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Ugandan Jessica Nabongo has become the first black woman to visit all 195 countries in the world. Nabongo, whose Ugandan parents emigrated to the United States, was born in the Detroit City of Michigan state. She uses both her Ugandan and American passports. Having started travelling at the age of six, Nabongo who is now 34, made history on Sunday when she arrived in the last country on her list, Seychelles.
Kaliro court Grade one Magistrate, Wilberforce Egessa has fined a 29-year-old man, to a tune of UGX 600,000 Uganda shillings for abusing the rights of his 4-years old son. The culprit, Soul Mukunya a resident of Namuningi village in Kisinda sub-county was found guilty of committing the offence on July 31st this year. Court heard that the culprit burnt and beat up the minor for allegedly eating a leftover piece of fish from the saucepan after dinner. The Magistrate consequently asked the culprit to either serve four years or pay a fine of UGX 600 000 for the offence committed. Written by Abubaker Kirunda
Police and education authorities in Lyantonde district are hunting for a primary school teacher for reportedly stealing school UPE funds. Fred Mbarebaki, the head teacher of Lwamawungu Primary School in Lyantonde Rural Sub County, in Lyantonde district is being hunted for making away with a undisclosed amount of UPE funds. Preliminary police investigations indicate that Mbarebaki who is currently on the run withdrew the money from the school account on the 27th September a day after the Ministry of Education and Sports had deposited the money to the school accounts. Hebert Bachenga, the acting District Education Officer notes that he received reliable information from the school authorities that the head teacher had spent weeks without reporting to school which had sparked tension …
By Moses Ndhaye. Real estate developers in Uganda says tenants in Uganda are now preferring to rent houses in city suburbs than renting in the prime residential areas such as Kololo Naguru and Nakasero. The Managing director Knight Frank Judy Rugasira while releasing the sector performance report for the last six month says the tenants are now opting accommodation in these areas because the prices are lower and the quality of the stock of houses available is newer similar to those in the prime residential areas. She says, in fact most of the tenants opting for this are good caliber people in middle income class . She says this has registered a decline of 5% from 86% to 81% in …
New studies have confirmed that growing up with a pet can bring social, emotional and educational benefit to children and adolescents. According to studies done by the University of Liverpool and published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Youngsters with pets tend to have greater self-esteem, less loneliness, and enhanced social skills. Dr Carri Westgarth, project leader said that anyone that has grown up with, and loved a family pet intrinsically feels the value of their companionship. He explained that they dug up into that evidence to understand which potential benefits were most strongly supported.