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Kasese Catholic schools allow A-level girls to keep natural hair
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kasese, Rt Rev Francis Aquirinus Kibira, has directed Catholic-founded schools to allow female A-level students to grow and maintain their natural hair, in a departure from the longstanding practice of requiring all learners to keep short hair.
Ugandan schools have traditionally enforced strict grooming rules requiring both male and female students to keep their hair short. School administrators often justify the rules on grounds that maintaining different hairstyles can distract learners, consume time and money, and fuel competition and comparisons among students.
However, Bishop Kibira says allowing female students in advanced-level classes to keep their natural hair will help prepare them for university and other institutions of higher learning, where they have greater freedom to make personal choices.
He argues that A-level students are mature enough to make independent decisions, with teachers and other adults expected to guide them rather than impose unnecessary restrictions.
observer.ug/education/kasese…
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The second boy from Alere S. S. is Savior Mogga. At our first visit to the school, he sat somewhere, all through, holding reusable pads their club had made - not ashamed at all what his peers would say. Keep up the caring spirit, Mogga. Again, share until it reaches him in Adjumani.
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At Alere S. S. in Adjumani, as part of the Health club, there are boys that are doing a great job promoting menstrual knowledge and awareness against harmful cultural practices such as child marriage. I promised the boys that, to show my appreciation for their work, I will draw them and credit them publicly (make them famous) - to inspire more to such constructive work. The first I am sharing is Solomon Kuch. Share until it reaches him in the refugee camp in Adjumani.
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#Flashback : James Wapakhabulo served as Speaker of Parliament between July 4, 1996 and July 1998 during the 6th Parliament.
He did not complete the full five-year term because President Museveni appointed him as National Political Commissar (NPC) under the Movement system, a senior executive role seen as a strategic redeployment.
Wapakhabulo is remembered as one of Uganda’s most accomplished Speakers, largely due to his deep understanding of constitutional law and his leadership of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Constitution.
His tenure lasted about two years, ending prematurely due to a political reshuffle within the Movement system. At the time, Uganda operated under the “No-Party” system, which required strong political mobilization and ideological coordination.
Wapakhabulo was viewed as a unifying and highly skilled leader, making him a natural choice for the NPC role. His transfer from Parliament to the executive was intended to strengthen the Movement’s political organization and prepare it for future national challenges.
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On the Mapping Report, the minister dismisses the grave allegations it contains, calling the report “discredited in its methodology and allegations.” He claims that one day, the allegations it contains will be « proven to be pure allegations. »
Yet the report was prepared under the supervision of current Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navanethem Pillay. Another Nobel laureate, Dr Denis Mukwege, an eyewitness to some of the massacres described, has made the implementation of the Mapping Report’s recommendations his lifelong struggle.
A member of the Human Rights Committee reminded the Rwandan government that the Mapping Report is a serious 550-page document containing grave, documented allegations and raised two crucial questions:
Have the crimes committed by the RPF in 1994 been independently investigated?
While taking note of Rwanda’s rejection of the Mapping Report, has the Rwandan government conducted independent investigations into the serious allegations documented in it? If so, what were the findings?
The minister responded:
“I can confirm there was none. For us, it was a discredited report. It’s 550 pages, but I don’t think we can rely on the number of pages alone. I call upon you to look at the Mapping Report again, look at the sources, go back to them and examine the actual sources of this report.”
Live from Geneva, at the 146th session of the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR), which is examining Rwanda’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights today.
Numerous questions have been raised, including:
The enforced disappearance of poet Innocent Bahati, who has been missing since 7 February 2021.
The fate of lawyer Donat Mutunzi, who went missing in early April 2018, before the Rwandan police announced his “suicide” in detention.
The findings of the UN Mapping Report and the massacres of Hutu refugees. The UN Mapping Report documented serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1993 and 2003. The mapping exercise was conducted under the auspices of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, then headed by Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, who was just awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Another Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Dr Denis Mukwege, has long been calling for the UN Mapping Report to be taken out of the drawers of the United Nations and for its findings to finally be acted upon.
Questions have been raised about the report’s findings and the massacres of Hutu refugees. Rwanda’s Minister of Justice, who heads the Rwandan delegation, has been asked to explain his government’s position and the steps taken in response to these allegations.
🔴 Watch the proceedings live: click here: webtv.un.org/fr/asset/k13/k1…
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The beauty of our earlier generations the days when life was simple and our needs were limited. Although time has passed, they remain memories that never grow old they still live on in our hearts and minds. Their memories are an everlasting beauty memories that time can never erase and the heart can never forget.@MOISOMALIA
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My archbishop Paul semwogerere used CHURCH FUNDS ($1.5M USD (approximately 3.7- 5.5 BILLION) and and bought a Siemens CANCER MACHINE
Then another $600k and $1.2mUSD (approximately 2.2 to 4.4bn UGX) and bought a heart machine for our church HOSPITAL
A true PASTOR
When a wife to @HEBobiwine was insulted by army the question was "Why did you get married to a muganda?"
Many Ugandans have been Abducted and tortured asked tribal line questions
The family now is being divided and tribal line have come in
Muhoozi's true colours exposed
Clearly faked evidence-how I wish I could close examine that pink man. I believe M7 is a good man surrounded by wild beasts, taking advantage of his fragility that comes of with age. As a former fighter, telling him that someone wants to kill him, he can even kill shadows.
So can someone please explain to us how does a sleeveless jacket while someone is seated magically turn into a full coat when they stand up? Or these were two different moments!?
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It will be an absolute honour for Uganda, and Africa, should her decent and capable son, Olara Otunnu, get elected Secretary General of the UN. Good luck and best wishes! CPM
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Great man! Bright, yet humble.
🚨 Pope Leo the 14th named Father Emmanuel Katongole, a Ugandan priest, as a consultor to the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
He starts September 1st. He's a theology professor at Notre Dame and runs the Bethany Land Institute in Luweero, which trains young Ugandans in farming and business.
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The most requested song in Uganda
@kingsaha_256