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   State Minister Joyce Kaducu touring education exhibition stalls at Kololo yesterday. PHOTO CREDIT - JK BY JOSE KABALE KAMPALA Today, the 21st of March, Uganda joins the whole world to commemorate the International Education Day for the year 2024 under the theme "Learning for the lasting peace " The celebrations were preceded by an Education exhibition which were launched by the State minister for Primary Education,  Joyce Moriku Kaducu at Kololo ceremonial grounds yesterday. After touring all the stalls which showcased various innovations by learning institutions to enhance social life, Kaducu commended the government for the generosity with which it established the free education program known as Universal Primary Education (UPE) and USE at the secondary education level. The program is intended to provide an alternative to Ugandans who financially cannot afford the private schools education. While as the minister of state for Higher Education John Crysestom Muyingo la...

Dr. Miria Matembe{1st from Left} addressing media at ANT headoffice.  PHOTO CREDIT - JOSE KABALE By Jose Kabale Kampala The famous political activist Miria Matembe is tired of Ugandans' begging culture something she believes has fueled exploitation and impunitive manipulation of the citizenry by political leaders. While addressing the fourth estate at the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) political party head office in Kampala on a Wednesday the 20th of March, the outspoken Matembe expressed her frustration over Ugandans shameless tendency of begging from their political leaders.  According to Matembe, such acts have exposed Ugandans to exploitative impunity and arrogance by the political leaders. " .... why accept to be bought? Banange turabye we're poor, I used to live in this country, my father was a peasant they were poor peasants, but I never saw them begging, a senior citizen begging?...ondese otya?..." On the same note, she accused the government of th...

  By Jose Kabale Kampala After 27 years since the inception of Universal Primary Education (UPE), the gov't is set to roll out a Free but Compulsory UPE across the country by next year. Ahead of the International Education Day celebrations for the year 2024, the state minister for Higher Education John Crysestom Muyingo has revealed that the Ministry has already obtained the 309.16b Uganda shillings capital grant to assist in the implementation of the program. UPE and USE are Education programs intended to extend an opportunity to Ugandans who cannot afford private schools. While addressing the fourth estate at the Uganda Media Center on Tuesday March 19th, Muyingo invited all Ugandans to participate in the forthcoming International Education Day commemoration ceremony at Kololo ceremonial grounds where the President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is expected to be the chief Guest. "The Ministry of Education and Sports in collaboration with our esteemed stakeholders a formal invitati...

BY JOSE KABALE KAMPALA The Bombo district Police yesterday the 18th of March rescued a one Josephine Namatovu, a resident of Mpakawero Lufula in Nyimbwa Sub County Luwero district, from a raging mob after allegedly murdering her 12years old daughter Caroline Tumwesigye by chopping off her head. According to Police findings, the mother cut off the juveniles' head, hand fingers after a thorough beating. Upon examining the scene, police recovered a machete and sticks hidden under a traditional mat. The provisional findings indicate that the suspect was practicing witchcraft. The suspect insists that the daughter was initially possessed by evil spirt before committing the heinous crime. The body pieces of the deceased were subsequently conveyed to the general hospital for postmortem.

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs through the Directorate of the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons has called upon the foreign nationals in Uganda to report all cases of human Trafficking within their communities of residence to their leaders. The Deputy National Coordinator for the Department of Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Derrick Kigenyi B. PHOTO CREDIT- NEWVISION JOSE KABALE KAMPALA This was disclosed by Deputy National Coordinator for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Derrick Basalirwa Kigenyi while addressing the weekly press conference at Naguru Police headquarters today.  The Directorate for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons under the Ministry of Internal Affairs has acknowledged a spike in cases of Trafficking foreign nationals especially the Somalis, Ethiopians, Eritreans, and South Sudanese from Uganda to Lybia under the pretext of seeking employment.  According to Kigenyi, most of the trafficked individuals fall victim of organ harves...

BY JOSEPH KABALE Market vendors spreading their merchandise along the Railway line reserve.   PHOTO CREDIT - NEWVISION KAMPALA   The Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) has implored the public to prioritize safety and respect for designated railway areas. While addressing the media at Naguru today, the acting Managing Director of the Uganda Railway Cooperation David Musoke Lubega has raised concerns over the recurring trend of accidents exhibited during the testing phase of the Railway line. In a bid to revamp the Railway line services, In 2020, Uganda Railways Corporation signed a contract with M/s IMATHIA CONSTRUCCION to construct a concrete sleeper railway line from Kampala – Mukono. While as the physical construction commenced in 2023 with removing the old steel sleeper line from Kampala to Mukono, upon completion of the Kampala-Namanve project, Musoke Lubega appealed to the road users to ve cautious while crossing the railway line to avoid accidents when the...