Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 03 2021
MPs in race: From left to right- Jacob Oboth-Oboth, Robinah Rwakoojo, David Bahati and Muhammad Nsereko are all vying for the Deputy speaker s slot. PHOTO/MONTAGE/DAVID VOSH AJUNA.
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All the six MPs are incumbents and have started courting members through text messages and phone calls.
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At least six legislators, including a minister, are quietly pushing to replace Mr Jacob Oulanyah as the Deputy Speaker in 11th Parliament.
Mr Oulanyah has publicly stated that he will contest for the Speaker position. His boss Rebecca Kadaga, who was expected to give way for Mr Oulanyah, has also expressed interest in retaining the job.
Daily Monitor
Monday February 01 2021
Students wait for their admission letters at Makerere University in August 2016. University leaders say they need first year students to physically report to the campuses for orientation. PHOTO/ALEX ESAGALA
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Universities across the country have entered into talks with government seeking permission for phased reopening.
The universities say they are stranded with first year students who cannot even commence online learning because they need to appear at campus for registration and orientation for the academic programmes they have been admitted to.
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) last week ordered universities and other tertiary institutions to halt physical reopening for the next three months as they study the Covid-19 threat in the country. However, NCHE directed that the institutions can continue with online studies.
PhD graduates not developing Uganda - Mak report
Friday January 29 2021
Makerere University Chancellor Prof Ezra Suruma confers a PhD upon a male Graduand during the 69th Graduation Ceremony. A report by Makerere indicates that PhD graduates are not developing Uganda. Photo | Mak
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Among the institutions that informed the research were both the private and public universities such as Makerere University, Mbarara University of Science Technology (MUST), Uganda Christian University, Kampala International University (KIU) and the Uganda Management Institute (UMI).
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Researchers from Makerere University College of Education and External Studies have revealed in a report that Uganda’s Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) graduates do not provide significant contribution towards the development of Uganda’s economy.
Gone with 2020 Written by Yudaya Nangonzi
It is quite hard to think of something good to say about 2020. This year’s coronavirus health crisis has left our way of life in shambles. 2020 will be vividly remembered for having had one of the largest single-year death tolls brought on by the outbreak of Covid-19.
The highly infectious viral disease has killed millions worldwide. Locally as of December 25, 2020, official statistics from the ministry of Health show that at least 245 Ugandans have died from Covid-19 while the cumulative confirmed cases have shot to 33,563 since the disease emerged in the country in March.
YUDAYA NANGONZI brings you some of the notable deaths of 2020.
Daily Monitor
Monday December 28 2020
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Before being appointed District Health Officer, Nabangi served as a medical doctor at St Francis Hospital in Buluba, Baitambogwe Sub-county.
Paul Muzige, the Mayuge District principal assistant secretary said his death was a big loss to the district.
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This has been a very trying year for the medical profession in the world and Uganda in particular. A number of medical workers have succumbed to Covid-19 while others died of natural causes. Today, we pay tribute to some of the doctors the country has lost.
Charles Nabangi
Remembered for his developmental initiatives and advocating for better health services in the district, the Mayuge District health officer Dr Charles Nabangi was said to have died of high blood pressure at Nile Hospital in Jinja according to the district senior communication officer, Lukiah Kakai.