Uganda Releases 2024 Primary Leaving Exam Results.
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the 2024 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results. The exam tested nearly 800,000 students in math, English, science, and social studies.
More students took the PLE in 2024 than in 2023. There were 797,444 students in total, up 6.4% from 749,347. Girls made up 52.5% of test-takers.
The PLE also had more students with special needs in 2024: 3,328, an increase of 25.5% from 2,652 in 2023. Most special needs students were boys. 108 prison inmates also took the test.
Students did best in math and English. About 17% showed strong skills in these subjects. But in science and social studies, only around 14% did...
South Africa Sends Top Official to Help Defend Congo City.
GOMA, DR Congo - South Africa's defense chief is in Congo. She wants to help stop rebels from taking a key city.
Angie Motshekga arrived on January 22. She will stay until the 25th. Her visit shows that South Africa cares about peace in the area.
South Africa has sent troops to Congo. They are part of a group from other southern African countries. The group is called SADC.
SADC forces are in Sake. They are helping Congo's army fight rebels who want to take over Goma, an important business center.
The rebels are called M23. Some people say Rwanda is helping them. Rwanda says this is not true.
"Sake is the last stop before Goma," said a Congolese soldier. "We are doing all...
Parliament Approves $1 Trillion Budget with Hospital and State House Funds.
KAMPALA, Uganda—Lawmakers have passed a massive spending plan totaling 1.050 trillion Ugandan shillings, or about $285 million.
The budget includes 53.119 billion shillings ($14 million) for a hospital in Lubowa. The government says the hospital will be done by April 2025.
In 2019, parliament let the government borrow $379 million to build the hospital. A private company is constructing it. The hospital will have 264 beds.
The government has already spent more than 476 billion shillings ($129 million) on the project, but work has sometimes stopped.
Some officials were not allowed to visit the hospital site last year, but they wanted to check on the...
M23 Rebels Vow to Take Goma City.
GOMA, DR Congo—The M23 rebel group says it will seize Goma and call it a "liberation" of the city.
Fierce fighting rages in Sake, the last defense before Goma. Congolese and regional troops are trying hard to stop the rebels.
Lawrence Kanyuka speaks for M23. On Thursday, he said M23 is coming to "free the people of Goma." He told them to "get ready to welcome this freedom."
"They do not need to fear," Kanyuka added. "M23 is bringing them peace."
The Congolese army has joined forces with troops from Southern Africa. They are using big guns, helicopters, and elite soldiers in Sake to prevent M23 from breaking through to Goma.
South African forces are a key part of this effort. They are helping...
President Tshisekedi Leaves Davos Early Amid M23 Threat.
KINSHASA, DR Congo—President Félix Tshisekedi is heading home from Davos. He was at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, but fighting in eastern Congo made him change his plans.
The M23 rebel group is approaching Goma. They are fighting with the Congolese army near Sake, the last defense before Goma.
An M23 official said they want to "free the people of Goma." He said the group is "bringing peace."
President Tshisekedi discussed climate change in Davos and talked about building up Congo, but now he must focus on the fighting at home.
Sources say the president will have important meetings on Friday. He will talk to top officials about the crisis.
Vital Kamerhe, the head...
Attorney General Dismisses Claims of Court Loss.
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Attorney General's Chambers says a news article got it wrong. The article claimed the government lost a big court case. "That is not true," the Chambers said in a statement on Thursday.
The article was about Civil Suit No. 0006 of 2011. In that case, people wanted money for the animals they lost. They lost the animals when the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fought in northern Uganda.
In 2014, a court said the government should pay the people. But there were long arguments about how much to pay.
The people asked for Shs 179 billion at first. A court official said to pay Shs 53 billion. The Attorney General did not agree. They fought against this number in court...
Kenya's Environment Minister Aden Duale met with workers from the closed Kenya Water Towers Agency on Wednesday. The agency used to manage important water sources in Kenya, but it was shut down in December 2024.
Duale said the workers will get new jobs in other government offices. He promised to match their skills to the right jobs and do this fairly.
Two other top officials came with Duale: Gitonga Mugambi and Festus Ng'eno. Mugambi is in charge of forests, and Ng'eno handles the environment and climate change.
Duale announced where the workers would go. He said 68 will move to the Environment and Climate Change Department, and another 45 will work in the Forestry Department.
Duale and his team carefully considered each worker's...
The government is going to spend 500 million shillings on improving Huduma centers, Amos Gathecha, who works for the government, said on Wednesday at a conference in Mombasa.
The money will be used to fix up the centers and buy new equipment. This will help the centres work better and give people good service. Gathecha said the government wants to make sure people are happy when they leave the centers.
The government also has a plan called BETA. It wants to make things better for people in Kenya. Gathecha told the workers at the centers to find ways to save money and do a good job.
Many people like the Huduma centers because they can get many government services in one place. If the workers do something wrong, the centers fix the...
Kenya's government is losing a lot more money in lawsuits. In the last year, it had to pay out 43.8 billion shillings. That's over twice as much as the year before.
The Public Service Commission shared this news. They said the government lost 559 cases involving money, and many different parts of the government were affected.
More and more people are suing the government. The number of lawsuits went up by almost 45% in just one year. There were 6,063 cases filed against public institutions.
The commission thinks this is happening because of bad governance. They said if the government followed the law better, there would be fewer lawsuits.
This is the third year in a row that the government has had to pay more money because of...
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