Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents, local leaders and education authorities in Acholi have expressed disappointment at the government for failing to deliver radio sets to households to facilitate long-distance learning. In July 2020, during the first pandemic lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni …
Read More »Education ministry renews pursuit of radio sets for learners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is planning to reintroduce a proposal for the purchase of radio sets for learners who are currently stuck at home as Uganda battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. The government planned to procure radio sets as one of the measures to …
Read More »Uganda registers 13% decline in households with radio sets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of households that own radio sets has declined by 13.5% in a survey carried out by Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Radio is a leading source of information in Uganda and there are over 200 stations authorized by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to broadcast …
Read More »Budget committee rejects UGX 336Bn radio procurement deal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee has declined to approve 336.8 Billion Shillings supplementary budget request by the government to purchase 9 million radio sets for Ugandan homes to facilitate the long-distance learning program. The decision has been disclosed by a section of MPs on the committee who …
Read More »MPs appalled by state of firm fronted to supply radio sets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The local firm being fronted by the Education and Sports Ministry to supply Ugandan homesteads with radio sets mainly deals in assembling transformers and woofers, Parliament has learnt. This became apparent when a due diligence team from the Budget Committee visited Orion Transformers and Electrics …
Read More »Kitgum COVID 19 taskforce distributes 1000 radio sets to rural households
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum District COVID 19 Taskforce is to distribute 1000 radio sets to selected families in rural areas. The Kitgum Resident District Commissioner, William Komakech, who also chairs the Task Force, says the radio sets were donated by Irene Gleeson Foundation-IGF, a Christian a faith …
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