Uganda spends over US$677,490,337 (Shs2.654Trn) to treat alcohol related diseases in the country annually, Margaret Muhanga, Minister of State for Primary Health Care has revealed. The Minister wants the legal age for alcohol consumption increased from 18 to 21years. “As Ministry of Health, we use an estimate of US$677,490,337 to
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Total's oil drilling rig at work in Buliisa The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has revealed that Uganda’s oil and gas sector has cumulatively attracted contracts worth US7.163Bn (Shs28.052Trn). However, locally owned companies have only scooped deals worth US2Bn (Shs7.830Trn). The revelation was made by Proscovia Nabbanja, the Chief Executive Officer at Uganda
Read MoreSix institutions receiving the Huawei ICT Academy plaque Huawei held the Green Development Summit, themed "Thrive with Green ICT", during MWC Barcelona 2024. At the summit, guests from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), MTN Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Kenya's
Read MoreGovernment officers and Kenya Pipeline Engineers inspect the newly constructed Kisumu Oil Jetty at Kenya Pipeline Company on this picture taken on February 28, 2018. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Kenyan oil dealers are in a crisis mode after Uganda stuck to its guns and started talks with Tanzania to
Read MoreJim Lu, President of the European Region and Senior Vice President of Huawei This year's Huawei Cloud Summit demonstrates how Huawei Cloud is the infrastructure of choice for AI applications. With the theme of "Accelerate Intelligence with Everything as a Service", the 500-strong event brought together executives and experts from
Read MoreDr Herbert Luswata, the UMA President The Uganda Medical Association (UMA), has started a process of helping medical workers secure jobs abroad. Speaking to our reporter in an interview on Thursday, Dr Herbert Luswata, the UMA President said the decision to send colleagues to the neighboring Rwanda and the United Kingdom comes
Read MoreJanet Museveni (Centre), the Minister of Education and Sports releasing UCE results The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the examination results for the final group learners under the lower secondary old curriculum, revealing a modest improvement in performance compared to the previous year. According to Dan Odongo, the Executive Director
Read MoreThe Minister For Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni. MPs say her Ministry Seemed to have rushed Learners who sat the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) under the old curriculum will be granted a one-off chance to sit for the exam allowing them to proceed to A ‘level. This will also
Read MoreDeputy Speaker, Tayebwa has tasked the Minister of Health, Jane Aceng to bring a statement to Parliament next week to address concerns by some MPs about the small size of condoms in Uganda and educate the public on condom us ahead of the commemoration of World Condom Day slated for 13th
Read MoreDeputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has criticised public and private secondary school owners for charging exorbitant school fees. The new school term re-opened this week and the media has been awash with school fees’ structures of various schools across the country with some learning institutions
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