The Inter Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) in partnership with Global Peace Foundation is organizing the first ever inter religious family festival this year. The aim of the festival is to celebrate the vision of a family as a fundamental and basic unit of society. According to the IRCU secretariat, the one day festival will…
There was joy at St George High School in Kasengejje, Wakiso, after its students excelled in the 2023 UCE exams. The best student, Yusuf Mugwa, scored aggregate 10 and hopes to do better at A- Level. Other students, too, performed well. Katusabe Vallen Mulindwa, the headteacher, said it was a combination of hard work and…
Teachers, parents and students of Janan Secondary School in Bombo-Kalule are in a jubilant mood after their students excelled in the 2023 UCE exams that were released today. When we visited the school, we found Prince Kibirige a candidate who scored aggregate 20 in a jovial mood. Kibirige said he wants to offer Biology, Chemistry…
The ministry of Health in partnership with the Exhibitions and Trade Services, India, will hold the Uganda Pharma and Healthcare International Expo from February 22 to 24 at Lugogo UMA grounds. The Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda is also part of the organizers. The exhibition will focus on manufacturers, suppliers, of pharmaceuticals, APIs, Healthcare, medical technologies,…
The National Population and Housing Census will be carried out from May 10 to 19, 2024, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), has announced. The executive director of UBOS Dr Chris Mukiza said President Museveni had agreed to declare May 10, the day the census shall commence, a public holiday. Mukiza said UBOS had implemented a…
A Kenyan teacher is currently attempting to set the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest science lesson taught by an individual. Rose Tata Wekesa is aiming to teach for at least 50 hours. She is a biology and chemistry teacher at St. Austin’s Academy, an international school in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, but is undertaking…
Male students performed better than their female counterparts according to the 2023 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results that were released today. A total of 364,469 candidates registered for the examinations although 361,695 took the exams. According to the results, 20% of males passed in Division 1 compared to 15% of females. While 4.2%…
In a significant boost to female economic empowerment, 99 women entrepreneurs from Kampala, Lira, and Fort Portal have successfully graduated from the 7th cohort of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Program. This remarkable achievement, supported by the US Embassy in partnership with SHONA Group, underscores our collective commitment to promoting women’s empowerment in the…
The Auditor General has raised a red flag over hundreds of millions of shillings that Makerere University Business School (MUBS) spent on photocopying services. According to the latest Auditor General report, the institution suspiciously spent Shs 143.8 million on photocopying documents but did not table evidence to justify the expenditure. “In a bid to confirm…
Parliament has directed the Uganda Police Forces’ Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) to stop mandatory deduction of personnel salaries as savings. The Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs discovered that the SACCO’s management is violating the Cooperatives Societies Act by denying them the option of voluntary saving. This was contained in the committee’s report…
