The Ministry of Education and National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) have explained that they cannot do much about pre- entry exams in universities.
Read more ...The new budget allocation to the sector represents an increment of 504.6 billion from the current financial year 2018/2019 sector budget of 2.78 trillion shillings.
Read more ...Prof. Jasper Ogwal noted with concern the reduction of their budget from Shillings 17.5 billion this financial year to Shillings 16.9 billion in the next financial year.
Read more ...Omoding told the MPs that they had written to NCHE to carry out an administrative visit on Thursday next week to verify the status of the university.
Read more ...Muni University has failed to operationalise two new academic programs since their accreditation in 2017 by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) due to funding constraints.
Read more ...On Tuesday, Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe briefed the Education Committee chaired by Pallisa County MP, Jacob Opolot about the end of the partnership, saying they need additional funding for research from government.
Read more ...Members of Parliament sitting on the education committee have learnt that Makerere University’s Dental Schools requires Shillings 1.4 billion budgetary allocation to install all required equipment for the facility to become fully functional.
Read more ...The land located in Madi-Okollo Packwach, Yumbe, Arua and Zombo was donated to the university by the community. The University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Christine Dranzoa, says that several of university’s planned projects have stagnated over lack of funds, including a medical school to train health personnel.
Read more ...A requiem service was on Monday held at St. Paul’s Cathedral Namirembe, ahead of his funeral later today. The service was attended by dignitaries from the Buganda Kingdom and the central government.
Read more ...Dr. Isaac Ssenabulya, a heart specialist who attended to the late Luswata, says his transfer to Nakasero Hospital from Uganda Heart Institute was prompted by kidney failure and lack of the required machine to resuscitate him.
Read more ...Minister of State for Finance -General Duties, Dr. Gabriel Ajedra Aridru has admitted that government is still challenged with regulating the betting sector in the country.
Read more ...Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has sought for an additional Shillings 66.3 billion to enable domestic tax collections, tax investigations, and recruitment of staff among others.
Read more ...Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has so far registered a revenue collection of Shillings 12.16 trillion in the current financial year 2018/2019, posting a performance of 103 percent and a surplus of 356 billion.
Read more ...When asked by the Finance Committee Chairperson Henry Musasizi to explain whether the FIA policy statement for the financial year 2019/2020 had complied with all requirements under the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (PFMA), Tukei looked ignorant for five minutes leaving MPs wondering whether he was the right person to appear before the committee.
Read more ...The Accountant General, Lawrence Ssemakula, said the court awards had accumulated to Shillings 357 billion as of April 2019.
Read more ...According to the ministerial policy statement for the Office of the President presented to Members of Parliament on Wednesday by Esther Mbayo, the Minister in charge of Presidency, the Office of the President has a funding gap of 701 billion shillings in the financial year 2019/2020.
Read more ...The Accountant General, Lawrence Ssemakula told Parliament’s Finance Committee on Wednesday that part of the 627.2 billion, 484.2 billion will be allocated to capitalize Bank of Uganda (BOU).
Read more ...The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has decried the continued meager funding which forces the human rights body rely majorly on donor funding for its key activities.
Read more ...Members of Parliament have tasked officials from the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) about the recurring human rights violations in the country.
Read more ...According to the EC, a total of 445.2 billion Shillings is needed to execute phase one pre-election activities that had been planned for the current financial year 2018/2019 and the second phase planned for the coming financial year 2019/2020.
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