By Julius Businge The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has urged strongly telecom subscribers to register their SIM card registration before the set deadline of Feb. 28. In a statement released on Feb. 8, the commission said no unregistered SIM Card will be connected on any network in Uganda after Feb. …
Read More »African Development Bank poised to boost geothermal development in East Africa
By Julius Odeke Building on its Kenyan experience in the East African Rift Valley with the Menengai geothermal project, the African Development Bank is working on an ambitious geothermal development program for Africa. Chawki Chahed Principal Communications Officer said in a press that apart from the gigantic projects such as …
Read More »Butaleja in voting mood, as Museveni is expected yet again
By Julius Odeke Its three days to elections in Butaleja district where electorates shall go to polls to vote for the woman Member of Parliament filling the vacant post that was left empty after the death of Cerinah Nebanda. The electoral Commission has slated February 11 to be the day …
Read More »Tinyefuza
By Haggai Matsiko Maverick army general’s letter divides army Gen. Muntu, Maj. Kazoora, Col. Kulayigye, Col. Mwesigye react It’s difficult to guess what Gen. David Sejusa aka Tinyefuza, the maverick Coordinator of Military Intelligence and Senior Advisor to President Yoweri Museveni, is thinking. But you can bet anytime that …
Read More »Power without responsibility
By Andrew M. Mwenda An examination of the growing power and tyranny of international human rights organisations International human rights groups largely founded and financed by the West have increasingly become powerful voices shaping politics in Africa. Their voice is respected by governments and mass media in the West. Given …
Read More »Senior four results out
By Feliciah Kanyesigye The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released the Uganda Certificate of Education results on Feb. 7 at statistics house in kampala. According to the UNEB executive secretary, Matthew Bukenya, the UCE examinations were conducted successfully with no leakages and few cases of malpractice. Statistics indicate that of …
Read More »Museveni: on Besigye’s interview
By Sarah Namulondo President Museveni has responded to the Sunday Monitor Feb 3rd published interview of Dr. Besigye. In his letter “clarifications of Besigye’s lies” he said Dr Besigye submission that the NRM has failed the economy by not living up to the point number five of the NRM programme …
Read More »Ugandan journalists trained in personal safety and protection
By Julius Odeke 20 journalists in Uganda have completed a training workshop on safety and personal security run by ARTICLE 19. The training sessions have been designed to provide vital skills to enable them to work more effectively in an increasingly hostile environment for journalists. “This is a timely training …
Read More »African Water Facility to support access of Urban poor to sanitation
By Julius Odeke The African Water Facility offered a 1 million euro grant to the Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) to support their Kawempe Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement Project (KUPSIP). The project is designed to provide affordable and sustainable sanitation services to over 100,000 urban poor living in the Kawempe …
Read More »UPC calls for reforms in the education system
By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Uganda People’s Congress has called for critical reforms in the education system to avoid the division in some parts of the country. Prof. Joseph Bossa the UPC Vice President while addressing journalists on Wednesday in Kampala said that UPC is concerned that the future of Uganda …
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