All MPs and staff of Parliament will undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has said. The Speaker says the exercise will be conducted by the Ministry of Health starting on Thursday, 16 July 2020. Kadaga’s announcement comes after Parliament was thrown into panic with news revealing that one
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Education State Minister, Hon Sseninde A bill aimed at reforming the Uganda National Examinations Board to enable it regulate and oversee the national examinations has been presented before Parliament. The Uganda National Examinations Board Bill, 2020 was tabled by the State Minister for Primary Education, Hon. Rosemary Sseninde on Tuesday,14
Read MoreBy Flavia M. Nabaasa Having a sound organizational culture is critical because it determines organizational success – and we have all seen this first-hand during the COVID-19 pandemic. That is why it is important to ensure that Innovation is integrated into your organizational culture at all times:“Build Innovation into Your
Read MoreBy Denis Jjuuko A week ago, seven factories were opened in Namanve near Kampala. The president was there as ever to launch them. As ever, none of these factories which will make stuff such as tarpaulins and gumboots belonged to a Ugandan. It seems foreigners are seeing what we can’t
Read MoreBy Ronald Baluku Busimba A recent spate of early retirements by Ugandan public servants has triggered some extremely tense reactions, caused anxiety within the government and left many Ugandans feeling unrepresented, or at worst abandoned. But these retirements and resignations should also have us thinking about the demands we place
Read MoreCrane Management Services has put in place measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in all its buildings Crane Management Services Limited has fulfilled all the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) issued by the Ministry of Health and KCCA to all building owners before re-opening of arcades in order to prevent
Read MoreZambia's President Edgar Lungu has denied claims of bankrolling a Rwandan rebel leader who is facing trial for attacks in his country in 2018 that left scores dead. Rebel leader, Callixte Nsabimana, told a Rwandan high court on Monday that President Lungu promised his National Liberation Front (FLN) some $1m
Read MoreMichael.K.Mugabi, the Housing Finance Bank Managing Director Housing Finance Bank Tuesday July 14, 2020 held an online forum on “The Impact of Digital Financial Services on the Economy”. According to the Managing Director, Housing Finance Bank, Michael.K.Mugabi, Covid-19 and its eventual spread across the world has definitely challenged the status
Read MoreBy Roland Rwamuguma We are now in the new normal ever since the covid19 spread out, we are trying to adapt to the WHO guidelines and its not easy, for example wearing the face mask is hard as we suffocate and struggle to breathe but we are avoiding the okwetsyamura
Read MoreBy Andrew M. Mwenda Last week, Bank of Uganda (BOU) issued a press statement in which it promised to appeal a ruling by the Court of Appeal in a case against businessman Sudhir Ruparelia over Crane Bank. Yet the statement did not deal with the reason why the court rejected
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