Uganda news

The Government spokesperson Mr Ofwono Opondo has become the latest government official to attack the striking teachers especially those teaching arts. Opondo while appearing on the NBS Frontline said that these are only striking because of ‘nugu’ (jealousy). It should be recalled that government a while ago increased the salaries of science teachers by over 300% than their arts counterparts. ...

Hon. Ssemujju Nganda has said the Covid-19 crisis was more serious to the president than the ongoing inflation in the country. He says the number of meetings that were held during Covid have not been witnessed this time round. “You have a President who cares when he wants to and sometimes he forgets that he has to care. During COVID ...

Ofwono Opondo, the Executive Director of Uganda Media Centre has said teachers who are striking should leave if they are not satisfied with the terms of government. He said this while on NBS’ late night talk show. “No one is forcing the teachers back to class, but all @UNATU_ORG members are holding appointment letters. If you think the terms of ...

Natalie Brown, the US Ambassador to Uganda has advised Uganda to improve literacy levels if the country is to transform into a modern economy. She said this during a press conference at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to launch the D.E.A.R Day events. D.E.A.R stands for Drop Everything And Read.  She revealed that the US mission will for the ...

Veteran NRM Cadre, Captain Francis Babu has said if it were up to him, Parliament would have only 200 MPs. According to him, 500 MPs are unnecessary. He says this is only increasing expenditures and yet now more than ever, government needs to be careful how it spends. A number of people seemed to agree with him on social media ...