State minister of Lands, Persis Namuganza, failed to show up before the censure committee that is apparently looking into her case. She is accused of forging a presidential directive to give away prime land at Nakawa Naguru to investors. This forced parliament to summon her to appear before a censure committee to review the evidence. This meeting had to take ...

As the graduation month draws closer, Makerere University Academic Registrar has ordered colleges to display the provisional graduation lists. Prof. Buyinza Mukadasi announced the directive in a 9th January letter. He addressed it to all principals, deans, and Heads of Departments. It comes a little over a month before the graduation ceremony at Makerere University. Over 12,000 students are set ...

The National Medical Stores (NMS) has asked for more funding from the government to better its services. Apparently, NMS asked for about shs 298bn to stock enough drugs in hospitals across the country. The general manager, Moses Kamabale, said shs 35.1bn will be injected in the purchase of malaria drugs. He said shs 13.2bn will be for TB medicine and ...

Uganda is preparing to announce that Ebola has been completely contained as there have been no new cases for the required time. However, reports have shown that there are some funds that are still unused. What emerged showed that shs298bn had been mobilized by partners to support the fight against Ebola. However,  reports also show that shs154bn of these funds ...

Many people have started asking many questions after a number of hospitals conducted failed circumcision procedures in Kenya. 18 boys were admitted to various hospitals with one dying after being put through the procedure. Last month, 6 boys were admitted at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. One of the boys arrived in a very critical condition after ...