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Moses Kwizera (L), head of the main lab, gives information about the labs at the station Nestled in a rural setting over 20km from Lukaya town council, is a serene self-contained 35-year-old health field station focusing on research and services on population dynamics and public health situation and trends. Welcome […]

Prof Eli Katunguka with Education minister Janet Museveni President Museveni has reversed his earlier position where he had given a ‘no-objection’ to the re-appointment of Prof Eli Katunguka as a chairperson of the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). He now wants the due process to be followed. In a […]

Nigeria President Bola Tinubu Nigerian officials are hoping that plans for a nationwide August 1 protest over the country’s soaring living costs will be jettisoned. Nigerians, frustrated with the country’s crippling 34.2 per cent inflation, are calling for the demonstration on social media posts. The cost-of-living crisis was exacerbated last […]

Godfrey Byaruhanga with some of the stolen items Godfrey Byaruhanga, a security guard at Nyabihuniko health centre III in Chahi sub-county, Kisoro district, has been arrested for allegedly stealing items from the facility. The stolen items included drugs, a mattress, and health kits. Agnes Ayinkamiye, the in-charge of the health […]

Kamala Harris For the most part, the US has been a superpower that runs the world. Like a custodian over the nations, the US has for long influenced and determined who-does-what-when. And the nations have bowed to her superiority. But what happens when one man demonstrates superiority over the US, […]

Airtel Money launches ambitious campaign to promote cashless transactions Managing Director, Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda, Japhet Aritho(L), Airtel Uganda’s Public Relations Manager, David Birungi( R), unveiling a new Toyota RAV 4 Hybrid sports utility vehicle (SUV) which is a grand prize of the new Vroomula Amajja Campaign aimed at transforming […]

RIP: Mathew Bukenya MATHEW BUKENYA, a towering figure who spent two decades as the steadfast guardian of academic integrity in Uganda examinations died on July 21, 2024 at Rubaga hospital. He was 89. Bukenya, served as the secretary of the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) from 1996 to 2016. Pius […]

Some of the suspects in Buganda Road court dock The number of youths remanded to Luzira prison over anti-corruption protests has risen to 95 after City Hall and Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s courts remanded 40 additional individuals on Wednesday.  Earlier this week on Tuesday, several youths took to the streets […]