Uganda's Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has responded to criticism that she abandoned social distancing rules while meeting a group f people. Pictures have been circulating on social media showing the minister appearing to be addressing people with them so close to her, drawing criticism. However, Aceng says she
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Wilbrod Owor, the Uganda Bankers' Association Executive Director Commercial banks have agreed to reduce lending interest rates following threats by Bank of Uganda Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile to cap interest rates if financial institutions don’t lower lending rates in tandem with the Central Bank Rate (CBR). In a statement dated
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Pontiano Kaleebu, the Director of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) explains the processes involved in COVID-19 testing By EMMANUEL AINEBYOONA This week, on Wednesday, 8th July, 2020, I started my working day on a rather different note, at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), the center stage for COVID-19
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has promised that the government will continue to give youth priority to empower them and improve their welfare. Museveni made the remarks while giving his World Population Day speech on Saturday. "I wish to inform you that the Government will continue to give priority to issues
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Kim Yo Jong, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement on Friday: During these days, I have been hearing through the news media a spate of strange signal being transmitted by the Americans with regard to the DPRK.
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Emmanuel Njuki will join Eskom Uganda effective August as Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications Eskom Uganda Limited (EUL), the largest generator of energy in Uganda has recruited Emmanuel Njuki as their Corporate Affairs Manager, Business Focus has exclusively reports. Njuki, who is the Head of Corporate Communications & Marketing
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The High Court has dismissed the application for a temporary injunction by 5 supermarket owners which sought to stop the roll out and operation of the Kakasa E-Invoicing solution (EFRIS) to particular tax payers on grounds that public interest should prevail over the private rights among many other reasons.The five
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Mukesh Ambani: Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Mukesh Ambani has had a rollercoaster 2020, cutting a string of deals for his digital business, undergoing wild swings in his wealth and having his brother’s finances laid bare for the world to see. Now he can add another chapter -- eclipsing the fortune of
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United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, has appointed Ayoku Liadi and Oliver Alawuba as Deputy Managing Directors in charge of UBA’s Nigeria and Africa businesses, respectively. The creation of the new positions, reporting to Group CEO, Kennedy Uzoka, represents further strategic recognition of the
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In Kenya, doctors are mourning a colleague who died after contracting coronavirus, the country's main medics' union is saying. A colleague described the medic as a "young doctor with so much to offer". She was a gynaecologist who was hailed by many of her patients for her professionalism. The health
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