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Former Presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleeta has urged Parliament to unite and come together as one body. He said this regarding the ongoing situation with the first lady who asked to meet parliamentarians. Kabuleeta advised the legislators to stand together and tell the president he doesn’t own this country. “I wish for once; the Parliament would be united and tell the ...

A construction startup has made a breakthrough in supplying clean water to schools in rural areas. It uses locally available material to build big stone tanks to harvest and save rainwater. The 100,000 to 500,000-liter ‘Walugendo Model Tank’ could become the game-changer in rural schools without access to piped water. Through a three-year pilot project, UMUDRU, the company behind the ...

Absa Bank Uganda has donated 50 computers through the National Libraries of Uganda to ten public libraries. They did this to help enhance the online learning capabilities of the youth amidst the closure of schools. The libraries to benefit include the public libraries located in Lira, Masindi, Jinja, Soroti, Mbale, Kabale, amongst other districts. Absa Bank’s Managing Director, Mumba Kalifungwa ...

After so long, today universities and institutions have finally opened for schooling to resume. The President directed campuses to open up on 1st November after students have gotten vaccinated. The question is, have all the students gotten access to vaccines by now? What is going to be the fate of those who have not yet received the jab? Some universities ...

Activists under the umbrella National Youth Advocacy Platform(NYAP) have blamed the increase in teenage pregnancies on the closure of schools. NYAP chairperson, Crispin Mutehimbwa Kakuba says much as teenage pregnancies were there when schools were open, it has now become worse. “The Covid pandemic and the resultant closure of schools has resulted into the girl child especially in rural and ...