Embarrassed state allocates $10 million for school facilities rehabilitation in Kenya

Embarrassed state allocates $10 million for school facilities rehabilitation in Kenya

Dr Migos Ogamba acknowledged that school infrastructure in counties such as Tharaka Nithi, Tana River, Turkana and many others were in deplorable state. However, they would be improved in the next two years, he promised.

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My father’s story is synonymous with the history of how successive regimes in Uganda tried to subvert Busoga kingdom

My father’s story is synonymous with the history of how successive regimes in Uganda tried to subvert Busoga kingdom

This article traces the genealogy of the mother of Charles Afunaduula-Ovuma Ngobi Isabirye, Mukyala Nabirye Takoba. She got married to Yakobo Wasedde Buganga Isabirye, of the Mulawa clan, who was a subcounty clerk and one of the few educated people of his time. They both belonged to and identified with a village called Bunafu in Ikumbya Subcounty of Luuka County (now Luuka District) on land given to Wasedde Buganga for his dedicated service to the colonial government.

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With world’s highest school dropouts due to high cost of education, questions emerge whether Catholic Church should privatise its centres

With world’s highest school dropouts due to high cost of education, questions emerge whether Catholic Church should privatise its centres

The Catholic Church is the region’s largest non-governmental investor in education. Catholic schools have long been a pillar of affordable but high-quality education, especially for poor families.

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Defiant Harvard calls Trump suspension of international students illegal retaliation, violation of rights

Defiant Harvard calls Trump suspension of international students illegal retaliation, violation of rights

Trump’s proclamation cited national security concerns as a justification for barring international students from entering the United States to pursue studies at the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based university.

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Kenya’s education sector sinks into abyss as president cuts budgets critical departments, including examinations council

Kenya’s education sector sinks into abyss as president cuts budgets critical departments, including examinations council

Other than syllabus evaluation, KNEC uses the Ksh5 billion to hire police for security, logistics, monitoring, invigilation, marking and moderation, which the revised the budget dispended with. However, the austerity measures announced by President Ruto cut KNEC’s examination administration and invigilation by 100 per cent, touching off an uproar, which Milemba describes as a “serious deprivation of a basic human right by treasury.”

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Skills training: IFAW targets Ugandan law enforcers in war against rising cross-border wildlife crimes

Skills training: IFAW targets Ugandan law enforcers in war against rising cross-border wildlife crimes

Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have embarked on training of law enforcers as a long-term response wildlife trafficking between the two neighbours. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), says in a press statement issued in Fort Portal on Tuesday October 19, Uganda that the one-week training will...

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Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have embarked on training of law enforcers as a long-term response wildlife trafficking between the two neighbours. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), says in a press statement issued in Fort Portal on Tuesday October 19, Uganda that the one-week training will...

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Parents and teachers told to confirm authenticity of text books

The addendum contains approved books for Pre-Primary 1 and 2 and Grade 1, 2 and 3. Last January 2, Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed directed education officers to confirm that only KICD approved are used in schools.

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Grassroots leaders directed to deliver 100 per cent transition to secondary education

Grassroots leaders directed to deliver 100 per cent transition to secondary education

Administrators in Kajiado County have been tasked with ensuring 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary education for learners who sit the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE). A directive issued by Kajiado County Commissioner David Kipkemei after the release asked chiefs and their assistants in the county to...

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