The UNATU Secretary General Filbert Baguma says that the manner in which government has handled the situation is likely to spoil the education structure because of the gaps in it
The commissioner basic Education Ismeal Mulindwa wants the higher Institutions of learning that have been decrying the high taxes on the ICT materials used to teach with the system of Open, Distance and E-Learning (ODEL) to formally write to the minister of Education asking for the exemption of these taxes.
After prematurely hosting the FISU netball championships in 2018 , the Makerere multi task Arena faced setbacks after constructors, UPDF Engineering Brigade had switched to Northern Uganda for an emergency.
The communications commission last week issued a deadline for Online Data Communication and broadcasters to obtain authorization from the regulator before continuing to provide such services. The directive targets bloggers, Online televisions and radios, Online newspaper platforms, and digital Audio platforms, which include both Radio and Television, among others.
The principal notes that management is less worried about inadequate teaching equipment than than their capacity to retain their staff, who have realised that remaining in the teaching job is not a matter of life and death.
During an executive committee meeting held today via video-conference it was decided the 2021 CHAN competition will take place January 16th to February 7th in Cameroon.
James Odongo Akia, one of the Directors of Aicerit Newspaper, says that the closure of Etop Newspaper gave them an opportunity to sit down and settle for the establishment of the newspaper.
Students whose education entirely depends on donor funding are unsure of the future after some donors excuse themselves from contributing funds due to COVID-19 impact on their economic status.
On Tuesday, the Health Ministry started charging truck drives Shillings 240,500 for COVID-19 tests. The test results are needed before the truck drivers are allowed to enter and leave the country. Only negative drivers are allowed to enter the country.
Nsubuga had gone to cover a scuffle as police dispersed supporters of Kiyimba who were converging for a campaign procession in Kinoni Trading Centre on Saturday evening, which is against the Covid-19 safety guidelines.
A statement issued today by the media house indicated that the cases were from 332 samples that were taken on August 21, 2020, from the staff at the UBC Kampala office. The staff that tested positive are at now at their homes, under isolation while waiting for the Ministry of Health to link them to care.
The five are part of Radio Pacis staff who were quarantined after they were identified as direct contacts of their colleagues who first tested positive. They included two security guards at the mast, a cashier and two radio presenters.
Since the resumption of public transport in June, Uganda is experiencing an increase of Covid-19 cases with a total of 1848 confirmed cases and 19 deaths. Among these 18379 are community cases that are followed up as contacts.
Speaking during a virtual meeting on Thursday, Aeko Ongodia, a founder and Chief Executive Officer of a XENO investments, a financial advisory company, said that basing on the current situation where businesses are struggling to stand again after corona virus hit, investment clubs were better off not putting their eggs in one basket.
A statement from the Ministry of Health issued on Thursday indicates that the deceased are all residents of Kampala who presented with signs and symptoms of the virus.
Godfrey Kimbugwe, the Deputy Prime Minister Kooki Chiefdom, says the radio station is a key project they have been longing for to support their social transformation agenda among their subjects.
The five include two security guards stationed at the radio station’s transmission mast, the station cashier and two presenters attached to 94.5 studios that broadcast in Madi, Luo and Alur languages.
The Authority had initially planned to evict the taxi's on account that they are the leading cause of traffic jams and accidents along the Northern bypass. It had, on this basis, asked the taxi operators to leave areas adjacent to the 21-kilometre bypass and return to the gazetted taxi parks.
The latest cases include a journalist from Kampala and two politicians from Moroto district. They were all identified through the screening conducted by the NRM party in Kampala for all people who visited the office for activities held in preparation for NRM party primaries due to take place next month.
