“Let Pregnant Girls Pursue their Studies”Fort-Portal Leaders React
By Claire N Following Rt Rev. Bishop James William Ssebagala’s opinion of not allowing pregnant girls from attending their schools till they have sorted their issues at home, Different Religious and governmen leaders in Kabarole and Fort portal at large have given in their reactions. In an interview with our reporter, Rt. Rev Reuben Kisembo […]
Continue ReadingtTransport Fares Remain Constant In Kabarole As Schools Reopen
By Sylvia k As schools reopens today after a two years Lock -down due to covid- 19 pandemic, transport fares have remained constant in Fort portal. According to government directives through the ministry of works and transport to all transporters not to hike transport fares as students travel from different destinations as schools reopen. According […]
Continue ReadingSecurity Not Given Priority As Schools Reopen
BY KABOOHA Schools in Uganda have today 10th Jan 2022 resumed teaching after nearly two years of closure due to Covid-19. However, in many schools which were visited by our reporter, security at the entrance was loose as all the attention was put on recording temperatures of visitors but not checking them for any suspicious […]
Continue ReadingFort-Portal: RCC Threatens To Apprehend Religious Leaders
BY SYLVIA KUGONZA Religious leaders sabotaging the government programmes of Covid-19 vaccination and National Oral Polio Vaccination campaigns risk being apprehended and prosecuted in courts law. Festus Bandeeba, the Deputy Resident City Commissioner Fort Portal observes with concern that there are religious leaders instigating believers asking them to boycott the government programs like covid 19 […]
Continue Reading2022 Academic Year,Parents Worried Of School Dues
By Clare N Parents in Kabarole have joined parents elsewhere in Uganda to send back their children to schools despite hardships in putting together the required school dues. This follows the presidential directive of ending the world’s ever longest school closure resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic. The rush to open schools yesterday has left some […]
Continue ReadingNTOROKO: Submerged schools fail to reopen
EDITORIAL Education, The district chairperson Ntoroko district has stated that all schools that were affected by the rising water levels of Lake Albert in Kanara Sub County have been able to reopen immediately for the academic year. Kasoro says four schools, which include Umoja, Kachwamkumu, Kanara and Rwangara primary schools, have not been able to […]
Continue ReadingRwenzori Agencies Set To Kick GBV Out Of The Region
By CLARE NAYEBARE Stakeholders from the Rwenzori region have partnered with NGO’S of Action for Women Foundation (AWF) and Rwenzori Forum for peace and Justice (RFPJ) to discuss issues of gender based violence related in Rwenzori region. In a recent two day workshop funded by UN women under Women’s peace and Humanitarian Fund held at […]
Continue ReadingNew Kampala ArchBishop:
EDITORIAL Bishop Paul Ssemogerere takes over from late Cyprian LwangaBishop Paul Ssemogerere has been confirmed as the new Archbishop of Kampala archdiocese by Pope Francis. Bishop Ssemogerere’s appointment was confirmed on Thursday, December 9, 2021 by the Apostolic Nunciature to Uganda, Archbishop Luigi Bianco at Lubaga Cathedral. Ssemogerere replaces late Cyprian Kizito Lwanga who was […]
Continue ReadingGBV Prevalence in Uganda remains high despite efforts to address it says US Ambassador Natalie.
The United States Ambassador to Uganda HE Natalie E Brown has called upon cultural leaders and other stakeholders to commit themselves and form a collective effort to eliminate all violence against women and girls in Uganda. Speaking during her visit to Gender based Violence shelter in Bwaise, HE Natalie said that concerted efforts are […]
Continue ReadingNtoroko district authorities have decried the devastating effects of being a refugee-hosting community
Editorial According to the authorities, they are facing a number of challenges, some of which are likely to hinder the resumption of schools once the government reopens them following the ongoing influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. William Kasoro, the Ntoroko District LC V chairperson, says that he was shocked when he […]
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