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During its special meeting held on 19th February 2020, the University Council considered the Management report, the Senate report, the report of the Finance, Planning, Administration and Investment Committee and reports of University Companies. On behalf of the Chairperson of University Council, Mrs Lorna Magara, the Ag. University Secretary Yusuf Kiranda issued the Resolutions of the special meeting of the University Council. He said the council agreed to: approve the Senate recommendation of candidates for the positions of Principal and Deputy Principal and accordingly recommend the following to the Chancellor for appointment: Principal College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr.…
President Salva Kiir yesterday issued a decree Friday appointing the widow of South Sudan founding father Dr John Garang Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior as vice president. Kiir dissolved the Transitional Government of National Unity and appointed new officials as part of forming the long awaited government of national unity. He appointed opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar as the First Vice President. He then maintained Taban Deng Gai and Dr. James Wani Igga as the other two vice presidents. Rebecca Nyandeng is also appointed as the other vice president. One vice president from the South Sudan Opposition Alliance is yet to…
Police has blocked the planned second round of presidential consultations by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The People Power Movement leader wrote to police seeking clearance to resume his consultations which were blocked last month in seven districts. His scheduled consultative meeting was supposed to take place on Monday, 24th February 2020. “Having paid for the venue and done everything else required of us by the law, police did not respond within the 48 hours as required of them,” Bobi Wine explained. He said the excuse the police are giving this time is that they want…
President Yoweri Museveni has expressed sympathy to the citizens of Uganda and Rwanda that have been affected by the closure of the Katuna border and called for patience, saying a lasting solution is being sought to solve the problem. He expressed optimism that with the independent facilitators from Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the truth will come out because the NRM government stands for the truth. The President was speaking to hundreds of Ugandans who had gathered at the Katuna border post waiting for the outcome of the summit. The 4th quadripartite by the heads of states of Uganda,…
The government will continue to roll out of the new curriculum for lower secondary school despite a resolution of Parliament halting the process. Members of Parliament on 04 February 2020 passed a motion halting the exercise citing non-preparedness stemming from training of teachers, no sensitisation and consultations. The Minister of Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni while presenting a statement on the same on Thursday, 20 February2020, said that it is too late for the government to halt the roll out of the new curriculum as the process was already underway. The Ministers aid that they held consultations with…
Legislators on the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises(Cosase) have tasked officials of Umeme Uganda Limited, over circumstances under which the power distributor received Sshs100 billion from the Ministry of Finance. In a meeting between the Committee and electricity power entities on Thursday, 20 February 2020, Jinja Municipality East MP, Hon. Paul Mwiru raised a red flag over an audit query where Umeme is said to have withdrawn the whole amount from the Umeme escrow account yet it was eligible to withdraw only shs65 billion that was owed to them. An Escrow account is an account on which…
Students of St. Daniel ComboniPolytechnic in the North Eastern district of Moroto are set to benefit from a fully furnished ICT lab courtesy of the MTN Foundation in partnership with the Belgian development agency, Enabel. The MTN Uganda Foundation which isthe corporate social responsibility arm of MTN Uganda, in partnership with Enabel, a bilateral agency that implements and coordinates the international development policy of Belgiumhave extended support to vocational institutes through the provision of computers and fast internet connection. This is expected to partly contribute to the fulfillment of the aspirations of the 10-year BTVET strategic plan called “Skilling Uganda”…
The Minister for Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has pledged to present the National Food and Drug Authority Bill to Parliament in April and requested MP Mbwatekamwa to ditch preparations for his Private Member’s Bill. “I want to believe that by March, Cabinet would have concluded on the Bill and by April, it will be tabled before Parliament. I do welcome Hon. Mbwatekamwa to join efforts with us and harness the ongoing work so that the Bill can be speedily enacted into law,” she told MPs during the Thursday, 20 February plenary sitting. Prior, a complaint was raised by Kasambya…
Rev Isaac Mwesigwa who was last week found in Soroti District in eastern Uganda days after he went missing, has been arrested by police in Kampala. “Police to take the Reverend Mwesigwa to Nakawa Court for giving false information,” Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed on Thursday. Rev Mwesigwa said he had been kidnapped by armed men from Mukono and driven to Soroti District. He was on his way to deliver his research work at Uganda Christian University, Mukono. He was reported abandoned by the kidnapers at St Peter’s Cathedral in Soroti town at on February 12, 2020…
MTN Uganda has been recognized by Rohde & Schwarz, with “Highest Network Performance Score” for its data and voice services. The award was officially presented to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MTN Uganda – Mr. Win Vanhelleputte at the company’s offices in Kololo, Nyonyi Gardens on Tuesday, 18 February 2020 by Shakil Ahmed, Director Africa together with Paul Mwangi, Manager Mobile Network Testing, Rohde Schwarz. Rohde & Schwarz bestowed this awardon MTN Uganda following tests conducted on ground in Uganda, during the 3rdquarter of 2019, and within the framework of a study that involved extensive tests of voice calls and…