Health authorities in Kenya’s Kericho County are on a red alert over a suspected case of Ebola, Daily Nation reports. This was after a patient exhibited suspected symptoms of the haemorrhagic fever at Kericho County Referral Hospital. County officials on Monday said the woman had travelled from Malaba, a town
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Three Uganda People's Defense Forces-UPDF deserters have been arrested in connection to robberies targeting mobile money operators in the city. The trio was picked up in a joint operation involving UPDF and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI). The suspects are Stanley Muluta alias Frank Jjumba, Emma Onen Ochan and
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In an effort to put a halt to the rampant abuse of older persons, the Government through Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has embarked on a process of enacting a new Older Persons Act. According to the Minister of State for Gender and Culture Affairs, Peace Regis Mutuuzo,
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Economists, financial experts and key private sector players have punched holes in the Shs40.48 trillion 2019/20 National Budget, describing it as a disconnection from ordinary people as the East African country aims to achieve a lower middle income status. While exchanging views at the post budget dialogue organized by the,
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has spoken out for the first time on Bank of Uganda (BoU) printing of money saga. It is alleged that BoU officials printed Shs90bn extras cash for their own use. In a statement, Dicksons C Kateshumbwa (in featured photo), the Commissioner Customs, who is also the
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31-year-old Melanie Perkins has been launching creative businesses since she was a teenager. Her first venture, designing and selling handmade scarves to sell in her hometown of Perth, Australia, was launched when she was just 14. At the age of 22, Perkins founded her next company, an online system for
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The Idea of externalizing labor in developing countries was born as a result of high levels of unemployment especially among the employable unemployed youth. In Uganda, a number of labour recruiting companies that are licensed and monitored by Ministry of Labour, Gender and Social Development have in recent years been
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Justice Musa Sekana, of the Civil Division of the High Court, has quashing the appointment of Professor William Bazeyo as the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration of Makerere University. The ruling on Friday follows an application filed by Professor Anthony Mugisha in November 2018 in which he
Read MoreThe Blockchain Association of Uganda and Crypto Savannah, in partnership with The Innovation Village are seeking for innovators with a passion for developing sustainable digital solutions leveraging technologies in Blockchain, Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (A.I), Robotics and Drones to solve pressing challenges across their communities and priority sectors such
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The Uganda shilling gained ground supported by increased inflows amid low demand as Corporates geared for mid-month tax payments during the Market week ending 14th June 2019. The ongoing investigations on Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials over printing an extra unauthorized Shs90bn didn’t affect the local unit this week as
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