Daily Monitor
Sunday January 24 2021
This photo shows a combination of unique winners from Uganda s 2021 electoral season. PHOTO/COMBO/NMG.
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A shoemaker takes charge of Iganga District, a comedian will be in charge of Jinja City, a 75-year-old wins the district chair in Rakai, while a ruling NRM party member is fourth time lucky in Kasese District. We take a look at special winners from around the country.
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Sunday Monitor traces some of the figures who stand out.
Ezra Gabula: Shoemaker at helm of Iganga District
IGANGA. Mr Ezra Gabula was on Wednesday elected Iganga District chairperson, defeating eleven other contenders.
Uneb cancels Kitagwendwa NRM candidate s academic papers
January 1, 2021 Robert Mugabe has had his academic papers cancelled by Uneb
The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has cancelled the academic papers of the Kitagwenda NRM LC V candidate, Robert Mugabe.
The decision stems from a complaint by a concerned resident, Kenneth Tumwebaze, accusing Mugabe of forging his Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) result slip.
According to a ruling signed by the Uneb secretary, Dan Odongo, the Uneb security committee invited Mugabe for a hearing on December 7 but he didn’t turn up. He, instead, ran to Fort Portal High court and obtained an order restraining the examinations body from probing the authenticity of his academic documents.
Daily Monitor
Sunday December 20 2020
Maria Teopista Ndagire. The long serving teacher thanks Mugwanya Preparatory School, Kabojja for giving her a condusive environment to do what she loves. PHOTO/EDGAR R. BATTE.
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After spending more than four decades shaping young minds, Maria Ndagire has planned a smooth transition into retirement writes,
Edgar R. Batte.
Teaching was never her initial calling but destiny had it that Maria Teopista Ndagire was to end up in a classroom. Her journey as a teacher started in 1976 and after 44 years of teaching, she retired in 2016. She is a teacher of English, reading and Luganda language. In 2016, she clocked 60, the official retirement age for Ugandan public servants.
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Daily Monitor
Thursday December 10 2020
Candidates at Main Street Primary School attend class on November 17. Government also says its trying to develop mechanisms that can ensure continuity of learning amid Covid-19. PHOTO/DENIS EDEMA
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More than 13.5 million learners who have spent eight months at home without studying due to Covid-19 pandemic that led to closure of schools may wait much longer after government said it is not ready to reopen schools for other classes.
Government in October reopened schools and institutions of learning for candidates and finalists at university and other tertiary educational institutions.
The Minister of State for Higher Education, Mr John Chrysostom Muyingo, yesterday during an interactive session with journalists after the Education Sector review conference, said given the increasing number of community infections where most learners come from, government has to be cautious on reopening schools for other clas