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UGANDA GOVERNMENT WARNS SCHOOLS TO AVOID EXPLOITING PARENTS OVER COVID19 TESTS By Goodluck Musinguzi As school children return to class on Monday, the Ministry of Education has asked parents not to pay any extra charges meant for testing students for covid19. The Government has pledged its health centers or hospitals …

By Goodluck Musinguzi Ugandans have been waiting for 10th January 2022 to return students/pupils back to schools after they were affected by the Covid19 pandemic for almost 2 years. Students, teachers, and parents have promised to do whatever it takes to avoid another lockdown. Hon Janet Museveni, the Minister of …

BY DAVID WRITE BUKEDEA: SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 2022 As the nation races towards resumption of the academic calendar, Bukedea Comprehensive Secondary School is readying to open in style. Bukedea comprehensive school, amixed boarding secondary school whose pre-Covid-19 enrolment was over 500 learners. Martin Eweru, the school’s deputy head teacher said …

By Enid Ahumuza Finally, 2021 is gone! Hurray, What a Year!! The world nearly brought to its knees by covid-19, whether by design or nature, it showed us that we all are because others are too. This got me thinking, who are the icons of our country, whose lives are …

BY LAWRENCE OKWAKOL PALLISA: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2021 The deputy speaker of parliament, Rt.Hon. Anita Among has congratulate the security forces for keeping the country safe and stable in the face of challenges from terrorists in 2021. Ugandan security forces are executing a joint operation with the Democratic Republic of …

By Goodluck Musinguzi President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned one of the 117 newly built secondary schools under the Inter-Governmental Fiscal Transfer Reform Programme of government that is aimed at strengthening local governments. Keihangara Seed Secondary School is located in Rwenshambya village, Ibanda District one of the hard-to-reach areas where …

BY OKELLO JESUS OJARA GULU: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2021 The office of the Prime Minister has given relief food to 2,000 vulnerable households in Bardege – Layibi division in Gulu city. The food items included 10,000 kilograms of beans and 20,000 kilograms of maize flour. Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the Bardege …

BY INNOCENT ATUGANYIRA MASINDI: MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2021 Kinyara Sugar Limited has donated relief food and personal protection equipment to Masindi Prison. The donation is part of the company’s continued quest to promote healthy well being in the community during these unprecedented Covid-19 times. The items that were to benefit …

By Goodluck Musinguzi Uganda is left with 9 years to fulfill its ambitious program “the Presidential fast track initiative on ending HIV&AIDS in Uganda by 2030”, it was launched by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni 5 years ago. This was the first initiative in Africa and the entire world anchored on …

By Goodluck Musinguzi Who is reporting on the covid19 pandemic in Uganda, do you trust that journalist? Do you wait for foreign media to write about your country? When the Covid19 pandemic emerged on the scene a lot of misinformation was flying over and it has become worse with the …