Government has never funded the Uganda Media Council despite being in existence since 1995, Vincent Bagiire, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, has revealed. Bagiire (pictured) made the revelation while appearing before the Public Accounts Committee earlier this week where ICT Ministry had been summoned to respond
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Sudan says a man in his 50s who died on Thursday in the capital, Khartoum, had coronavirus, confirming the country's first case, BBC reports. The man had visited the UAE in the first week of March, health authorities said. Sudan has stopped issuing visas for, and flights to, eight countries,
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (pictured) is stepping down from the company's board to spend more time on philanthropic activities. He says he wants to focus on global health and development, education and tackling climate change. One of the world's richest men, Mr Gates, 65, has also left the board of
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The Ministry of Health has said no suspected Coronavirus patient was evacuated from downtown Kampala contrary to false reports. In a statement dated March14, 2020, Emmanuel Ainebyoona (pictured), SPRO-MoH says that the Ministry of Health surveillance teams yesterday, Friday 13th March 2020 received an alert from Royal Plaza of a
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The Minister for Trade, Industries and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde has said that the persistence of this pandemic may limit input sourcing from China and final consumables from traders, but this creates an opportunity for Uganda’s industries to add value and do final processing of some of their products. “Uganda is
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Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has today quizzed officials from the Judiciary on how Shs1.4bn availed to the Judicial Training Institute was spent. Judiciary officials led by Pius Bigirimana, Secretary to the Judiciary appeared before PAC to answer to queries raised in the December 2019 auditor general’s report. When Nandala
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The Uganda shilling nursed losses on banks/ corporate driven demand, as risk aversion was the dominant theme in currency markets. During the week ending 13th March 2020, the local unit consistently traded above 3700 key level on both sides of the market, with strong indication that the market was likely
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A Bukoto Midwest parliamentary hopeful is bitter with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party handling of village registrars. Daraus Bahikire has since petitioned the Lwengo district NRM chairman over the mishandling of the exercise arguing that it will sow seeds of discord in the party that stands for peace
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The announcement of Kenya's first confirmed case of Covid-19 caused by coronavirus has caused anxiety in the country. The authorities said the patient - a Kenyan citizen who arrived in the country on 5 March from the US - was receiving treatment and that those she had been in contact
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Uganda's health ministry has advised school owners not to bar parents from visiting their children as awareness campaigns in the country over the coronavirus intensify. On Thursday, social media was awash with reports that some schools in the capital Kampala had issued advisories asking parents to stay away from their
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