Gov’t To Conduct Data Collection Exercise For Schools
The Government under the Ministry of Education and sports is set to conduct a data collection exercise of all schools/institutes including Pre Primary, Primary, Secondary, Post Primary, BTVET and...
View ArticleUCC to Host World Economic Forum
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) in conjunction with the Ministry of Information Communication Technology and National guidance are set to host the Internet for all World Economic Forum. The...
View ArticleFormer Public Service Ministry Official Charged
City Hall Court grade one magistrate has charged and remanded former Accounts Assistant in the Ministry of public service Samuel Keddi to Luzira, for stealing 80million shillings from the ministry.....
View ArticleOMPA President Giles Muhame Lined up as PRAU Nites Return
The President of the Online Media Publishers Association (OMPA) Giles Muhame has been lined up as one of the speakers for the Public Relations Association of Uganda’s professional development and...
View ArticleGun Used to Shoot Kisoro Businessman Recovered
Police in Kisoro has recovered the gun that is believed to have been used by in the shooting of Stephen Sabiiti Semitwe, a prominent Businessman in Kisoro town. Sabiiti, who is also a political...
View ArticleKorean Entrepreneurs to Set Up Pipeline Manufacturing Firm at Port Tanga
President Yoweri Museveni has held a meeting with Mr. Ethan Kim, Mr. Myungil Hur and Mr. Yong -Yun Park, who are representatives of a South Korea enterprise – SeAH Steel Corporation. The company...
View ArticleWorld Bank, Gov’t In $40M Gender Based Violence Project
Ministry of Gender in partnership with the World Bank is set to implement a $40Million (About Shs. 140Billion Gender Based Violence (GBV) Project. Pious Bigirimana, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of...
View ArticleBrac Official Arrested for Kidnap
Brac Uganda Limited, a microfinance organization is on the spot for allegedly kidnapping one of its clients in Kabale district, over an unpaid loan. Ruth Niweturiho, a credit officer with Brac in...
View ArticleTwo Finance Ministry Officials Arrested for Taking Bribes from Investors
Two high ranking officials from the Ministry of Finance have been arrested for seeking bribes from potential investors, Chimp Corps report. Mike Ogor, an Economist and Godfrey Turyabahika, a...
View ArticleHoima: Court Clerk Held for Land Grabbing
Police in Buhimba Sub County, Hoima district is holding a Court Clerk on allegations of land grabbing. The suspect Joseph Asiimwe Mulindwa, works at Kagadi Magistrate’s Court in Kagadi district....
View ArticleURA Introduces Card Swiping Tax Payment Service
Tax collecting body, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has Tuesday launched yet another online and point of sale tax payment system which is aimed at further improving convenience and efficiency in tax...
View ArticleBREAKING: Regional Force Commanders Arrive in Juba
Fourteen senior military officers from three IGAD member countries have arrived in the South Sudan capital Juba to plan for the entry of the 4,000-strong regional force into the restive nation. The...
View ArticleNamed: Finance Ministry Officials Arrested for Taking Bribes from Investors
Identities of the two Finance Ministry officials arrested for soliciting bribes from potential investors have been revealed. The officers who were arrested by security officials have been identified as...
View ArticleSpeaker Kadaga Flags off 100 Youths to Work in Qatar, UAE Under Middle East...
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has Wednesday sent off a group of 102 youths to work as security guards, taxi drivers and general cleaners in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar. The...
View ArticleCivil Aviation Authority Boss Makuza Sacked
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Managing Director Wenceslaus Rama Makuza has been sacked. This was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Works Sarah Kataike in an interview...
View ArticleOpposition Launches Age Limit Campaign
Members of different opposition parties have Wednesday launched a campaign dubbed ‘Defend Article 102,’ aimed rallying the public against a possible move by the NRM government to scrap the presidential...
View ArticleKayihura Shakes Up Police Again
Inspector General of Police Gen. Edward Kale Kayihura has Wednesday transferred senior officers in the new police reshuffle. In a letter dated March 29th and addressed to the Directorate of Human...
View ArticleJanet Museveni: I’ve Forgiven Stella Nyanzi
First Lady and Education Minister Janet Museveni says she has “forgiven” controversial Makerere researcher, Dr Stella Nyanzi for abusing and disparaging her on social media. Nyanzi has in recent weeks...
View ArticlePolice Reveal How Cop Killed Along Entebbe Road
A police officer has been killed in a deadly road accident along Entebbe Road, Chimp Corps report. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Moses Ocitia was crushed by speeding car on Thursday morning at...
View ArticleUganda’s GDP Concentrated in Hands of a Few Individuals – Oxfam Report
Despite the year on year GDP growth, Uganda’s economic growth is increasingly creating a wide gap between the rich and the poor according to a new report released by Oxfam International on Wednesday....
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