Uganda news

It’s been a couple of days into the new term but thousands of government teachers are in distress after two months without salaries.Some reports have shown that teachers were last paid in June yet they are expected to deliver their best.“They only keep saying the system is faulty and promise to pay us but all in vain. We are stuck ...

Ambassador Of Uganda To UAE, Zaake Kibedi, has said Ugandans should start travelling with employment contracts to UAE. Most of the people apparently travel with tourist visas but then end up staying as workers which also puts them in harm’s way. “Let all Ugandans coming to work in UAE come on employment, not tourist visas. The labour laws in UAE ...

The MP for Bugiri Municipality and president of JEEMA Uganda, Hon Asuman Basalirwa has said that Parliament has never stopped the Nyege Nyege Festival. As Parliamentarians, they simply gave their opinion about the event. “Parliament has never stopped Nyege Nyege. Parliament gave its opinion on the festival,” said Hon Basalirwa while appearing on NBS TV’s Barometer program. This seems quite ...

Kashambya Sub-county residents in Rukiga district registered big losses after a heavy downpour. The storm lasted several hours which eventually led to heavy flooding over the weekend. Elineho Bandaganire, the area Sub-county chairperson revealed the worst hit areas. He said these include Nyarubisi, Nyarugororo, and Nyaruhanga cells in Kitanga parish. Elineho said that the flood destroyed properties , farmlands and ...

Sarah Bireete, the executive director, Centre for Constitutional Governance has said the way Uganda is being run seems as though it has a royal tribe because it seems more like a monarchy than a republican. “The purpose of term limits is to make sure that no single group of citizens have a monopoly over institutions of power. However, we have ...