Uganda: Janet Museveni warns schools over compressing syllabus
The Education Minister, Ms Janet Museveni, has warned schools and teachers to stop tampering with lower level curriculum design by compressing the syllabus. Releasing the...
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Museveni to increase judges’ salaries again
Five months after government doubled judicial officers’ pay, President Museveni has once again promised to raise the salaries and other benefits for judges in order...
Plans in high gear for East African coast highway
The Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) has started the process to construct part of the 460-kilometre East African Coastal Corridor development project. Tenders were advertised...
In East Africa, S. Sudan most corrupt, Rwanda least: report
South Sudan has been ranked the most corrupt country in East Africa followed by Burundi. Kenya and Uganda tie in third position, according to latest...
Ugandan teacher held in Kenya with Shs150m ivory
Police in Kenya are holding a Ugandan primary school teacher for allegedly smuggling 42 kilogrammes of ivory worth KShs4.2m (more than Shs150m) and 38 kilogrammes...
Uganda: Oulanya breaks silence on Museveni’s warning against early campaigns
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanya has distanced himself from claims that he is vying for one of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party...
NRM to endorse Museveni for another term
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda who has been in power for 34 years will on January 26 seek endorsement of the ruling National Resistance Movement...
Uganda confirms yellow fever outbreak, three dead
Ugandan health minister Ruth Aceng on Friday confirmed that three people have been killed in a yellow fever outbreak in the midwestern and northwestern parts...
UN releases $10m for aerial spraying against E. Africa locusts
The United Nations has released $10 million for aerial pesticide spraying in response to the worst locust outbreak in decades to hit East Africa, a...
Out of court: Ugandans turn to ‘barefoot lawyers’ to settle land disputes
When Emma Obokullo’s grandmother became embroiled in a property inheritance wrangle, he went online for answers. Obokullo had spotted a Facebook post by BarefootLaw, a...
