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UNDERSTANDING BUILDING CRACKS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND WHY YOU NEED TO HIRE PROFESSIONALS.

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By David Maclaren KIIZA When you traverse urban setups in Uganda particularly, one would realize that in almost every building; whether very old over 30years or new less than 5 years; cracks are evident.it still beats my understanding as to why buildings constructed before 1962 Uganda independence and early 1970’s barely have cracks unless the structured has or is being tampered with due to remodeling Nyakasura School Administration block (left) built in the late 1920’s and Dining Hall (right) built in the 1960’s Talking to Raymond Banyanga a RICS Chartered Quantity Surveyor with JR Consultants and Eng Sabil Ismael Byaruhanga a Consultant with Ground Control Engineering and Construction Ltd; the two all agreed that  Cracks in a building are of common occurrence because a building component develops cracks whenever stress in the component exceeds its strength hence are classified in to structural and non structural categories. The structural ones include faulty design, fault
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TOP 3 CHALLENGES AFTER BECOMING AN ENGINEERING MANAGER

Becoming an Engineering Manager is a significant career milestone for many engineers or tech leaders. As a manager, you are responsible for leading a team of technical experts, overseeing the development of projects, and ensuring that the work is delivered on time and at the highest quality. However, the transition from an individual contributor to a manager is not without its challenges. One of my mentees asked me about the challenges I faced after taking on my new role as an Engineering Manager, so this article will provide insights and my recommendations on how to overcome them. These challenges include balancing technical and managerial responsibilities, leading and inspiring a team, and effective communication. For each challenge I proposed 3 solutions. Challenge 1 –  There is a delay between your actions and results When you move from an individual contributor role to a manager role, one of the first things you observe is represented by the reduced speed of seeing the effect/r
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UNEB RELEASES 2022 EXAMINATIONS TIME TABLES

By David Maclaren Kiiza Maintaining UNEB season’s theme, “Integrity and Security in the Management of Examinations; the Health and Safety of Learners is joint responsibility”.The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) on Thursday released the 2022 examination timetables for Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations. This is in line with the Board’s policy of inclusiveness and equitable assessment of learner’s achievements, According to Dan Odongo the executive director of UNEB said that braille versions of the timetables have been provided to cater for learners with visual impairment with soft copies are being uploaded on school portals, while the printed copies are now being packed along with other examination stationery. Heads of Examination centers and District Inspectors of schools will be advised when to pick the materials while Head teachers who registered blind candidates shoul
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WHY PROFESSIONALISM IS IMPORTANT TO AN ENGINEER?   Turning one’s potential ability into reality cuts across all professions globally, however, in Uganda’s particular scenario professionalism is emphasized only by both educational and regulatory professional institutions but in reality, less attention towards professionalism is evident in all industries. I would like to specifically tackle the engineering profession which in the most recent days has gained or attracted the highest degree of public criticism due to failures either in what their product outputs are or focusing on the rampart collapsing city building structures in the capital Kampala and other newly created cities like Fort-Portal, Mbarara, Jinja, Mbale etc. Professional practices of civil engineering are in most cases ignored by the technical tradesmen and they always forge their way out. One would ask what exactly is the importance and relevance of Professionalism to an engineer. Engineering being a great field, a lo
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ORIGIN OF HIV AIDS

 ORIGIN OF HIV & AIDS Sunset on the Congo River  HIV first began to spread along the historic trade routes of the Congo basin in the 1920s. KEY POINTS: HIV crossed from chimps to humans in the 1920s in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was probably as a result of chimps carrying the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), a virus closely related to HIV, being hunted and eaten by people living in the area. The origin of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been a subject of scientific research and debate since the virus was identified in the 1980s. There is now a wealth of evidence on how, when and where HIV first began to cause illness in humans. You can find out more about the origins and history of HIV through our interactive timeline, where you can read, watch, listen and explore key events from the history of the epidemic. The link between HIV and SIV HIV is a type of lentivirus, which means it attacks the immune system. In a similar way, the Simian Immunode
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PERSONAL OPINION ON 11/16 TWIN BOMB ATTACKS IN KAMPALA CITY

  By David Maclaren KIIZA The daybreak was normal with everybody on rush hours to reach workplace with all routes entering and within the city filled with the usual traffic jam. However; three hours later that is 10 05hrs the first bomb blast occurred just in front of the Jubilee Insurance building on Parliament Avenue and 3 minutes later, another bomb blast occurred just near the main entrance to the Kampala Central Police station. The two twin bomb blasts claimed 4 lives and 33 people critically injured. My analysis is based on the fact that after a security press briefing at Police Headquarters in Naguru, a combined CCTV footage about the twin bomb blasts was released and it’s from this that questions whose answers may not be available. I argue that the person in the footage at CPS was not the real terrorist but a mere misguided youth who didn’t know what he was carrying as a delivery boy because he looked confused because of his uncoordinated movement. What police terms as
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Good Bye Africell Uganda -UG SHOP METROPLEX

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