The government has directed secondary school head teachers to relax rules and allow students to possess mobile phones. The director of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Yusuf Nsubuga, said there is no law barring the students from having cellular phones at school, especially now that the gadgets are a necessity of everyday life. The teachers must appreciate that the world has changed and some rigid school rules of 1980s and 90s are no longer applicable, he said while addressing headteachers at the launch of the MasterCard Foundation Schools Scheme in Kampala. Positive side of the rule The world has tremendously…
Uganda to spend Ugx.13 trillion on railway line:
The works and transport minister Abraham Byandala says the Uganda Government is planning to construct a new railway running from Malaba to Kasese and Bihanga to Mirama Hills at the border of Rwanda which will have a branch connecting to the iron ore deposits in Muko from Bihanga. The minister also added that the project will include a new line from Tororo to pakwach connecting Gulu and will finally enter Southern Sudan. This project is a joint one between Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Southern Sudan. The project which the Kenyan government has already kick started is expected to cost…
Ugandan women developing the country:
Recently the Ugandan top most powerful women have been in the news world wide, right from East Africa to Middle East. For example, the woman speaker of the Ugandan parliament Rebecca Kadaga won the chairpersonship to the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians, international (CWP) The Queen of Buganda and Toro’s queen mother have hosted over 40 queens and other powerful women in an African Queens and Women Cultural leaders Network conference held at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala. According to the UN’s Eastern Southern Africa central director, Christine Musisi, if we begin to recognize empowered women as the missing link in our pursuit…
