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Opinion: Ministry of Education, be pro-active for once and do your work by Watchdog Uganda 8th November 2018 at 11:54 in News , Voices Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Related Posts OPINION: Prof. Apolo Nsibambi always lamented Uganda’s arrested development as a nation Out To Lunch: Lessons for government from Liverpool’s victory Sudan: Who is Hemeti, commander of protest cracking Rapid Support Forces? By Eunice Nankwanga Kasirye What is on my mind are the children, countrywide, who keep missing out on their Uganda National Examinations at all levels because school directors did not remit their registration fees to Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB). In reaction to the unfortunate incidences, UNEB says pupils who missed exams could register to write next year papers. Meanwhile, directors who are probably still on run should be apprehended for prosecution. UNEB, also cautioned parents to a...
Women’s Day: Maternity leave is a constitutional right, not a favor by watchdog 6th March 2019 at 10:03 in Business , News , Op-Ed A colleague of mine lost her job five years back after she left for maternity leave. Without any clear reason, she was told to go back home and wait in case anything in her line of expertise comes up. She was replaced just like that; very heart breaking as you could imagine for a single mother. Ketra, (not her real names) had been one of the senior staff in the organization before her maternity leave. Good at figures, she overturned the messed financial books of the organisation during the three years she worked for with them. She had postponed motherhood to accumulate her academic proficiency. Therefore at the time she decided to have a child, she was 29 years old. She is now 35 years but she has not had another child for fear of losing her new job. It took her two solid years to get stable employment after the terminat...
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Kadaga commends IAWRT for fight against negative media on Women By Geoffery Serugo - January 22, 2019 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter IAWRT Uganda Chapter, Nankwanga Eunice Kasirye with Kadaga. The Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has commended International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) for its determination in the fight against negative Media portrayal of Women. In a meeting with Kadaga, the head of IAWRT Uganda Chapter, Nankwanga Eunice Kasirye, said Women are regarded as a weaker sex adding that Fema...