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In a series of troubling incidents during the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations, police and security agencies have arrested several suspects involved in examination malpractice across the country. In Nagalama, the headteacher of Paul Mukasa S.S. in Kalagi was arrested for electronic sharing of information purported to be a UNEB examination paper. This illicit

Kololo, Uganda – In a momentous event held today at the Kololo Airstrip, more than 16,000 enthusiastic young graduates were awarded certificates, marking the successful culmination of the Presidential Initiative for Skilling the Boy and Girl Child. The initiative, spearheaded by President Yoweri Museveni, aims to equip Ugandan youth with valuable skills to combat unemployment.

On Friday morning, government-sponsored students stormed the Senate building at Makerere University in Uganda to demand unpaid allowances, sparking a protest. The students, who are having trouble finding housing and food, assert that their allowances have not been paid for the past two months. Police were called to the campus when the demonstration descended into

Students returned to the classroom after Uganda ended the world’s longest school closure. More than half of the nation’s students effectively stopped learning when schools closed in March 2020. Uganda reopened its schools on Monday 10th 2022 after the longest pandemic shutdown in the world, but educators and others say that the closing has taken

The State Minister for Health in charge of general duties Hon Hanifa Kawooya has called upon the youth to distance themselves from acts of violence as means of expressing their dissatisfaction over various grievances. Addressing participants at the International Conference for Population and Development (ICPD) National Youth Summit on Thursday at Hotel Africana in Kampala,

By Zawedde Patricia Absa Bank has introduced a cardless withdrawal capability at their Automated Teller Machines (ATM) which allows customers to withdraw cash with their smartphones. The new product offering allows customers to confirm transactions without the need to use their electronic cards, a move that is likely to further ease cases of fraudulent ATM

Kids Voice is both a storybook and a collection of stories from children around Uganda sharing their perspectives and life experiences during the pandemic. Through storytelling and edutainment, the book provides essential COVID-19 information that empowers children to cope and navigate being out of school, the possibility of losing family members, and other effects of

The British High Commission, in partnership with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), UN Women, and the Uganda Women Parliamentarians Association (UWOPA) on Tuesday launched the second cohort of their Mentorship Programme for women parliamentarians in Uganda at the High Commissioner’s residence in Kampala. The one-year program will be funded by the