Today, 20th February 2020, we observe the World Day of Social Justice. It is the day to focus on the injustices in the world of social justice throughout the world, press for improvements and look for solutions. This year, the theme is “Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice”. We believe there could never have been a better time…
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Corporal Geoffrey Okello, a Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF soldier accused of shooting three people in Gulu is set to face trial at the 4th Division barracks in Gulu today. Okello allegedly killed Beatrice Ajok, 52, and her two sons; Dan Joachim Binyang, 18, and Owen Norman, 20 and injured an 8-year-old girl during a scuffle on February 10,…
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The business community and power consumers in Arua and West Nile are threatening to petition President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over intermittent power supply in the region. President Museveni is slated to preside as chief guest on February 25th to mark Onduparaka Football Club’s 10 years of existence at the Green light stadium. For the last two weeks, power consumers in…
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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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The Minister of State for Education Department, Government of Gujarat State-India, Vibhavariben Dave has signed a memorandum of understanding with Victoria University owned by Cuty Tycoon, Sudhir Rupareria which is aimed at strengthening collaborations within the education sector. The Minister came into the country in a company of the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Anju Sharma and representative of 16…
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The ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party has presented over 40 political aspirants to the Kamuda Sub County community, which they described as desolate and underdeveloped. The party members, vying for different political offices ahead of the 2021 general elections turned the belated NRA day celebrations into a show for introducing aspirants. Except for the Commander of UPDF Land forces, Lt.…
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Kakira Sugar Works is underfire from sugarcane farmers from Busoga Sub region for allegedly issuing supplier permits to politicians at their expense. According to the farmers, the factory reduced their supplier permits from 1000 in January 2019 to 400 by December last year. The farmers claim that their plantations were duly inspected by factory officials and are surprised that…
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Makerere University students are piling pressure on the university council to resolve the impasse relating to guild elections. Early this month, the Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Umar Kakumba issued a directive staying all electoral activities pending a review of the contested electoral reforms. The directive triggered anxiety among students and aspiring leaders. Judith Nalukwago, a fourth year bachelor of Dental…
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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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Ugandan officials could have stashed away a whopping USD 73M (UGX267B) of the aid money from the World Bank between 1990 and 2009, a new research paper suggests. The controversial paper written by researchers from the Norwegian Business School, University of Copenhagen, and The World Bank observed that every time the institution released money to aid-dependent countries like Uganda, “there…
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