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20:07
20:07

Catholic Institutions Asked to Rethink Higher Education Approaches 2 5

Archbishop Bianco says that university education is not only about filling the head with concepts but considering the Taxonomy of Learning Domains which is categorized as the cognitive domain (knowledge), psychomotor domain (skills) and affective domain (attitudes).
19:57
19:57

Middle East Consultant Managers Committed to High Court Entebbe Court 1

The officials were arrested during operations mounted by both the Police and the State House Anti-Corruption Unit headed by Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema.
19:19
19:19

Clan Members Give Nod For Burial Of Bishop Ojwang in Kitgum Pader Town Council 1

Following his death, the Church of Uganda had proposed that Bishop Ojwang’s body would be buried at all saint's cathedral church Kitgum, the designated burial grounds for Kitgum diocese bishop. However, the prelates’ relatives from the Tooro clan in Pader district rejected the idea citing that his body should be buried at his home in Pader town council.
19:18
19:18

Ugandan-Born Priest Appointed Bishop of South African Diocese 1 Top story

Bishop-elect Joseph Kizito was born in Wakaliga, Kampala, in the Archdiocese of Kampala, in 1967. He was educated in Uganda, Rome and Pretoria, South Africa. He was ordained into the priesthood in September 1997 in Aliwal Diocese, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
18:31
18:31

MOH Closes Measles Isolation Centres Countrywide Ministry of Health 2 1

Dr Alfred Driwale, the programme manager for the Uganda National Expanded Programme on immunization -UNEPI says that all isolation wards that previously had measles patients have been closed nationally, following the mass measles/rubella campaign that took place in October 2019.
18:02
18:02

Bus Operators Seek Common Bus Terminal in Kampala 1

Currently, buses going to West Nile, Western Uganda and the Northern Route use separate terminals. Those going to North and Eastern park at Namayiba Bus Terminal while those for the Western flank park in Old Kampala with inter city buses scattered in different parts of the city.
17:57
17:57

Sugarcane Out Growers Struggle to Acquire Selling Permits From SCOUL Kayunga District 2 3

The Chairperson of Kayunga Sugarcane out Grower’s Association Patrick Nsereko reveals that the working relationship between SCOUL and the farmers has been good until 2016 when SCOUL started restricting permits.
17:51
17:51

URA Bows to Pressure, Allows Importers to Pay for Goods When They Enter Uganda 1 2

The tax body had directed that all imported goods be cleared from the port of entry under the single customs territory. This meant that a trader would import goods and when they reach Mombasa or Dar-Es-Salaam, they pay taxes immediately and continue to the final destination – in this case, Uganda.
17:37
17:37

South Sudan, Rwanda Skip Inter-Parliamentary Games Planning Meetings 4 1

The committee held its first meeting in May in Dar-Es-Salam, Tanzania, the second meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in August and the third meeting in Kampala this week. But representatives from both countries have skipped all preparatory meetings for the annual competition.
16:48
16:48

Kitgum Hospital Hit By Power Outages power blackout 1 2

Hourly, according to Omoya, the generator consumes 7 liters of diesel fuel translating to approximately 27,000 shillings, with the cost reaching about 324,000 shillings if its operated for 12 hours.
16:32
16:32

Gov't Probes Cases of Severe Reaction to Measles/Rubella Vaccine Ministry of Health 1 3

The cases, all from the same family, were immunized at a community vaccination post located in Kalagi. But one of them passed away yesterday at the pediatric unit in Mulago National Referral Hospital after being diagnosed with Stevenson Johnson syndrome, a severe skin and mucus membrane disorder that normally occurs as a reaction to medication or an infection.
16:06
16:06

94 Arrested in City Operations Released 1

Uganda Police Force have and sister security agencies have released 94 suspects arrested in city operations against dealers in suspected stolen items.
15:35
15:35

Two Bodies of Kisoro Landslide Victims Recovered 2

Paul Bahinyoza, an area resident says that bodies of the deceased were recovered on Thursday evening while stuck in mud in river Rwafi, which flows into the Democratic Republic of Congo after a long search by locals.
15:34
15:34

Gov’t Positive on Outcome of EU Agriculture Exports Audit European Union 2 1

Agriculture Minister Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja told Journalists in Kampala on Friday that the European Union conducted an audit on Uganda’s agriculture exports chain starting from production, transportation and packaging among others, last month, for which a report is still awaited.
14:59
14:59

KCCA Fails to Pass Budget 2

During the council session held on Friday, at the City Hall, it was resolved that discussion of the budget be halted until they have received guidance from the Minister for Kampala Beti Kamya on the matter of the Acting Executive Director Andrew Kitaka whose powers to present the budget to council are being questioned.
14:07
14:07

Insurance Fraud Researchers Set Doctors Up- Ian Clarke 3

The news of the fraud came after a survey done by the Uganda Insurers Association found wide-spread cheating from hospitals, which forced some insurance to erase some of the clinics from the list of providers, at the beginning of this month.
13:15
13:15

UPDF Soldier Hacks Wife in Moroto Police 2 1

Corporal Stanley Adrionzi, 42 hacked his wife on the head twice and collar bone and at around 2:00 am before handing himself to police.
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12:49

Masaka Municipality Leaders Disagree on Eviction of Food Vendors 4 2

Bahengana is accusing the vendors of overcrowding the street walkaways, making the town filthy in the town and causing disorder.
12:03
12:03

KCCA Appoints Team to Temporarily Manage Wandegeya Market 1 2

According to Acting Deputy KCCA Director Sam Sserunkuma, the team will start its work in a weeks’ time and will manage the market until KCCA conducts elections in the market.
11:07
11:07

Leaders, Residents Divided Over Proposed Split of Serere District Teso Sub Region 1 5

Last month, Serere District Council proposed to carve out Kasilo district from Serere. The proposed district will have four sub-counties and three town councils out of eight sub-counties and five town councils currently operational in Serere district.
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