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Entebbe, Uganda I recently escorted my elder sister to the airport on her way out to the United Arab Emirates for hopefully a better job prospect. Her ticket was for a Fly Dubai flight and she had earlier completed COVID-19 testing with the PCR test at City Medicals with her results returning Negative.  Just like all first timers, one doesn’t want to miss their first flight out to anywhere so we made plans to be at the airport early enough to avoid any delays or late requirements that might cause a rebooking fee. Bags packed, travel documents and COVID-19 test results in hand we head to the airport with no stops in mind. With the better part of my days spent between Bulenga on Mityana road and the city centre of Kampala, a drive to Entebbe on the Express way was a welcome shot of fresh air. Not known to me then, was an impending second COVID-19 test 6 hours prior to boarding the plane for United Arab Emirates bound passengers. Here I thought my sister was being early fo...

While speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre on Monday afternoon, HESFB Executive Director, Michael Wanyama said that the targeted continuing students are those from the 22 registered public and private universities and 36 other tertiary institutions. The executive director of the Higher Education Students Financing Board (HESFB), said Parliament this financial year approved an extra Shs500m to cater for continuing students. Mr Wanyama also indicated that loans would be given to continuing students who have frequently asked for dead years and those who have been struggling to raise tuition within a semester. He said studies had revealed that students were leaving different programmes of study in higher education institutions due to failure to raise fees. Mr Wanyama also said the funds will be directed to the finalists in the 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd year depending on the years of their programme.

In the late night patrol across the greater Masaka region to stop and arrest the Bijambiya killers, police initiated a patrol on different routes to ensure the safety of the late road users and their night intentions.  The patrol involved different police commanders from the Greater Masaka and the added efforts from the joint security forces. However, LOP Mathias Mpuuga through his tweet on his twitter account attacked the efforts of Police by alleging that Police decided to have a photoshoot along the Masaka streets showing off the motor cycles and the new uniforms. This act from an opposition politician clearly shows efforts of the opposition politicians to demoralise the police and other security institutions to stop those executing the Bijambiya task and this is a clear indication of their involvement and fear to let their plans fail. This further explains how the opposition politicians are taking advantage of their missions to achieve their goals on the expense of ...