Parliament Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga has asked Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda to explain to the reopening of schools. The speaker additionally, wants the education ministry to address Parliament on the same. This comes after continuous media reports that schools will reopen before the close of this month. However, her directive follows concerns by Members of Parliament (MPs) that parents, students, ...

A senior Makerere Professor of History has come out to clear the air on allegations that President Yoweri Museveni does not possess a Bachelors degree from Dar-es-salaam university. This follows former Ethics minister Miria Matembe’s allegation recently that the Ugandan president is a senior six dropout who only went Dar-es-Salaam University for courtesy visits. Matembe challenged President Museveni to produce ...

Born in 1935 to Celestino Mayambala Musoke and Monica Musoke,  Francis Kitaka started school at Rubaga Primary School, before being admitted to Bukalasa Minor Seminary, from where he was thrown two years later for reportedly wearing bathroom sandals to Church. He then joined Rubaga Boys’ Secondary School in 1951, sitting his Middle School Examinations here in 1952. Kitaka then proceeded ...

Dubai allows four passengers to travel in Hala (Dubai taxi) vans booked via the Careem app from today. This is due to new guidelines from the Dubai Road and Transport Authority (RTA), a statement from Hala read Thursday. Dubai authorities had previously restricted all taxis to only two passengers in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. “As ...

President Yoweri Museveni says troubled Labour minister Mwesigwa Rukutana will face the courts of law. This is over last week’s violence in Rushenyi county during the NRM primaries. The police arrested Rukutana in Ntungamo together with his three escorts. This follows a shooting incident in Ruhama, Ntungamo district in which one person was seriously injured and a motor vehicle damaged ...