Nursery Schools Operators Petition Parliament over Indefinite Closure

Nursery schools and Day care centers operators under the Early Childhood Development Association of Uganda have petitioned Parliament over the indefinite closure of the facilities. Recently, Government through the Ministry of Education announced that Nursery schools shall only reopen once the COVID-19 pandemic is no more which has since been viewed as unfair to both the operators and parents. The group…

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UEGCL unveils Shs15bn projects in communities around Isimba dam

 Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited has commissioned the 183MW Isimba Hydropower Station Community Development Action Program (CDAP) Phase I works that commenced in December, 2018, in Kayunga and Kamuli Districts. “It is a big occasion,” Harrison Mutikanga, the UEGCL chief executive officer told journalists on the sidelines of the commissioning event in Kamuli on Nov.13. “We have provided the facilities,…

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M7 to Consider Injecting Shs280b to Green Jobs Program as Over 3000 Youth Benefit in Kamuli

Over the weekend, President Museveni presided over the delivery of state-of-the- art Business start-up tool kits to a total of 3228 youths and women under the Green Job Program in Kamuli District. This was at a function organized by the Ministry of Gender that runs the Green Job Program and the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. The Green Jobs Programme…

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Mobile Money Agents Decry Poor Relations with Telecom Companies

Mobile money agents under their umbrella; the Association of East African Mobile Money Traders Limited have petitioned Parliament over the poor working relationship with telecom companies. The Association Chairperson, George William Nyombi presented the dealer’s petition to the Speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Monday evening. Nyombi explained that mobile money agents face a number of challenges including increased insecurity…

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New Curriculum: MPs, Kadaga Disagree On Education Minister’s Statement

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga and several legislators mainly from the opposition have disagreed with the statement presented by the Education and Sports Minister, Janet Museveni on the revised lower secondary curriculum. On Thursday afternoon, the Education Minister delivered a statement in parliament explaining why the Ministry of Education went ahead to roll out the new curriculum in disregard…

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Kadaga to Attackers: We will Deal with You Severely

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has condemned the raid on the house by members of the Red Top Brigade Movement, saying they will be dealt with very severely. It comes shortly after two men donning red tops jumped from the stranger’s gallery to the floor of parliament around 4:00pm. The two men identified as Dafala Ssenjako and Charles Mutaasa…

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Museveni, Kadaga Hail Mzee Arap Moi for his Contribution to Uganda’s Liberation Struggle

President Yoweri Museveni has paid tribute to the former Kenyan President, Mzee Daniel Arap Moi who died on Tuesday morning at the Nairobi Hospital in Kenya. Mzee Moi, death was confirmed by his press secretary Lee Njiru who noted that the late passed on in the presence of his family members. While paying tribute, President Museveni noted that second Kenyan…

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