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Over 200 P.7 candidates relocated as floods devastate Katakwi
At least 212 primary seven candidates in Katakwi district are to be relocated from 11 examination centres in Katakwi as a result of flooding. This was announced ahead of the Primary Leaving...
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Makerere students are corrupt, paid to strike - First Lady
The First Lady and minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni has accused striking Makerere University students of being corrupt and allowing to be paid and used by opposition politicians...
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Museveni orders army out of Makerere University
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the immediate withdrawal of the military from Makerere University. Makerere students have been protesting against the 15 per cent tuition increment since...
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URA intervenes to end deaths on L. Bunyonyi
Lake Bunyonyi has turned into a cemetery for pupils in south-western Uganda between Kisoro and Kabale who row dug-up canoes (boat) to and from school. Faced with deadly waves, the small canoes usually...
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Minister: forget free sanitary pads
On his campaign trail in 2016, President Museveni promised free sanitary pads to all girls enrolled under the universal primary education. But three years later last weekend, a government minister said...
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Museveni: Who deployed soldiers at Makerere?
For a week now, the army has waged a merciless attack against Makerere University’s student protestors in the full glare of cameras but President Museveni shocked his ruling NRM MPs yesterday when he...
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Nantaba told: You will die like Kaweesi
From March 24, 2019, when a police officer shot and killed 40-year-old Ronald Ssebulime, accused of trailing, with intent to kill minister IDAH ERIOSI NANTABA, she has told bits and pieces of her side...
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Guinea-Bissau president names new PM but old one refuses to go
Guinea-Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz named a new prime minister on Tuesday but his sacked predecessor refused to step down, intensifying a bitter power struggle between Vaz and the ruling party weeks...
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How human trafficking gangs work in Uganda; one victim narrates her ordeal
The high level of unemployment has driven many young Ugandans to seek job opportunities abroad, especially the Arab world. While many have successfully turned their lives around through legally...
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UNEB invigilator found dead in her room
A Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) invigilator at St Barnabas secondary school in Karujanga in Katuna town council in Kabale district to monitor the ongoing Uganda Certificate of Education...
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Human rights shouldn't be priority for judiciary in Africa - Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has said Africa has more pressing challenges to even start bothering about human rights violations. Museveni who was addressing the Convention of African Judiciaries on Human...
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Parliament condemns brutality against Makerere students
Parliament yesterday passed a motion condemning the brutality meted out on Makerere University students by security officers. The motion was tabled by the Igara West MP, Raphael Magyezi. He urged...
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'Troy' handed 14 years for manslaughter in Mowzey Radio death
Entebbe High court judge Jane Francis Abodo has today morning sentenced Godfrey ‘Troy’ Wamala to 14 years in jail over the death of singer Moses Sekibogo alias Mowzey Radio. Wamala was on Monday found...
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Low clergy turn up for Bishop Hannington day angers Kadaga
The speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has lashed out at some of the Anglican bishops who failed to turn up at the Bishop James Hannington prayer service held in Mayuge district recently. Kadaga who...
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Journalists announce media blackout on police over brutality
Journalists under their umbrella body, Uganda Journalist Association (UJA) have today announced an immediate total blackout on all police activities following a sustained attack on journalists covering...
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Gulu University students join Makerere's 'Fees Must Fall' strike
Gulu University students are set to stage a peaceful demonstration tomorrow Friday in a show of solidarity with their Makerere University counterparts against the 15 per cent cumulative tuition...
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Uganda Editors' Guild statement on attacks on journalists
The Uganda Editors' Guild expresses concern and condemns in the strongest terms possible the attacks and restrictions on journalists covering the on-going fees strike at Makerere University. Among...
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Fighting robberies: Success story of Senegal's vigilance committee
In the Senegalese border town of Moudery, a committee initially created to protect residents from robberies has taken on a new purpose in the wake of jihadist violence in neighbouring Mali. In 2010,...
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Gulu University students arrested over Makerere University demo
Five students of Gulu University have been arrested by anti-riot police in a foiled protest against the 15 per cent tuition increment at Makerere University.About 70 students gathered on Friday at the...
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'Makerere strike not yet over' as students make more demands
The students strike at Makerere University that started on October 22 is not yet over, student leaders have warned. Makerere university vice guild president, Judith Nalukwago told journalists at...
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