Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plans by several schools to make a COVID-19 test compulsory for returning students, and to also increase school fees, could be frustrated if orders by the Ministry of Education are enforced. Several educationists URN talked to are however not happy with the directive, saying …
Read More »Mak Guild demands waiver on Functional fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Student guild has asked the University Council to consider a waiver on functional fees. According to the University Fees Structure, functional fees vary with private students paying 860,000 Shillings while international students are supposed to pay 1.5 Million Shillings. Students on …
Read More »‘Sh2m before any corpse is released from Mulago mortuary’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Mboowa’s father was referred to Mengo hospital after developing breathing problems while in admission at Namungoona Orthodox hospital where he had been battling diabetes. That Monday night, Mengo hospital had run out of oxygen owing to the increased demand caused by a surge …
Read More »Schools in Gulu struggle to operate as parents fail to pay fees
Schools are struggling to operate effectively with pending fees arrears from students and parents Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in Gulu city have decried financial difficulties due to uncollected fees from students sitting the Uganda Certificate of Education – UCE exams. In 2019, the First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni …
Read More »Makerere hospital increases COVID-19 testing fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Hospital has increased the Covid-19 testing fees to 200,000 Shillings. Previously, the hospital was charging 100,000 Shillings for each test. However, the hospital management says they were forced to increase the cost of testing after support from the development partners was halted. Prof …
Read More »Cost of COVID-19 tests at private labs irks minister
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng is irked by the high fees charged by private laboratories to carry out the coronavirus (COVID-19) tests. The Ministry accredited three private laboratories to conduct tests for the virus. But just one of them; Lancet Laboratories …
Read More »Angola suspends school fees
Luanda, Angola | XINHUA | Angola on Thursday suspended charging school fees in all public, co-financed and private education institutions during a period of national emergency due to COVID-19. The policy, which applies to all subsystems of education and vocational training, will be in force until classes are resumed in …
Read More »Gulu University students to protest Makerere tuition fees hike
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of students of Gulu University are set to stage a peaceful demonstration Friday in solidarity with their Makerere University counterparts against the 15% cumulative tuition increment. In July 2018, Makerere University Council approved endorsed a 15 percent increment on tuition and functional …
Read More »Fort Portal division chairpersons protest new garbage collection fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chairpersons of the three divisions of Fort Portal Municipality are up in arms against the new fees they are required to pay for garbage collection. Initially, garbage would be collected by the council which would avail trucks for the task and respective divisions- East, …
Read More »Government takes over determination of garbage collection fees in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has taken over the responsibility of determining garbage collection fees in Kampala City. The move is reportedly aimed at preventing the exploitation of the public by the three garbage collection firms operating in the city. They are Nabugabo Up deal Joint Venture, Homeklin Services …
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