The Lake Victoria boat accident that claimed dozens of lives last Saturday has put government on the spot over Shs53bn borrowed in 2017 to set up a rescue centre. While tabling the loan request last year, Government argued that the loan, whose funding came from the African Development Bank was
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It’s a public secret that the rot at the Bank of Uganda (BoU) has exposed the Central Bank to the core. BoU, with a mandate of ensuring macro-economic stability has a crucial stake in the growth and development of the country. The Central Bank should be largely free of scandals
Read MoreThe top United Nations official in Somalia has “strongly condemned” terrorist attacks in the north-central city of Galkayo and in the Somali capital on Monday, which left a prominent cleric and a number of other civilians dead. NEW-YORK, United States of America, 27 November 2018,-/ African Media Agency/-Nicholas Haysom, the
Read MoreABUJA, Nigeria, 27 November 2018,-/African Media Agency/-Experts have begun the validation of the Early Warning Gender Integration Manual and Training Modules of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the 26th of November 2018, in Abuja, Nigeria. The two-Day Workshop is meant to review the draft document and ensure
Read MoreABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 November 2018,-/African Media Agency/-A new report from UNAIDS shows that intensified HIV testing and treatment efforts are reaching more people living with HIV. In 2017, three quarters of people living with HIV (75%) knew their HIV status, compared to just two thirds (67%) in 2015, and 21.7
Read MoreNEW-YORK, United States of America, 27 November 2018,-/African Media Agency/-This year, UN Women and partners around the world are marking the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (25 November – 10 December) under the theme of “Orange the World: #HearMeToo”. Coming on the heels of global movements and grassroots campaigns
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Bank of Uganda's security officer, Milton Orech Opio has told Parliament that the security guard and driver of Former Executive Director of supervision Justine Bagyenda carried out three bags containing documents but returned only two of them. These bags are said to have been taken along with documents. Opio made this revelation
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The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has been certified to perform yellow fever regional reference lab functions in the Arbovirology department that supports yellow fever diagnostic surveillance. This makes UVRI the only certified Yellow fever reference laboratory in Eastern Africa and the second in the African Region, the other being
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Africa has been highlighted as the continent where women run the greatest risk of being killed by their intimate partner or a family member, a UN report says. It occurred at a rate of 3.1 deaths per 100,000 people, according to new data released by the United Nations Office on
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected gross revenue totaling to Shs1.37 trillion in October 2018 against a target of Shs1.29 trillion. This implies that the tax body registered an impressive gross surplus of Shs79.28bn. According to information obtained from URA, net revenue collection for the month of October 2018 totaled to
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