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Many of the districts in Uganda are not accounting for the money dispensed to them for activities related to COVID-19 vaccination and health systems strengthening. Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng notes that they have been experiencing the problem of non-accounting officials since 2019 and will now have to refund

Monday 7th November at exactly 1333hrs East African time, Uganda's first-ever satellite surveillance system blasted off into space from the NASA station at Wallop Island, Virginia, USA. The satellite dubbed Pearl Africa Sat-1, has been built by three Ugandan engineers, Bonny Omara 35, Edgar Mujuni, 30, and Derrick Tebusweke 29

The Wakiso Chief Magistrates Court has issued a warrant of arrest against Paul Owor one of the former Candidates for Busiro South parliamentary elections for failure to pay election costs of 13 million shillings. The order has been issued by Chief Magistrate John Kaggwa who has ordered that Owor should

At least 60,000 cotton farmers in Acholi who were enticed by last season’s price are crying over the drastic fall in the price. In September 2021, the Cotton Development Organization-CDO set the indicative price of a kilogram of cotton at Shillings 2,000 to help regulate its farm gate price and

The Ministry of Education and Sports has threatened to withhold capitation grants for public schools and education institutions, which fail to finalize the online registration of learners. In April this year, the Ministry of Education and Sports rolled out the re-developed Education Management Information System (EMIS) in collaboration with the

IGG Beti Kamya The Inspectorate of the Government-IG has cautioned the Local Government Minister, Rafael Magyezi against interfering with its mandate. This stems from Magyezi’s attempts to stop the interdiction of the Fort portal city Town clerk, Moses Otimong as part of the ongoing investigations into his alleged abuse of

Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA in Karamoja is considering banning pastoralists from grazing in breeding areas in wildlife game reserves. According to UWA, the presence of pastoralists in breeding areas has affected the breeding of animals forcing some species like ostriches to migrate to distant areas where they can not easily be

Passengers at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa as Kenya Airways pilots strike kicked off in the country in this photo taken on November 5, 2022. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG Kenya Airways (KQ) is facing its severest turbulence yet after the Covid-19 pandemic as the pilots’ union defied

The Minister for Water and Environment, Beatrice Anywar The Ministry of Water and Environment is working on regulations to guide the planting of trees aimed to attract carbon credit. Speaking ahead of the 27th Conference of Parties-COP of the United Nations Climate Change conference- UNFCCC, the Minister for Water and

Housing units nearly complete at Naguru As the construction of 1,020 modern housing units at Naguru police headquarters nears completion, police leadership has reminded all its personnel that fall under the senior officers’ category not to waste time eyeing the apartments as none of them will be allowed to occupy