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Jun212022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

NCHE Approves Seven Courses at St. Francis School of Health Sciences

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The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has approved approved 7 courses at St. Francis School of Health Sciences in Namataba, Mukono district. The courses include Diploma in Biomedical Engineering, Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology, Diploma in Pharmacy, Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Community Health, Diploma in Midwifery, Diploma in Nursing Direct, Diploma in Nursing Extension and Diploma in midwifery extension. In a letter written by the Deputy Executive Director NCHE, Rev. Canon. Dr. Alex M. Kagume, informed the institution that they have accredited their programs. “I am pleased to inform you that after due consideration, Council at its 64th meeting of 14 March 2022 under MIN 446/64/2022 accredited the programmes.” He wrote The institution was then advised to tell thei...

Jun172022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Huawei ICT Competition Global Level final happening this weekend.

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(Kampala Uganda 17th June, 2021)The Huawei global ICT Competition final will be happening this weekend. Huawei ICT Competition is a competitive ICT talent exchange program developed globally for university, college and TVET students. This aims to promote the healthy development of the ICT talent ecosystem and support the integration of industry and education. Launched in the African region just six years ago, the Competition has developed into the largest ICT skills competition in Africa and the world at large. The final will start with an opening ceremony on Friday 17th June 2022, then Saturday 18th June will be the examination day where the exercise will be conducted for five hours (written and lab exam). Uganda students shall battle over 150 teams globally representing over 40 countr...

Jun142022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

We Are Sorry, But It Was Part Of Co-curricular Activities.

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Lubiri High School has finally owned up, saying the students who were filmed dancing in the Midland High School bus are their students. This was revealed in a letter dated June 12, the management of Lubiri High said the students seen on the bus belong to them and shall be subjected to disciplinary action. “The students on board belong to our school. They had gone for an Agricultural Show to Jinja,” Management. The school said that this is a co-curriculum activity that is allowed and provided for at the school. “As Lubiri High School we take a stand on the actions taken in the video to be just a mere dance of which is part of the school’s co-curricular activities, " said the school. The management of the school apologized to Midland High School for any inconveniences caused in view of...

Jun72022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

MTN invests Shs 60million into Rukungiri community school.

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Over 200 students are set to benefit from the completion of the construction and furnishing of classrooms at Buhandagazi primary school in Rukungiri district by MTN Foundation. Located in Buyanja sub-county, Buhandagazi primary school is a community institution founded by Buhandagazi Church of Uganda in 2015 to extend access to quality education closer to the children in the area. The school management chairman Enoth Bijoki narrated that the school was struggling to mobilise resources to complete the construction of the classrooms intended to create learning space for the children. “We did not have sufficient funds to construct the requisite classrooms. Once in a while, we had well-wishers set up classes but the progress was not fast enough. As a result, children had a poor learning env...

Jun22022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Mathew Kirabo found guilty of murdering Desire Mirembe.

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Mukono High court judge Henry Isabirye Kawesa found Mathew Kirabo guilty in a murder case of Desire Mirembe who was a Makerere student. The Mukono High court was fully packed with the late Desire Mirembe’s family members against one relative from Kirabo’s side, then court humbly started with a short prayer conducted by the lead defense counsel Charles Dalton Opwonya. After the moment of prayer, Happiness Ainebyona the resident state attorney asked court to adjourn the court session because the assessors were not in court, a thing that was objected by the defense counsel Charles Opwonya. "It's my player that this case is adjourned to another day due to the absence of the court assessors", said Ainebyona. After reading the ruling for almost 3hrs until, he found Mathew Kirabo guilty in hi...

Jun22022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Minister Muyingo’s Seeta Kindergarten Bus Knocks Kid Dead

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Sadness and grief engulfed parents and relatives of a Nalugemwa Shannel 2 years old who was knocked dead by a Seeta Kindergarten speeding school bus registration number UAX 458 E. The sad incident occurred yesterday at Gulama village, Goma division at 1.pm while the driver of the bus only identified as Waswa was dropping kids to their respective homes. According to eyewitness Kozala Abbas, the kid was playing in the compound next to the road and she was knocked, after knocking the innocent girl, the driver went to Seeta police station and reported that he had found a girl knocked dead on the way. The vehicle has been seen hidden inside the perimeters of Seeta Kindergarten Nabuti campus in Mukono central division, no one was allowed to enter the school premises including the parents who we...

May212022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Vice President Alupo lauds Huawei for fostering Uganda’s ICT vision.

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The Vice President of Uganda H.E Maj (rtd) Jessica Alupo has described Huawei Technologies (Uganda) Co., Ltd as a force to reckon with when it comes to developing the country's budding Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. The Vice President made the assertion during the awarding ceremony of the 2021 Seeds for the Future finalists and the 2021-2022 Huawei Regional ICT Competitions finalists. The event took place at the National Innovation Hub at UICT, Nakawa on Friday 20th May 2022. H.E Alupo said Uganda's ICT sector is one of the primary drivers for achieving economic growth and status as a middle-income country and that she was glad that the government's partnership with Huawei was fostering the country's ICT vision 2040. ".....Because of your Huawei programs such as th...

May162022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Luganda Added To Google Translate.

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Luganda speakers are about to enjoy the internet more than ever as the Google translate feature will start supporting the language on top of other 23 new languages. Google estimates that the language is spoken by over 20 million people in Uganda and Rwanda. This was announced at the recent annual developer conference, I/O 2022, where the search giant made a host of exciting new announcements for its products and services. The translation feature uses a new machine learning technique. Google Translate has added 24 new languages to its translation service, taking the number of languages it supports to a total of 133. Among these 24 newly-added languages apart from Luganda (Uganda and Rwanda), 8 are in use in Africa. The list includes Ewe (Ghana), Krio (Sierra Leone), Lingala (the Democrat...

May122022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Uganda reaping from Gender Policy- Minister Amongi Betty.

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The Government of Uganda is committed to achieving the goal on gender equality and women’s empowerment due to the numerous benefits realized under the current Gender Policy. According to the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom, the Gender Policy has been a critical advocacy tool in lobbying for the inclusion of gender concerns in development programmes and projects. While delivering a lecture before senior military officers at the Uganda People’s Defence Forces Command and Staff College, Kimaka in Jinja on Wednesday, Hon. Amongi revealed that several Ministries, Departments and Agencies had developed gender policies and Strategies in line with their sectors. She singled out the Ministries of Education and Sports; Water and Environment; Public Service...

Apr192022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Maria Flavia Nakyejwe a primary teacher drowns in Kalangala swimming pool

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A teacher of Bufumira primary school yesterday Monday drowned in a swimming pool at Pearl Gardens Beach, Kalangala islands. According to an eyewitness Margaret Namanda, the incident happened between 5:30 pm and 6 pm. "Nakyejwe dived into the swimming pool to join three other swimmers. But after three minutes, the swimmers alerted the guide that Nakyejwe was at the bottom of the pool," says Namanda. Namanda further explains that the guide who was standing at the poolside dived into the pool and with help of the swimmers removed Nakyejwe from the swimming pool. She adds that the guide thereafter carried out cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), a lifesaving technique used in emergencies situations when someone's heartbeat or breathing has stopped. "I think she swallowed a lot of water in...