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Vice Chancllor Victoria University Dr Lawrence Munganga and senior management team have met Speaker of Parliament Anita Among to discuss new ways of improving the Country’s Education. Follow up meetings and consultations will be done and decisions will be announced to the Nation. Both believe and agree that learning should be technology-driven and Higher Education [...]
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Masaka catholic diocese has declared the birthplace of St. Charles Lwanga, one of the venerated Uganda Martyrs, a national spiritual tourism centre. The Bishop of Masaka Diocese Serverus Jjumba declared Lwanga's birthplace at Birinzi village, Bukakata Sub-county in Masaka district a national spiritual and religious tourism site yesterday. St. Charles Lwanga, commonly known as “Karooli [...]
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Commodity traders have blamed the shortage in supplies and rise in prices on yields from the previous seasons which were caused by the February-March drought. Hassan Nviiri the chairperson of Kisenyi Miller’s Association says the season led to low maize supply against high demand and saw the price rise to 2050 up from 1,300 Shillings. [...]
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A truck driver was killed and his body abandoned in his vehicle trailer in Wairaka trading center along the Jinja-Iganga highway. Kiira region police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 26-year-old Tadeo Ssemanda, whose body was found with a sealed mouth, tied with ropes, and wrapped with bedsheets. The deceased trucker was heading [...]
Hundreds of residents of Kireka Zone B are in panic over a looming eviction by the UPDF Engineering Brigade which is building a perimeter wall around Mandela National stadium. The government kicked off the renovation of Mandela National Stadium with the construction of the perimeter wall as one of the requirements from CAF. But Anne [...]
Vinka’s new banger “One Bite” debuts on Apple Music NMD playlist. Sony Music artist Vinka on Friday released her monster track titled One Bite. The addictive and upbeat "One Bite" was produced by TON and mastered by Swangz Avenues producer Steve Keys. The song immediately featured on Apple New Music Daily playlist earmarked as a [...]
Airtel Named Most Admired Telecom in 2022 Top 100 Brand Africa Survey. Kampala, 14th June 2022: Airtel Uganda The Smartphone Network with the widest 4G coverage in Uganda, has been named the most admired Telecom brand in the 2022 Brand Africa top 100 event organized at Protea Hotel, recently (3rd June 2022). Running for the [...]
Roast And Rhyme 15th edition heads to Jinja Swangz Avenue’s Roast & Rhyme bounces back this July with a bigger and fun parked out of town destination and an edition themed “Nyam on the Nile.” The countryside experience dubbed Roast And Rhyme Nyam on the Nile is going to be a fully parked weekend full [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released fresh information detailing the extent of the damage caused by tobacco to both the environment and human health. Every year the tobacco industry costs the world more than 8 million lives, 600 million trees, 200,000 hectares of land, and 22 billion tonnes of water. The WHO report notes [...]
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Secondary Science Teachers under the Uganda Professional Science Teachers' Union will lay down their tools at the beginning of the next school term. In a letter addressed to the Ministry of Education and that of Public Service, the teachers accused the government of failing to increase the salaries of science teachers and improving their working [...]
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