ARUA: Gov’t urged to Monitor Early-Childhood Education to Limit Early Pregnancies
Education stakeholders in the West Nile Sub-region have asked the government to take complete control of pre-primary education, implying that it will sustain prevention of early marriages and adolescent pregnancies.
During a regional consultation on Uganda's education policy review, chaired by former Education minister, Nuwe Amanya Mushega, City.Mr. Raymond Ombere, the Arua City education officer, explained that monitoring pre-primary schools will ensure children of the right age are in the right place.
"It is a death blow to leave this pre-primary...
Court Dismisses Ssemakadde’s Petition to Halt the Implementation of Car Trackers
Justice Oscar John Kihika of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an application that was filed by Isaac Ssemakadde, Chief Executive of Legal Brains Trust (LBT), seeking to block the implementation of a new compulsory digital car tracking policy.
According to Justice Kihika, the LBT had raised important legal issues, however found that the injury to be suffered was limited to the cost of plates.
"LBT raised important legal issues, but limited the cost of new number plates, which would be...
Government to introduce policy on alternative dispute resolution
The Ugandan Government is set to introduce a policy on alternative resolution of disputes in the country. The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Nobert Mao, expounds that the policy aims at regulating handling of disputes. Mao revealed that Government has already drafted a policy to this effect. He urged citizens to embrace alternative ways of settling disputes such as reconciliation, mediation small claims procedure and plea bargaining in criminal matters.
Makerere named among top 10 universities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Makerere University has been ranked 5th among the top 10 Sub-Saharan Africa universities by The Times Higher Education. The rankings produced in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, rank 88 universities from 17 countries in the region.
The ranking highlights the strongest universities in Sub-Saharan Africa across a comprehensive range of performance indicators covering five pillars of ‘access and fairness, Africa impact, teaching skills, student engagement, resources and finance.
FDC Appoints Nabwiso To Resolve Internal Conflicts
The deputy spokesperson of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, John Kikonyogo, while addressing a press conference today, June 26, 2023, at the party headquarters, revealed that Dr. Frank Nabwiso has been appointed to handle the internal conflicts in the party, after receiving serious allegations against some senior members.
"FDC has been facing intrigue, bribery, corruption, impropriety, fraud and lack of transparency accusations that worsened during the ongoing mobilization of the party elections. As is customary within FDC, our...
INNOVATION: Makerere University makes solar powered cooker with zero carbon emissions
Makerere University produces a wonder cooker, with zero carbon emissions, providing 100% undisturbed cooking where one does not have to fear getting burned. Its heating process is only triggered by electromagnetic touch, the first of its kind.
According to Peter Tumutegyereize, the principal investigator and lecturer in the college of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, this cooker is the first of its kind because it uses induction technology, while all others in the world use resistive technology.
"Even if the user forgets...