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Even before Uganda recorded its first Covid-19 case, President Museveni on March 20 ordered the closure of all institutions of learning on grounds that he was removing all likely hotspots to prevent any super spread of the pandemic. → Read More
Eighteen months since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Uganda, the country's schools remain largely closed, trapping at home some 15 million learners and leaving parents in a dilemma. → Read More
The Minister of Education, Ms Janet Museveni, is scheduled to release the 2020 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results on Friday. → Read More
More than 7 million Ugandans who can hardly earn or spend Shs3,500 per day missed the government Covid-19 relief cash, according to analysis of the figures from Uganda Bureau of Statists (Ubos). → Read More
Only six people in Kampala City had been cleared by Thursday as government formally launched the Covid-19 relief cash payment that aims to give Shs100, 000 each, to over 500, 000 vulnerable people in cities and municipalities. According to government data presented July 8, during the inauguration of the exercise at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kampala, 126, 552 individuals had so far been… → Read More
The government will today start registering the expanded 16 identified vulnerable groups eligible to receive Shs100,000 Covid-19 relief cash, whose disbursement is expected to start within the next two weeks. → Read More
Parliament has approved a Shs44.7 trillion budget for the approaching financial year 2021/2022, following one month's debate on ammendments by the parliamentary committee. → Read More
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested. Mr Amuriat was Friday morning arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts in western Uganda. → Read More
Police Tuesday fired teargas in efforts to block the Leader of Opposition Betty Aol Ochan from accessing the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) offices in Najjanankumbi, Kampala. → Read More
Kyandondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine has finally made it to the list of presidential aspirants that have so far been cleared to go for presidential nominations next week. → Read More
The four-time presidential candidate of the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, Dr Kizza Besigye, on Wednesday delivered an emotional speech, excusing himself from running in the 2021 presidential election. → Read More
The Ministry of Education has said they need Shs97.6 billion for reopening of schools and other education institutions across the country, Daily Monitor has learnt. → Read More
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed that they have opened borders for Ugandans stuck in the East African Community (EAC) countries to return home. → Read More
The government yesterday resumed countrywide issuance and registration for passports nearly four months after the service was suspended due to Covid-19. → Read More
Former presidential candidate and FDC founding president Dr Kizza Besigye yesterday declared he is still in the struggle to liberate Uganda and will only leave when the job that brought him into the struggle is accomplished. → Read More
Opposition leaders have told People Power coordinator Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, to go slow on the decision about the anticipated coalition for 2021 elections. → Read More
President Museveni has said the decision to hold 2021 elections will depend on the advice of the scientists working to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. → Read More
Dr Stella Nyanzi, events promoter Andrew Mukasa alias Bajjo and several others have been arrested in Kampala for demonstrating over what they described as "slow distribution" of government relief food to vulnerable people, mostly affected by the Covid-19 induced lockdown. → Read More
President Museveni yesterday faulted Ugandans that have settled in wetlands and other disaster-prone areas and ordered that they vacate to safe areas. → Read More
The Ministry of Educational officials yesterday assured the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Sports that they will investigate cases of alleged sexual harassment of Makerere University female students by security forces during last week's protests against the 15 per cent increment on tuition. → Read More