BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU KAMPALA: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2024 At a slummy suburb of Uganda’s Capital City, Kampala, Dr Charles Niwagaba, an associate professor of civil engineering at Makerere university is spearheading research basing on human urine as a source for cheap fertilizer. It is hoped that this could bring a …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Thursday, August 24, 2023 The Muni University in Arua, host of the inaugural Idi Amin memorial lecture to be held on September 1, 2023, has unveiled a sh114.256 billion (USD30.88 million) memorial project plan that is expected to enhance the furtherance of the university’s mission to …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SUNDAY, AUGUST 06, 2023 The West Nile Development Association (WENDA), an umbrella organization for the local governments in West Nile is organizing a grand reception in honour of Larry Feni, the swimming hero who won double gold at the special summer Olympics in Germany recently. The …
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BY EDWARD AKAKI, TIMOTHY EODU- MOROTO A 2021 survey by National Population Council shows that Karamoja has the highest fertility rates in Uganda standing at Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 7.9 compared to the country’s average of 5.2.Also, 46% of pregnancies in Uganda are unintended with the mean desired total …
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BY MARKO TAIBOT ADJUMANI: TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2023 Airtel Africa in partnership with UNICEF and the government of Uganda has launched a five-year multi-billion digital education project at St Mary’s Assumpta girls boarding secondary school in Adjumani district. The program intends to connect 100 schools to the internet and enroll …
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Friday 17 March, 2023 By Agustine Olule-Moroto Leaders of Moroto municipality and Moroto district have called upon the people of Moroto to wisely use the Municipal Public library which has been brought back to existence by MTN after donating computers.Speaking during the commissioning of the library at the municipal headquarters, …
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BY SUN PR OFFICE – Soroti Soroti University has been selected to be a Nuclear Reactors Research Centre. Out of the 9 Government of Uganda Public Universities visited, Soroti University emerged as the most suitable to host the training centre in the country. This was revealed during a meeting between …
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Thursday, 9 February 2023 By Timothy Eodu Karamoja leaders moot for community involvement in security roads construction. Several leaders from Karamoja have called upon the ministry of works and it’s constructors to consider using the local population especially the karacunas (youth). The leaders urge that some of these karacunas (youth) …
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By Edward AkakiThe ministry of Education and sports, Uganda yestersday 28th January 2023 released the results of the 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) registering improvement in the overall performance country wide as compared to the previous two years.The total number of pupils who passed increased from 659,910 in the previous …
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By Edward Akaki – MorotoA section of leaders of Moroto district have blamed the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the district and region at large to laxity by some parents who do not teach their children good morals or leave them to learn from others.This was during the launch …
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