Kamya said she is carrying out an evaluation of all the Authority and Urban Council meetings that have taken place since May 2016 to establish how relevant they have been to service delivery, which is the core function of the Authority.
Read more ...David Basangwa, a Mental Health Expert, says 25 percent of the people in the country have some form of mental illness.
Read more ...This is the second annual event is themed Parliament; the voice of the people. Uganda Radio Network has been following the activities of the parliamentary week and now brings you pictures.
Read more ...Jimmy Patrick Okema, the Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson, says Police intercepted Akech together with four others on Wednesday evening as she tried to evade a checkpoint in Bibia on a motorcycle.
Read more ...Patrick Wambende, a vendor in front of former Foods and Beverage store, says it is sad that police was deployed to guard the streets instead of going to hunt for people who start drinking as early as 6:00am.
Read more ...Professor John Kasenene, the Vice Chancellor Mountains of the Moon University, says that since the Presidents directive was made public, there have been concerns from students and lecturers who are a worried that a lot will change when the institution is in the hands of government.
Read more ...Kidega said there is need for the lawmakers to avoid pushing positions of their individual countries, saying they represent the people of East Africa.
Read more ...Joseph Nsabiyumba, a law student is one the voters from Kisoro district who turned up to interact with his area MPs. Nsabiyumba says he saw this as an opportunity to meet the legislators to address his concerns after trying to connect with them severally in vain.
Read more ...The commissioner for secondary education standards Kule Benson says all schools have been given 100 percent of students to be admitted in a bid to ensure control quality and that students join government schools on merit. He said the ministry selected students based on their performance and choices.
Read more ...The dredger was built by Mango Tree Group in 2015. But its operations has been blocked after protests from a section of area leaders and the National Environment Management Authority-NEMA citing environmental concerns on Lake Victoria.
Read more ...Bobi Odiko, the senior Public Relations Officer at EALA, was last year reported by The East African, saying the Assembly wasnt against universal suffrage. He argued that this is one of the ways in, which the assembly can effectively represent the citizens of East Africa.
Read more ...Mourine Osoru, the Arua Woman MP, says she will attend the NRM anniversary celebrations given the fact that they are in her district. She says MPs who say they will skip the celebrations have their reasons different from those who will attend.
Read more ...Star athlete Stephen Kiprotich has indicated he will not take part in this years Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Read more ...Introduced in the financial year 2009/2010, the government, in partnership with commercial banks and Micro Deposit Taking Institutions, set up the 60 billion Shillings Agricultural Credit Facility to provide medium and long-term loans to projects engaged in agriculture and agro-processing on more favourable terms than they are usually available from commercial banks.
Read more ...The state prosecutor presented an affidavit by detective Corporal Charles Izama from CID headquarters, saying the accused had many other grave cases, which police are yet to forward to the Directorate of Public Prosecution-DPP for sanctioning.
Read more ...Starting this year, no private school will receive capitation grant for senior one and senior five entrants. The only available provision will go towards sustaining learners in senior two three, four and six.
Read more ...Published in October 2017, the report shows that 35 percent of fathers encourage their daughters to go for FGM against 19 percent of mothers across Karamoja and Sebei sub regions. Amudat district registered the highest number of parents encouraging their daughters to get mutilated with 33 and 31 percent for fathers and mothers, respectively.
Read more ...Over forty five thousand barrels of crude oil have accumulated since oil exploration begun on discovery of commercially viable oil in 2006
Read more ...Ever since the institute was created, it has produced just 133 technicians, who were also trained in Trinidad and Tobago. On return, explained Ongodia, the principal, the technicians have been redundant, partly because there was less activities in the sector, but also because their training does not fit very well with the needs of the sector.
Read more ...The government claimed that it had terminated Energy Infratech Pvt Limited EIPL contract as owners engineer for Karuma and Isimba Hydro power projects. However Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary, Robert Kasande said Energy Infratech Pvt Limited EIPL contract is still running until April.
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