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FULL LIST: Best schools in Uganda with aggregates 8 in 2020 UCE Results  The Education Minister, Janet K Museveni on Friday released the 2020 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results citing an improved performance in candidates, despite the Covid-19 pandemic effects. UNEB statistics indicated that the number of candidates overall decreased by 4,324 (-1.3%) from 337,720 in 2019 to 333,396. Of these, 148,128 (44.4%) were USE beneficiaries. The number of male candidates registered is 166,744 (50.01%) and that of females is 166,652 (49.99%). The difference is only 92 more males than females. In 2019, the number of females had surpassed that of the males by 398. Below is a list of schools in Uganda with the best performing students who scored Aggregates 8 in 8. No. School District No. 1 Seeta High School Mukono 26 2 Uganda Martyrs Ss,Namugongo Wakiso 26 3 St.Marys College,Kisubi Wakiso 19 4 St.Marys Secondary School,Kitende Wakiso 12 5 St.Josephs Secondary Schoo

“Hunger is killing us more than COVID-19,” Boda boda riders threaten to walk to State House if Gov’t does not lift lockdown Boda boda riders surviving in the central business district and its suburbs have threatened to walk themselves up to State House and meet President Yoweri Museveni and directly tell him their grievances. The boda boda riders accuse government officials of being detached from the common person hence the reason they are feeding Museveni with inappropriate information. The riders say before Museveni announced the second lockdown, they had already come up with safe measures of carrying passengers and they could arrest colleagues who were violating the set guidelines especially those that instead on carrying more than one passenger. They now threaten to walk to State House if Museveni does not lift lockdown. Boda boda riders were allowed to only carry language. “Hunger is killing more people than COVID-19 and these Government officials know it, they just pr

“I’m sure Museveni will not ease the lockdown,” says Lukwago Jul 28, 2021 Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has claimed that Ugandan government totally has no plan of opening up the country very soon as they have done nothing during the 42 days lockdown to prevent the threat of the third wave of COVID-19. The 42 lockdown days that were announced by President Yoweri Museveni are elapsing this Friday July 30. Lukwago anticipates Museveni will add more days. “Only Mr Museveni knows what he will dream about and tells Ugandans,” says Lukwago. According to Lukwago, the world is focusing on mass vaccination and as for Ugandan government they are only waiting for donations. He cautions government on extending lockdown as he anticipates it will do more harm than good. “Whenever you imprison someone, you must feed them. But government wants to keep its people in lockdown with no food. As of today, the businesses have completely collapsed and it will greatly affect the economy. Mr Museveni and

10 year old boy kills father in Rukungiri Kaceritvugnewsupdates UGJul 25, 2021 The Police in Rukungiri are investigating circumstances under which a 33-year-old man was allegedly murdered by his family members. The deceased is Pius Tugumisirize of Rwesigiro village, Kikarara parish in Bwambara sub-county Rukungiri district. According to Elly Maate the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, on Saturday 24th July 2021 at around 10 pm, the deceased developed a quarrel with his wife Ruth Owakubariho 29 where Tugumisirize hit the wife badly with a hoe on the head and bled furiously. After the incident, the man took off into hiding himself not knowing that his 10-year-old son had picked the same hoe used to hit the mother and followed him up. The son met him hiding, hit him on the head leaving him for dead. The boy went back home and informed the members of what he did to the father which prompted them to pick and rush him to a clinic in Kikarara where he died on Sunday morning. Maat

Museveni’s aunt dies at 97 President Museveni Sunday announced the death of one of his aunts, Kaaka Jiresi Keminagano. Jiresi, 97, died Saturday evening at Nakasaero Hospital in Kampala from conditions related to old age and long-time immobility in a wheelchair, according to a statement tweeted by the president on Sunday. “She will be buried at Rwakitura, tomorrow. Only very few people have been requested to conduct the burial in accordance with the COVID-19 regulations. The relatives, acquaintances, and friends, are requested not to try and congregate at the burial because it is dangerous and has no value addition,” Mr Museveni, 76, said. According to the president, a video recording of the burial will be done and shared with all concerned. “We praise the Lord Almighty for her long life. May her soul rest in eternal peace. This is to inform all relatives, friends, acquaintances, and the NRM fraternity,” he added. President Museveni on June 18 reimposed a 42-day lockdown to

  President Museveni, who is also the commander in chief of the armed forces has appointed Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the new commander land forces in the UPDF. According to the changes announced on Thursday, Muhoozi who has been the Special Forces commander will now be replaced by Brig Peter Chandia who has been his deputy. At Bombo, the UPDF land forces headquarters, Kainerugaba replaces Lt Gen Peter Elwelu who has been appointed as the new deputy Chief of Defence Forces. The changes take immediate effect, according to Museveni’s message. Muhoozi was appointed back to the Special Forces Command in December last year in sweeping changes that President Museveni, who is also the commander in chief of the armed forces made in the security set up of the country. The latest changes mean that the First Son spent only six months in his second stint as the commander of the UPDF elite unit mandated to protect the president and members of the first family. President Yoweri Museveni, who is a

Jul 23, 2021 Dr. Chris Baryomunsi has warned Ugandans not to expect the country to fully open up at the end of the current lockdown. He said that the cabinet is discussing modalities of how the country will gradually reopen for business but a full re-opening is not on the table. “We are on a countdown, about a week remaining on the lockdown but where we are now, we can not say open and everything goes to normal,” Baryomunsi said. Dr Baryomunsi, who is the ICT and National Guidance minister, made the comments while appearing on NBS TV’s Frontline programme on Thursday night. “We are still discussing but you should not expect full opening,” Baryomunsi said. Last week, cabinet studied the effect of the lockdown to the spread of the Coronavirus and noted that it had achieved its purpose with the number of positive confirmed cases reducing each day. Cabinet, according to Baryomunsi noted that whereas the test positivity rate has continued to fall, it was not yet where they want

  By Alphonse Akankwasa 23, July, 2021 Kagadi Two expectant mothers are nursing wounds at Kagadi general hospital in Kagadi town, Kagadi district after involving in a motor accident. The accident occurred today morning at around 8:30am opposite Kagadi general hospital along Hoima-Fortpotal road in Kagadi town. Unidentified Boda Boda cyclist who was carrying one expectant mother identified as Mrs. Birungi Florence 39 a resident of Kyomunembe in Kagadi town council on a Bajaji Reg No. UEW 125T heading to Kagadi general hospital premises knocked Mrs. Magrete Ategeka 22, a resident of Kyomukama in Kagadi town council as she was trying to cross the road also heading to the hospital. Mrs. Birungi the victim says she was going for antenatal care at Kagadi general hospital whereas the boda boda rider disappeared immediately. Meanwhile eye witnesses have attributed the accident to over speeding and reckless driving. By Alphonse Akankwasa  Kaceritvugnewsupdates

Kagame Put Ramaphosa Under Surveillance while the Rwandan Strongman Sought to Normalize Relations with South Africa General Paul Kagame is emerging as a busy spy on fellow African leaders. It turns out that Kagame’s surveillance victims include South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Shockingly, Kagame put Ramaphosa’s phone under surveillance while Kagame was pressing hard for reviving Rwanda-South Africa relations. This is in addition to Kagame surveillance adventurism in the Great Lakes Region against Burundian, Congolese and Ugandan leaders. In 2018–2019, General Paul Kagame was pushing hard to fix the broken relations between Rwanda and South Africa. And the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was warming to the idea of normalizing the relations. Ramaphosa announced during his visit to Rwanda that he and his Rwandan counterpart, Kagame, were going to urgently normalize their relations. The diplomatic relations between the two countries had collapsed in 2014 after a

Kabaka urges Muslims to pray for protection of Buganda land July 20, 2021 Tuesday Kaceritvugnewsupdates The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has appealed to the Muslim faithful this Eid al-Adha to pray for God's mercy against all those with ill intentions targeting kingdom property. He made the appeal in his message to all Muslims who start their 3-day Eid al-Adha festival starting today Tuesday. Eid al-Adha also referred to as the festival of sacrifice is one of the most important festivals on the Muslim calendar and is used to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to. Muslims mark the day by sacrificing animals and sharing the meat between family, neighbours and the vulnerable. “We appeal to all believers participating in this animal sacrifice to do it with a purpose of beseeching God to save us, have mercy on us, and continue blocking all paths and voices targeting our properties, especially ownership of la

Nothing to hide! Mc Kats reveals Fille’s real HIV status BoomJul 17, 2021Read original On Monday social media was dominated by stigmatizing comments attacking singer and Mc Kats’ baby mama Fille Mutoni after her photos with a huge size surfaced online. Some critics claimed that the extra weight was caused by ARVs which she takes because she is positive for HIV. The heard hitting claims about her being positive came out after ex-husband MC Kats announced that he was positive. Now, the celebrated NBS TV presenter has come out and trashed the claims about his baby mama saying that she is negative. Kats says that whoever doubting Fille’s status should take her for a test. “I am used to these things of people saying am HIV positive. Me I am used. However, people should stop stigmatizing Fille. Fille and all my children are HIV negative. I have six children and all of them are negative as well as their mothers,” MC Kats revealed. Kaceritvugnewsupdates

Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has earned a Master's degree as he utilises his break from active politics to pursue higher education. The ex-Head of State got the certification from the University of Johannesburg in South Africa after he successfully defended his thesis. A statement from the institution confirmed that the former DRC President is now a a post-graduate alumnus. “Yes, he (Kabila) has finished his Master's degree," said Prof Tshilidzi Marwala, vice-chancellor of the university. The confirmation puts an end to speculation in the DRC after Néhémie Mwilanya, Kabila's former chief of staff, the former Head of State was defending "a doctoral thesis".  After verification, it turned out to be a Master's degree in political science on leadership in the DRC. "The fact remains that Joseph Kabila has just successfully completed a Master's programme in Political Science and International Relations,

A picture taken on May 31, 2021, shows the MV Uhuru, a refurbished cargo ship carrying fuel-loaded wagons, docked at the newly-inaugurated Kisumu port with an oil loading jetty at Lake Victoria in Kisumu, Kenya. PHOTO/AFP The rising political temperatures in Kenya over the Uhuru Kenyatta succession are likely to take a toll on the country’s trade with its East and Central African partners, with importers and transporters on the Northern Corridor already exploring new routes for their cargo. Just this week, Uganda began a trial delivery of petroleum products from the Dar es Salaam port through Lake Victoria, after a 16-year break. This move spells doom to the Port of Mombasa, which accounts for three-quarters of the transit cargo headed for Uganda. Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) import a huge percentage of their petroleum products using trucks through Kenya. Refined petroleum, which forms 13 per cent of Kenya’s total exports,

Kaceritvugnewsupdates Jul 16, 2021Read original By Alphonse Akankwasa The UPDF has confirmed that one of its soldiers was killed in an operation against Congolese rebels early Friday morning. According to the Army and Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs spokesperson Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso, the soldier was killed in attempts to repulse at least 20 men who has attacked the Zeu Detach in Zombo District while disguised as forest workers. At least three other UPDF soldiers were injured and airlifted to the Bombo General Military Hospital for treatment. Byekwaso revealed that the Army managed to capture two of the attackers believed to belong to the CODECO rebel group, and also killed six of their colleagues in the 6am operation. The army is also in possession of an SMG with 11 rounds of ammunition, 11 bows and arrows as well as three machetes, according to Byekwaso CODECO is said to comprise Lendu armed gangs who closely work with Ugandan informers to launch attacks. The

Home     National National News SAD! Archbishop Ntagali’s Son dies By Alphonse Akankwasa   Kaceritvugnewsupdates July 14, 2021 657 NEWS – Former Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Stanley Ntagali has lost his son. The deceased is Charlese Birungi Ntagali 31, one of the five children of the Archbishop Emeritus. He was the last born of four sons and one daughter of Stanley and Beatrice Ntagali. Birungi reportedly passed away last night while being rushed to hospital according to one of his friends. “Sad to hear about the untimely death of my friend, OB, and village mate; Charles Birungi Ntagali, son to retired Archbishop Ntagali, who collapsed at midnight on his way to hospital,” said Robert Tumusiime, a friend of the deceased. “Commiseration to The Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali Akiiki and family for the loss of your last born

Rukungiri District FDC Electoral Commission boss is dead The KACERI TV UG Jul 13, 2021 RUKUNGIRI – The Forum for Democratic Change FDC Electoral Commissioner for Rukungiri District is dead. Godfrey Katunguuka according to sources inside the party corridors passed on last night at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital where he has been receiving treatment. Unlike others who have died of COVID-19 related illness, Katunguka died a natural death that resulted from Cancer of the throat. Caleb Musiimenta the Forum for Democratic Change Rukungiri District Administrator told this reporter that Katunguka took over the district Electoral Commission office in 2006. “Members in the struggle we have lost our member in the struggle also the chairman electoral commission FDC Rukungiri Mr Godfrey Katunguka in Mbarara just few minutes ago, so we need prayers” Caleb told our reporter. Aliban Rukundo the former Western Region youths Parliamentary Aspirant and Perez Rumanzi the former Ntungamo Mu

Kaceritvugnewsupdates By Alphonse Akankwasa More by this Author By Alphonse Akankwasa More by this Author Floods caused by rising water levels on Lake Kyoga are threatening to submerge Amolatar District headquarters. So far, the floods have displaced hundreds of households in 11 sub-counties in Amolatar and submerged hundreds of acres of gardens. The lake is located about five kilometres away from Amolatar District headquarters but since last year when the water level on the lake started rising, floods started submerging the surrounding area. In some areas in Namasale Sub-county and Namasale Town Council, the water level has gone as far as three kilometres upland, according to the sub-county chairperson, Mr Rembo Onguu. “In Namasale Sub-county alone, about 400 households have been displaced and about 2,000 gardens have been submerged by floods. About 500 people who have been displaced are now cultivating in Ajuka Forest Reserve in Nabwoyo Parish,” he said. The sub-county ch

By Alphonse Akankwasa More by this Author By kaceri TV Ug More by this source Three Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officers including a Lieutenant Colonel have been remanded to prison over the murder of a retired soldier in Oyam District. RA255934 Pte Emmanuel Ogete Emmanuel, RO08695 Lt Col Nelson Ayebale and RA 155856 Cpl BasajjabalabaSuleman appeared before the Lira City Grade 1 Magistrate, Igga Adiru on Friday.  The soldiers jointly charged with three civilians, who also made their initial appearance in court on Friday, are facing four counts of murder, obstruction, conspiracy and neglect. Murder is the first count which combines all the six accused persons. Accordingly, the magistrate also charged them with murder- contrary to section 188 and 189 of the Penal Code Act. Prosecution asserts that ‘‘RA255934 Pte Emmanuel Ogete, RO08695 Lt Col Nelson Ayebale, RA 155856 Cpl Suleman Basajjabalaba, Morris Oluk, Jimmy Okello, Boniface Ogwang and others still at large on t

By Alphonse Akankwasa More by this Author President Museveni has directed security forces ‘‘to locate very quickly’’ and arrest sources of fake news regarding his presumed death.  ‘‘Apparently, social media has been saying that Museveni is dead. They (Security service) should locate very quickly- the one who tells such a story,’’ Mr Museveni said during another swearing in ceremony of cabinet ministers at Kololo Independence grounds, Thursday.  The claims that have become vocal, even after the president has made several public appearances- started circulating on the night of June 26 in form of multimedia from anonymous sources on microblogging platforms, including the government-banned Facebook mobile application.  ‘‘The other day when I went to that side of Bombo to lay a foundation (for a project) people were looking at me with shock because social media reported that I was dead,’’ he said.   Mr Museveni now says that security should solve what he describes as a non-secur

The Ugandan government has taken a step and warned Ugandans who are spreading fake news of the death of President of Uganda, Yoweri Kagguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni through Social Media to stop immediately. The alleged fake news started to appear last week on social media (twitter) informing Ugandans that the president was in critical condition and was flown to Germany for treatment under supervision of his European based Sister, Dr. Violet Kajubiri. Earlier this week, the same " fake news" have been making rounds on Social Media indicating that the head of state had died and the government is silent about the death of their boss since they have not informed the country officially about his state of health. However yesterday, the government through the minister of Information, Dr Chris Baryomunsi while addressing a press conference at the National Media Center warned Ugandans from declaring the head of state dead. Baryomunsi informed the nation that the president is i

This handout picture taken and released by the Vatican Media on July 4, 2021 shows Pope Francis delivering the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. PHOTO/AFP Summary The pontiff was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital Sunday for a scheduled operation under general anaesthetic for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon. ADVERTISEMENT By AFP More by this Author Pope Francis, 84, was recovering in hospital Monday from surgery for an inflamed large colon, a potentially painful condition that could see him bed-bound for several days. The pontiff was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital Sunday for a scheduled operation under general anaesthetic for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon. Afterwards, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said he had "reacted well to the surgery". The Vatican press office told AFP on Monday it expected to issue a fresh medical bulletin around midday (1000 GMT

Police have confirmed the arrest of the assailants who at the start of last month attacked Works and Transport Minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, killing his daughter and driver. Deputy Inspector General of Police Gen Paul Lokech told reporters at the Police Headquarters in Kampala on Thursday that all four of the attackers were arrested and that one of them was shot dead in the process. The suspects according to Lokech had been established and tracked over the past few weeks, until their eventual arrest hours ago in Kikaya, Nansana and Katooke “In the past 24 hours we decided to zero on the attackers. We have been surveilling them,” he said. One of the attackers, Loketch said, was gunned down in the arrest process. He identified him as Hussein Wahab Lubwama also known as “Master” The others now in custody include one “Kanabe” who was being ridden on the motorcycle by a Mudinka real names Walusimbi Kamada. Lokech shows the photo of one of the suspects The attackers, he sai