The public will now be able to take part in the law making process through a mobile application. The mobile app called Bungeni was launched by the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga after the Inter-faith prayer service on Tuesday, 21 January 2020. The Inter-faith prayer service is part of the activities of
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Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) officials of, who are also members of Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) are seeking Shs47bn as facilitation to local government leaders to supervise farmers under the programm. The request was made at a meeting held between OWC officials and MPs who had gathered to scrutunise the
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In a bid to minimize expenditure on imported medicine, increase employment and improve access to quality herbal medicine, traditional health practitioners dealing in complementary medicine from herbs have called on Government through Ministry of Health and other stakeholder to consider partnering with them through the new bill currently in parliament.
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Zimbabwe's junior doctors have agreed to return to work, ending a strike that has lasted for over four months, after they accepted an offer from a Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire. The strike was one of the longest in the country's history and brought the public healthcare system to its knees. UK-based
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In developing economies, the key to socio-economic growth is access to finance, but the challenge is to increase loans to individuals and SMEs without suffering the fall-out of bad debt. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) increased the minimum loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) of commercial banks from 60 percent to 65
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has told BBC that a diet of cassava, Irish potatoes and indigenous vegetables helped him shed 30kg (4 stone). "I am always fit but the doctors pointed out the mistakes and then I decided to shed off," Mr Museveni said. The 75-year-old leader said he had
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Africa is on the cusp of unmatched economic transformation, and the United Kingdom (UK) must engage in a “partnership of change,” African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina (pictured) said Tuesday in a keynote address at a UK Parliamentary Symposium. “The Africa of the 21st century is very different. The Africa
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Duach Chuol Kaylech Toang, a South Sudanese national was just a normal traveler crossing Malaba One Stop Border Post () by bus from Kenya to Uganda. His final destination was South Sudan through Uganda. As is the norm, travelers crossing the border are checked and so is their hand luggage.
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The new virus could mutate and spread further, Chinese health officials have warned, as they step up containment measures. The death toll has risen to nine with 440 confirmed cases, they said. A National Health Commission official admitted that the country was now at the "most critical stage" of prevention
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The rampant cattle quarantines slapped in various parts of the country have raised questions, with MPs alleging that army Generals are using quarantines to push Ugandans out of beef and milk business. Taking to the floor of Parliament Tuesday, Hilary Lokwang (Ik Kabong) tasked the Ministry of Agriculture to explain
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