Seven African countries will begin administering coronavirus antibody tests next week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has said. The testing is part of an effort to understand how widespread the infection is on the continent. "Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco are the first set
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Ms Sylvia Cheptoris (2nd from Left) with the EDT Members and the Chief Registrar at the High Court in Kampala. The Electricity Disputes Tribunal (EDT) has been fully constituted following the appointment of Ms. Sylvia Cheptoris as a substantive Registrar. Ms. Sylvia Cheptoris was handed the instruments of power by
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament is investigating the National Medical Stores (NMS) over dubious procurement of hospitals’ supplies after receiving a dossier indicating that the entity has been dumping expired medicines at health facilities to avoid the cost of destroying them. PAC that is interfacing with all referral
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David Wandera, Absa Head of Global Marksts (L) and Michael Segwaya, Absa Chief Finance Officer and Executive Director (R) display the NovoFX app. Absa Bank Uganda has announced the introduction of NovoFX, a mobile application that allows the bank’s retail customers to make cross-border payments in different currencies with ease
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Kampala City Lord Mayor Al-hajji Ssalongo Erias Lukwago has picked nomination forms to run for Lord Mayor position. Lukwago was flanked by his Deputy Mayor Nyanjura Doreen the lc5 woman councillor Muk , Hon. Michael Kabaziguruka MP Nakawa, Hon. Munyagwa Mubarak MP Kawempe South. FDC woman MP candidate Dr. Stella
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Collage of Commandante Fidel Castro photos with different African leaders By Alex Masereka Joel In one of his famous quotes, Former Cuban Leader Commandante Fidel Castro said, "I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith.
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By Rukundo Paul Rwabihurwa, the curious. Today Wednesday 12th August, the World celebrates International Youth Day, an event that was designated by the United Nations in 2000 with a purpose of giving attention to a given set of culture and legal issues surrounding young people. This year’s celebration is held
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Kasese Woman Member of Parliament, Winnie Kiiza has officially joined the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party led by Mugisha Muntu. Winnie who recently revealed that she would not be seeking re election, was unveiled by ANT on Wednesday at the party headquarters in Kampala. The event was attended by
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Malaria remains a leading cause of illness and death in Uganda. Most of the country’s 43 million population is at risk. And the disease accounts for between a third and half of all outpatient consultations. Each malaria episode costs a family on average 9 US dollars. Even though Uganda had
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Workers’ MP, Dr. Sam Lyomoki Members of Parliament representing workers have vowed to stop government’s move to force Parliament throw out the NSSF amendment Bill 2019 which contain a clause seeking to allow members to access their savings when they have saved for at least 10 years or 45 years.
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