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MTN Regional Marathon is set to happen in Arua this Sunday 10th November 2019 as part of efforts to give the annual MTN Marathon season a national feel. This follows the successful regional run that was held last Sunday in the Eastern district of Soroti. Introduced last year, the MTN Runs were successfully conducted in Mbale, Gulu and Mbarara. So, this year, in the spirit of giving an opportunity to all, the runs were taken to different districts namely; Soroti, Aua and Masaka. The regional races are now an annual feature of the MTN Marathon season. Held under the theme;…
Bosco Ntaganda, whose armed groups terrorized the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was sentenced by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on November 7, 2019, to 30 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ntaganda’s name still send chills across Congo, as he is remembered by his victims for his ruthlessness. Deputy Africa Director Ida Sawyer documented his abuses – including massacres, sexual slavery, and using child soldiers – for many years as a Human Rights Watch researcher based in Goma. She speaks to Audrey Wabwire about Ntaganda, and what this conviction and sentencing mean. How long had…
The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Sabiiti Muzeyi has welcomed a move to introduce Forensic Medicine Science to help in the fight against crimes in the East African region. “Uganda Police is a key stakeholder in the administration of justice and thus seeks to extensively utilize forensic techniques and approaches in the course of criminal investigations,” Maj. Gen. Sabiiti made the remarks while representing the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Okoth Ochola at an Awareness Forensic Medicine and Science workshop held at Imperial Royal Hotel, Kampala. The four days awareness workshop was organised by Makerere university Kampala in partnership…
On a typical day in Kampala, it is not uncommon for one to see an ambulance dashing from one end of the city to another, sirens blaring. In majority of the cases, these vehicles will likely be transferring a patient from one of the high-end private health facilities in the capital to a public hospital for further management. To the casual observer, this might look like an instance in which a private healthcare facility is passing the buck to the public system after failing to manage a case in critical condition. Yet nothing could be further from the truth according…
Celebrations were in order today as the Chevening Alumni Association of Uganda was officially launched at the British High Commissioner’s residence. Chevening is the UK government’s international scholarship scheme aimed at developing global leaders and has been running since 1983. In Uganda there are over 240 Chevening beneficiaries but this is the first time an organised alumni body has been set up. The newly launched association will help advance and promote the Chevening in Uganda and provide a platform for professional networking and interaction. Speaking at the launch, British High Commissioner to Uganda Peter West said ‘I am delighted to launch the…
Rwanda President Paul Kagame in his Monday reshuffle abandoned a powerful and influential Dr Richard Sezibera who has been serving as the minister of Foreign Affairs. Sezibera who once served as the EAC African Community Secretary General was recently plagued by a strange sickness that saw him hospitalised in Nairobi Kenya for months. According to reports, the minister was allegedly poisoned while others say he suffered a stroke. A source told edge.ug that Sezibera is currently paralysed and incapacitated to run the duties required by his office. As such, Kagame appointed Dr. Vincent Biruta as the Minister of Foreign Affairs…
The Minister of State for Higher Education, Dr John Chrysostom Muyinyo, has vouched that elevating the minimum entry requirement in the teaching profession to a bachelor’s degree in education will better the education quality and also nip in the bud the challenges that have entrenched teacher strikes. Muyingo said that the degree requirement is justified by the fact that whereas teachers are role models in the society who need an upright status, their position in the society has lately declined, impacting on quality of learners. “A degree status will bring back confidence and respect for a teacher and also improve…
Members of Parliament have spoken out on the manner in which Police mistreated the former President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party, Dr. Kizza Besigye, calling on government to stop excessive use of force in Police operations. The Police was on Monday, 4 November 2019 captured by the media smashing Dr Besigye’s car windscreen and subduing him with water explosions, on his way to the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole for an earlier planned meeting. The Leader of the Opposition, Betty Aol Ocan, while submitting a statement on the Besigye ordeal during the sitting of Tuesday, 5 November 2019,…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has tasked the leadership of Jinja District to formalise the acquisition of land to facilitate the construction of the Mahatma Gandhi heritage and conference centres. “There has been lack of clarity on whether the land is there and whether it is sufficient for the heritage centre. During the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, the Speaker of the Parliament of India asked me how far we had gone but I did not have a clear answer for him,” Kadaga said. The Speaker said this in a meeting with Members of Parliament, officials from Jinja District, Ministry of…
Top officials of the Ministry of Education and Sports have defended the current position by the Makerere University Management to increase tuition fees by 15 percent. The officials, led by the Minister of State for Higher Education, Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo, reaffirmed the position on the fees increment to Parliament’s Committee on Education and Sports on Tuesday, 5 October 2019. The committee was tasked by the House to investigate the circumstances surrounding the student strike at the university. Muyingo said that much to the knowledge of the ministry, the university students’ guild and the council agreed on the increment…