Posts By EDITOR | UG STANDARD EDITORIAL
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556EDUCATIONSTANLEY OPOLOT: Ugandan education at the slaughter house!
It is been roughly two years ever since the pandemic kicked in hence the lockdown on various institutions in this country, Uganda....
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3651EDUCATIONCOVID-19: Uganda among the only 5 countries in the world to keep schools shut throughout the pandemic, says UNICEF report
KAMPALA – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “more than 600 million children in countries not on academic break are still affected by...
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167NewsDR Congo: 739 civilians are killed in Ituri as massacres persist despite Martial Law
Attacks on civilians by armed groups have continued in two conflict-ridden provinces of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the government imposed...
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215NewsMakerere, Govt and World Bank enter partnership to build capacity in public investment management
About 20 staff from the School of Economics, the National Planning Authority (NPA), and the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development...
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174OpEDGIDEON NKURUNUNGI: Data the emerging development kit in digital marketing, e-commerce
Covid-19 pandemic made a huge impact on the businesses throughout the globes, palaver with me, allow me not go through the normal...
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537BusinessDENIS JJUUKO: What makes houses in Uganda so expensive
There was a recent debate on Twitter on the cost of houses in Kampala. The argument was that houses were cheaper in...
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524OpEDDOREEN MUHUMUZA: An open letter to the young people in Africa
This is one of 38 winning blogs from the 2021 Blog4Dev competition, the World Bank Africa annual writing contest, inviting young people...
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351OpEDOPINION: Why Churches should digitize the collection of offerings
Change is real! Many people doubted the migrating of Television programs from analogue to digital, even after appreciating the spin-offs that were...
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428EDUCATIONThe massive, yet invisible cost of school closure
The impact of school closures on children and young people across the world is gigantic. The prolonged closures of schools since March...
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188OpEDJOEL TOMUSANGE: God chose me; the tyrant’s wife
“I am confident that I am exactly where God wants me to be, at the Ministry of Education and Sports. I also...
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255NewsMPs fault Minister Muhwezi over obstructing probe in Masaka killings
A huge section of legislators on the parliament security and defense committee have concluded their report on the killings where they fault...
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Youth and students across Africa take action for girls’ education through UNESCO’s campaign
‘I want to study to be a doctor because I want to save lives’, says Suzan, a secondary school student aged 16...
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1.3KFEATURESThe good old man on Uganda Airlines flight No-UR202: Why we should never stop doing good
By Henry Mutebe Finally. Today (Sunday 12th) at 7am, a Uganda Airlines plane flight No UR202 left Entebbe enroute Nairobi, onboard, someone...
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350NewsJANET MUSEVENI: Govt is not benefiting from school closure
In the past weeks and even months, I have seen many of you, my friends and children, asking me why we don!t...
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329NewsOPINION: Dilemma —COVID-19 aftermath
Written by Lwasa Deric Hope Growing up from the country side, life was somewhat a different adventure from what you see nowadays...
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GIDEON NKURUNUNGI: Shifting your business from scarcity to abundance through digital technology
KAMPALA — Almost 90 years ago, Lionel Robbins proposed a highly influential definition of the subject matter of economics: the allocation of...
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207EDUCATION
Revised guidelines for the prevention and management of teenage pregnancy in school settings in Uganda
Education is universally acknowledged as a key factor for human development. The right to education is constitutionally guaranteed for every person in...
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230BusinessDENIS JJUUKO: Why local supermarkets flourish while foreign ones fail
Retailers from both Kenya and South Africa once saw Uganda as the destination for their expansion drives. Setting up giant supermarkets that...
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244EDUCATIONGov’t takes over Mountains of the Moon University
Parliament has okayed government to takeover the Mountains of the Moon University. The motion was tabled by John Chrysostom Muyingo, the Minister...
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213NationalSTELLA NAMATOVU: Literacy is the origin of learning
Kofi Anan once said, “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.” Literacy is generally defined as the ability to read and...
