Christian University (UCU) Needy Students’ Scheme Receive UGsh 80 Million from President Museveni

Christian University (UCU) Needy Students’ Scheme Receive UGsh 80 Million from President Museveni

The Uganda Christian University (UCU) students’ needy scheme was founded by the guild president, Timothy Kadaga to help students faced with a challenge in raising the tuition and other scholastic material. The scheme organized a marathon to help raise more funds and the speaker of parliament, Hon. Rebecca Kadaga was the chief runner. While at […]

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The Parliament of Uganda Honours Shs100M Pledge to Ghetto Kids

The Parliament of Uganda Honours Shs100M Pledge to Ghetto Kids

Today 18th February 2020, the Clerk to Parliament, Jane Kibirige handed over the dummy cheque of shs 114m to the Ghetto kids at Parliament to fulfill the promise. In December 2019, members of parliament pledged to contribute shs 250000 each after Triplets Ghetto Kids were threatened by their landlord to  be evicted  from the house they […]

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Government tables the NSSF Bill

Government tables the NSSF Bill

The National Social Security Fund Amendment bill has on Tuesday 14th August 2019 been table into the floor of parliament for its first reading. The bill was tabled by State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs, Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi on the session chaired by speaker Rebecca Kadaga today afternoon. The bill aims at providing midterm […]

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Bulamogi County MP Kenneth Lubogo tasks Government to address issue of striking lecturers

Bulamogi County MP Kenneth Lubogo tasks Government to address issue of striking lecturers

Bulamogi County MP, Kenneth Lubogo raised his concerns on the government’s plan to stop strikes within public Universities in Uganda. Lubogo while in parliament on Tuesday raised a matter of national importance in which he demanded to know what plans the government has to address the issues raised by the teachers in public universities. “The […]

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YMCA Comprehensive Institute Passes out Pioneer Degree Students

YMCA Comprehensive Institute Passes out Pioneer Degree Students

YMCA Comprehensive Institute held its 21st graduation at the end of February 2019 during which 3228 students were awarded with Degrees, diplomas and certificates in different academic courses. The institute passed out the pioneer Degree students ever since they started offering degree courses. These included bachelors of catering and institutional management, bachelors of Information technology, bachelors […]

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Sacked Makerere Lecturers to Refund Salaries, Says Nawangwe

Sacked Makerere Lecturers to Refund Salaries, Says Nawangwe

Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabus Nawangwe has said all 45 Lecturers who were recently sacked from the University are to refund the salaries. In a press conference at the University, Prof. Nawangwe said the lecturers had not delivered and therefore no cause for a pay.  “All those staff that we continued paying our money and […]

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Sacked Staff should Petition University Tribunal not Parliament- Prof Nawangwe

Sacked Staff should Petition University Tribunal not Parliament- Prof Nawangwe

Makerere University vice chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has challenged the sacked staff to follow the right University protocol in following up with their case. This comes a day after Parliament through the office of the Speaker on Wednesday received the petition from a section of staff requesting the house to set up a committee to […]

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