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Trade advocates in Uganda are calling for the strengthening of regional integration institutions so as to address trade disputes between member countries. Addressing a joint news conference in Kampala, Jane Nalunga the executive director SEATINI Uganda together with Food rights alliance executive director, Agnes Kirabo, cite the need to for consultations involving concerned states and [...]
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Kampala Central Police Station is holding Paul Nsubuga, MP-elect of Busiro North on allegations of mobile phone theft. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire said the honourable Paul Nsubuga is suspected to have stolen a mobile phone worth 80,000 Shillings on 3rd June 2019 at Inseria Properties Nakasero, opposite Entebbe Road in the city [...]
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The Executive Director of the Uganda Heart Institute Dr Omangino John has warned that merging the Institute with Mulago Hospital will diminish the super specialized services that the facility offers. Government last month announced it has finalized plans to have a number of its ministries and agencies either merged or scrapped in a move aimed [...]
President Museveni has admitted he has not yet received the Coronavirus vaccine. Uganda last week kicked off its first phase of the vaccination against Covid-19 with the limited 964,000 doses got through donations to be administered to high-risk groups, including frontline workers and the Health Minister, Dr.Jane Ruth Aceng was the first person to take [...]
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A Field Force Unit Officer attached to Mukono police division has died after being hit by a teargas canister from his gun. Corporal Augustine Tukwasibwe met his death at the Mukono FFU detach near Mukono magistrates court yesterday. Tukwasibwe had just returned from routine patrol for lunch when the incident happened. He received an emergency [...]
The government has been urged to reduce taxes on renewable energy technologies to make them affordable to ordinary people especially women in rural areas. Ritah Kyategeka the communications manager at wild wide fund for nature noted that rural women spend four hours in a day fetching rudimentary energy for cooking which wastes a lot of [...]
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Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies failed to account for 331.2 billion Shillings in the year 2020. This is revealed in the latest Auditor General’s report for the financial year 2019/2020. The report was on Thursday presented to Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. Also queried is the expenditure on undisclosed domestic arrears amounting to 641.3 million [...]
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The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has asked Members of Parliament among other leaders who were not re-elected to declare their wealth even as they exit their offices. The IG has launched the module for exit declaration which enables leaders who are ceasing to serve as public officers to declare their incomes, assets, and liabilities within [...]
More than 170 mothers died giving birth in health facilities in Kampala. This is according to the National Annual Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response Report 2019/2020 released by the Ministry of Health. This is more than double the number of deaths that were reported in the 2018/2019 financial year. Data from the ministry [...]
The Ministry of Education and Sports has embarked on the second phase self-study material distribution nationwide. The materials introduced as one of the interventions ensure that learners continue learning during the lockdown. A circular issued by Ismael Mulindwa, the chairperson of the covid19 education response committee, indicates that the government has printed 5.43 million copies […]
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