News
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MPs halt implementation of new school curriculum
Posted: 05 Feb 2020 Parliament has rejected a proposal by the Ministry of Education and Sports to implement a new lower secondary school curriculum citing failure to consult and train teachers in time. This followed a... -
New law to reduce labour disputes backlog
Posted: 04 Feb 2020 Legislators on the Parliamentary Committee of Gender, Labour and Social Development, want the proposed Labor Disputes (Arbitration and Settlement Amendment) Bill to empower employers and labour... -
MPs criticize gov’t on pyramid schemes, cryptocurrency
Posted: 04 Feb 2020 Legislators have attributed the increase in fraud on the mushrooming ponzi and pyramid schemes, and the rise in cryptocurrency. This was after the State Minister of Finance, Hon David Bahati told... -
Kadaga donates shs20m for construction of St Katherine’s dormitory
Posted: 04 Feb 2020 Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has handed over Shs20 million to St. Katherine Old Girls Association (SCOGA) for the construction of a girls’ dormitory at the school based in Lira district. The... -
Gov’t releases Shs15 billion to fight locusts
Posted: 04 Feb 2020 A Shs15 billion budget has been set aside as contingency to fight the spread of locusts, Accountant General Lawrence Semakula has said. Appearing before the Committee on Public Accounts-Central... -
‘Fast track implementation of copy right law’
Posted: 04 Feb 2020 Speaker Rebecca Kadaga wants government to implement the copyright law to benefit musicians who she says do not substantially benefit from their work. Kadaga, who was meeting Uganda’s international... -
Speaker pledges support to Iganga Sacco
Posted: 03 Feb 2020 Speaker Rebecca Kadaga says government is committed to supporting organized cooperative societies around the country. While meeting a delegation of members from the Bukhoyo Parish Bodaboda... -
Kadaga commits to supporting education in Busoga
Posted: 03 Feb 2020 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has pledged to continue fighting for education of the girl child in Busoga. Kadaga said that it is important that education in Busoga is given a boost to... -
Kadaga interests UK investors in Industrial Park development
Posted: 31 Jan 2020 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has met a group of Indian Investors based in the UK, and interested them in establishing industrial parks in the country. She said that government’s plan is... -
Museveni warns judicial officers on corruption, favoritism
Posted: 31 Jan 2020 President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned judicial officers against corruption and making justice a preserve of the affluent. In a speech read by Vice President Edward Ssekandi at the opening of the...