th, February 2017. This is after the resident State Attorney Grace Ntege informed presiding chief magistrate Francis Kaggwa that police inquiries into Mumbere’s two case files are still-ongoing. Ntege also produced 8 […]

The Lord Mayor of Kampala, Erias Lukwago has threatened to move a council resolution to have the Minister of Kampala, Betty Kamya punished. Lukwago faults Kamya on four accounts; Passing off as the head of Kampala yet the head is supposed to be the Lord Mayor, Governing KCCA  by decree […]

The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises  which is probing the Shs. 6 billion oil cash bonanza has faulted officials of the Uganda Revenue Authority for not consulting the board before paying out the money to 42 government officials. The money which has been commonly referred to […]

President Yoweri Museveni and the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres have had several discussions including The security situation in Somalia, South Sudan, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo pledging to strengthen efforts to develop sustainable peace and development in the region.   The two leaders have met at […]