A visually impaired woman in Kasese district has defied all the odds and joined Uganda’s money economy.
Biira Pelucy, the Chairperson of Persons With Disabilities in Kasese Municipality discovered her fortunes shortly after being supported by the...
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday, 12th April, defied torrential rains when he kicked off the tour of the Rwenzori sub region to assess the implementation of the Parish Development Model and wealth creation programs.
The President...
National Institutes of Health (NIH) statistics indicate that 21 million girls aged between 15 and 19 years and two million girls less than 15 years become pregnant every year. About 16 million of these girls give birth each year, mostly 90% in low-income countries at 25%. Uganda has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in sub-Saharan Africa.
The most efficient services come from specialized institutions whose knowledge and expertise take many decades to learn and achieve. It is unimaginable, for example, to make Mulago Hospital a department in the Ministry of Health or Makerere University a department in the Ministry of Education. The low quality of service delivery in many government departments deserves improvement, not additional work, and throwing away institutions like paper towels is very difficult to understand.
The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) has raised concerns over a controversial proposal by the Ministry of Education that seeks to exclude individuals with physical and mental infirmities from serving on the National Teachers Council.