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Why multi-billion markets remain unoccupied Monday April 26 2021 President Museveni inspects Kasese Central Market after commissioning it on December 15, 2020. Such establishments remain unoccupied despite massive expenses incurred in setting them up. PHOTO/ KELVIN ATUHAIRE Summary Advertisement Some modern markets have given towns across the country a facelift, but since they were commissioned by President Museveni, the structures remain unoccupied. The markets, constructed under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) project, are meant to create organisation and ...

Shs50b Tororo, Mbale road works start Sunday April 04 2021 Part of Tororo-Nagongera road that the President has severally promised to tarmack. Rehabilitation of roads worth Shs19.7b in Tororo Municipality has kicked off. PHOTO | JOSEPH OMOLLO Summary  The USMID project coordinator, Mr Isaac Mutenyo, while handing over road construction sites to the contractor, Dott Services Construction Company, on Wednesday, said they expect the works to be completed within 15 months. Advertisement The rehabilitation of roads worth Shs19.7b in Tororo Municipality under the second phase of the Uganda Suppor...

  As schools reopen for sub-candidate classes today, many teachers will not return to classrooms due to low salaries and poor working conditions worsened by the one-year closure due to the COVID-19 lockdown. This comes as semi-candidates are set to return to school today. Many of the non-returning teachers mainly in private schools, faced with no payment and other challenges of the lockdown, ventured into alternative income-generating projects. However, others in government-aided schools, despite having been receiving their monthly salaries, have also abandoned teaching after discovering bet...

Daily Monitor Monday March 01 2021 Mr Stuart Lubwama (right), the head teacher of Victorian High School in Entebbe, resorted to selling Chapatis at Abayita Ababiri on Entebbe Road. PHOTO/FILE. Summary Advertisement This comes as semi-candidates are set to return to school today. Many of the non-returning teachers mainly in private schools, faced with no payment and other challenges of the lockdown, ventured into alternative income generating projects.  However, others in government-aided schools, despite having been receiving their monthly salaries, have also abandoned teaching after discove...