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May182022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Government to Convert Namanve Thermal Plant To Gas

Business, FEATURED, Latest News, NEWS, Oil & Gas, Rwanda

With the global fuel Crisis across the globe, the government of Uganda to start using gas to run the emergency Namanve 50 KW thermal plant to run the electricity generating machines, this was revealed by the UEGCL Board of directors at Namanve Mukono. The Government of Uganda through its Uganda electricity generation company limited UEGCL, took over officially from the Norwegian firm Jacobsen. Officials from UEGCL toured the plant to assess the progress of work in the last three months. Namanve thermal power plant is a standby plant in case Nalubaale and Isimba hydro power dams goes off the national greed Dr. Eng. Harrison Mukitanga, CEO Uganda electricity generation company limited (UEGCL) revealed that with these unstable fuel prices across the globe, the government has plans to modi...

May172022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Allied health workers lay down tools over,As science teacher continue their strike

FEATURED, GOSSIP, Health, Latest News, NEWS, Rwanda

Education ministry is still tussling it out with science teachers to enter the classrooms for which they have been abandoned for two weeks, again it's the allied health workers working in government facilities who have gone on strike, demanding fulfillment of a pledge for salary increment. The health workers under their umbrella body Uganda Allied Health Professionals’ Associations,announced their strike after reportedly giving the government an ultimatum of 21 working days to look into their demands. They say the government promised to better their pay in the 2017/18 financial year following a collective bargaining Agreement between various workers’ Unions. The agreement provides for Certificate holders to earn Shillings 1.3 million up from the current Shillings 300,000, Diploma holde...

May162022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

An Open letter to Muhozi Kainerugaba, Please have some respect for elders!

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By Muhimbise George Dear Gen Muhozi, receive my warm greetings. As usual you have been on rampage, throwing tweets around in which you make political statements regarding your futile & empty dream of capturing power. In your recent tweets you were seen ridiculing the person of Gen Mugisha Muntu, to the extent of calling him a sober non performing commander who purportedly wasted the nine years he was a commander. You also regreted why Jet Mwebaze wasn't instead appointed the commander of the army that time and went on to refer to ANT as "a small collapsing party" Gen Muhozi, first of all, you can't regret a decision you never made, if the commander in chief Gen Museveni has never regreted appointing Muntu, why you? Secondly, you need to know that the retired comrades you are ridic...

May162022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Luganda Added To Google Translate.

Business, Education, FEATURED, GOSSIP, Latest News, NEWS

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...

May132022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

MEN GATHER SEASON FIVE: PHANEROO MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL TO HOLD BIGGEST ASSEMBLY OF MEN.

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• Over 30,000 men expected to attend the event at Kololo independence grounds • Participants expected from various countries across the world • Event is free for all, and starts at 9am East African Time. Kampala, Uganda – 9th May 2020 - Phaneroo Ministries International, a non-denominational faith-based ministry with a vibrant presence in Uganda and across the world is scheduled to hold the fifth edition of its annual men’s conference, “Men Gather”, on Saturday, May 14th 2022, at the Kololo Independence grounds in Kampala, Uganda. The event, scheduled to start at 9am, is free and open to men of all ages; and from all walks of life, denominations, affiliations and race. The one-day event shall be marked with fun activities; open discussions focusing on various subjects pertinent to men su...

May132022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Members of parliament want Minister Monica Musenero Censured.

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A section of Members of Parliament (MPs) led by Yona Musinguzi, the Ntungamo Municipality MP, have resolved to processing the censorship of the minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Dr. Monica Musenero. The move comes hours after a parliamentary investigation recommended for disbandment and suspension of Preside, a company which received close to Shs 30 billion to manufacture Covid-19 vaccine with the support of Musenero. By close of business on May 11, six MPs had already appended their signatures on the motion. This follows a petition by Musinguzi in November 2021, to Parliament over alleged misappropriation of funds allocated for research and manufacture of Covid-19 vaccine during the second wave of the pandemic. This parliament to set up a committee to investigate the mat...

May132022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Three Burn to Death after Ambulance Catches fire on the Road.

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Three people including a patient, nurse and the attendant have on Wednesday 11, succumbed to burnt injuries after an ambulance they were travelling in caught fire along the Kasese-Fort Portal road According to the Ministry of Health, the incident happened when emergency care teams were transferring a patient from Bwera Government Hospital to Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital and the ambulance registration number UG 291M in which they were caught fire while in transit at Kibiito in Bunyangabu district. “Our Fort Portal emergency response team reported that five people were on board at the time of the fire that started in the patient cabin. The three people who were in patient’s cabin including an emergency nurse, the attendant and patient died in the fire,” the Health Ministry said....

May122022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Government Resurrects Bukalasa Agricultural College, with a 9billion multi purpose structure.

FEATURED, Health, Latest News, NEWS, Rwanda

Over the years Uganda's oldest Agriculture College at Bukalasa in Luwero District has been facing challenges of insufficient classrooms and insufficient mechanized equipment for use in teaching modern agriculture. This prompted the government of Uganda in 2020 to launch plans to rehabilitate the College, with the support from the world Bank. Now the government of Uganda through its ministry of education and sports has officially received Bukalasa multipurpose building facility from contractor VAMBECO Enterprise, the facility is under the Uganda Skills Development Project. While receiving the facility, Galvin Kisolo Lule the principal Bukalasa College commended the government for addressing the challenges that has been facing the college. Kisolo However pointed out the issue of water for pr...

May122022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Uganda reaping from Gender Policy- Minister Amongi Betty.

Education, FEATURED, Latest News, NEWS, Rwanda

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...

May122022 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Senior one student commits Suicide over school fees.

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Miriam Anyango, senior one student of Aputi Secondary School in Amolatar district, northern Uganda has committed suicide following a misunderstanding with her father over grazing animals and school fees. Anyango’s body was found hanging on a mango tree on Monday 9, after disappearing from home on Sunday evening. The deceased has been living with her father Sam Orech Apollo 56, and stepmother Doreen Amongi since her biological mother left the home. According to family sources, the Orech, who is also the LC II chairperson of Anywali parish, Aputi sub-county physically assaulted the girl for allegedly failing to take good care of the animals she was herding. Amongi said that her husband first picked up a quarrel with her over the whereabouts of his daughter, claiming that she did not graze ...