The Pharmaceutical sector has called for inclusion of their services in the National Insurance Scheme Bill, 2019. Dr. John Kilimi (pictured in blue jacket), a representative from the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda argued that inclusion of pharmaceutical services in the Bill will safeguard against drug shortages, drug expiries, drug wastage,
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Li Wenliang, a Wuhan doctor and hospital worker who reportedly tried to warn the Chinese public about the emerging coronavirus, died of the disease Thursday according to the Washington Post, as the death toll reached over 560 and over 28,000 people have become infected. According to CNN, after seeing patients
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South African Airways cut flights to nine international cities and all domestic services except Johannesburg to Cape Town as the embattled state-owned carrier scales back to stay in business. The airline will stop flying to destinations including Hong Kong, Munich and Sao Paulo at the end of the month, it
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Igara East MP, Michael Mwanda (pictured) has been given a one month ultimatum by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga to present before Parliament the constitutional Amendment Bill aimed at streamlining the operations of Bank of Uganda (BoU). This followed Mawanda’s request seeking for additional time to table a private member’s bill having
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Renowned venture capitalist, global speaker, author and business mogul Vusi Thembekwayo (pictured) will be in Uganda from Wed 4th to Saturday 7th 2020 for a series of exclusive engagements with Uganda’s business community. Vusi Thembekwayo – also famously known as ‘Vusi’ - has successfully built and transformed businesses in South
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Uganda’s Vice President, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi (pictured) is set to appear before the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to explain his hand in the sale of Asians’ land to St. Mary’s College Kisubi (SMACK) located in Entebbe. The COSASE Vice Chairperson, Ibrahim Kasozi revealed plans to
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected net revenue of Shs9.042 trillion during the period July to December 2019 and posted a growth in revenue of 11.15 percent in comparison to the same period in the FY 2018/19, URA Commissioner General, Doris Akol (pictured), has said. She made the remarks during the
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A section of MPs Tuesday afternoon claimed that Kwame Rugunda (pictured), a son of Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda is among people running pyramid schemes that have seen many Ugandans lose money. This came out as MPs debated a statement tabled by David Bahati, Minister of State for Planning on the
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Uganda’s Ministry of Health has developed a preparedness plan worth Shs25bn for handling the threat of the China Coronavirus epidemic, Jane Ruth Aceng (pictured), the Minister of Health has said. The Minister made the remarks Wednesday afternoon while addressing the press on Uganda’s preparedness situation following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus
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Hemafuse, a surgical autotransfusion device, will revolutionize blood access across Africa. Hemafuse is designed to salvage and recycle whole blood from cases of internal bleeding. The device can be used in both emergencies and scheduled procedures to recover blood from where it pools inside of a patient, into a blood
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