The National Water and Sewage Corporation has developed a new prototype of a pre-paid water meter. The executive director of NWSC, Dr. Silver Mugisha said, ‘’we have made progress we have the technology which we are yet to patent with Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), but we have the prototype already.’’ Prior to the revelation by Dr. Mugisha, NWSC and ...

According to a report by UNICEF, Uganda is among the only five countries in the world that is still keeping schools shut during the pandemic. James Elder, a spokesperson at a UN Geneva conference said over 600 million children not on academic break are still affected by school closures. He said this is due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He said ...

Over Shs 1.4 billion of the youth livelihood funds have so far been injected in Hoima district. These funds were a way through which the government intended to alleviate the youth in the area from poverty. However, only 25% of this money, meant to uplift the lives of the youths, has been recovered. Many beneficiaries claim the money was a ...

Behind the National Unity Platform leadership, politicians along with religious leaders have petitioned court. This is because of the continued closure of places of worshiping centres. Politicians and religious leaders addressed a joint presser at Hotel Triangle in Kampala on September 8. During the address, they expressed their dissatisfaction in the way the government treats the matter worshiping places. According ...

The Ministry of Labour has written to president Museveni concerning the National Social Security Fund also called the NSSF Bill. The Ministry seeks, among other things, to grant members mid-term access to their savings According to Frank Mugabi, the Ministry’s spokesperson, the ministry wrote to the president about the changes that they agreed upon in the previous meeting. On Tuesday, ...