Lokole Health Center III OPD. Photo by Frank Openytho The State House Health Monitoring Unit- has temporarily closed Lokole Health Center III in Agago district after finding untrained personnel attending to patients. The team visited the health facility on Tuesday as part of the routine and target monitoring
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The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) will start a new round of the national identity card registration exercise in June next year as the current IDs are due for expiry in 2024. The Internal Affairs Ministry, General Kahinda Otafiire (pictured above) disclosed this while speaking to journalists at the government-owned Media
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Dr. Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health acknowledged that a number of consultants don’t want to go upcountry A section of lawmakers on Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have raised concerned over the increasing refusal of medical consultants declining to take up positions in regional referral hospitals over meager
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Journalists before ICT Committee of Parliament Top online websites under their umbrella body, the Independent Online Journalists Association – Uganda (INDOJA-U) Tuesday morning appeared before Parliament’s ICT Committee to give their views on the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022. On 18 July 2022, Kampala Central Member of Parliament,
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Bukoto South MP, Twaha Kagabo with money allegedly picked from Speaker Anita Among's residence. The Inspectorate of Government (IG) is holding the Bukoto South member of parliament, Twaha Kagabo on bribery allegations. The legislator was picked up shortly after he tried to return the Shillings 40million he reportedly received from the residence
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Makerere VC Nawangwe/ Courtesy Picture Makerere University Vice Chancellor has blocked the planned student-organized guild elections that was slated for August 9th, 2022. Students led by the outgoing Makerere University Guild Shamim Nambasa had planned to organize elections for the new Guild President and their respective College Guild representatives. They
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Karamojong woman with relief food. The prolonged drought coupled with an already reduced food and cash ration support for refugees in Uganda is threatening food security in settlements. Uganda has experienced one of the worst droughts this year, greatly affecting all agricultural activities and output. Refugees who ventured into agriculture
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Coca-Cola and partners launching the Under the crown promotion this morning. Coca-Cola Beverage Uganda (CCBU) has today launched an exciting three-months Under the Crown (UTC) promotion dubbed ‘Believe and Win Ug’. This campaign presents a unique opportunity for Ugandan consumers to win exciting prizes worth millions of shillings by simply
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Masindi Police are holding a man accused of biting his customer’s ear over a debt of Shillings 200. The suspect is David Katugume 28, a resident of Kibaali village in Miirya sub county in Masindi. He reportedly bit off the left ear of David Muhumuza 17, a resident of the
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The Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) has dropped more than 500 recruits citing mismatches in their academic documents and National Identity Card. In May this year, UPS embarked on the recruitment of 1,152 warders and wardresses to replace those who retired after clocking the retirement age of 60 years, the dead,
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