Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced completion of sale of its assets in Uganda to Total with $500 million (Shs1.84 trillion) consideration received earlier today. Tullow is also due to receive a further $75 million (Shs277.4bn) when a Final Investment Decision is taken on the development project plus contingent payments
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On Monday, government announced a further easing of the lock down imposed to control the spread of coronavirus. Among the restrictions eased, gyms, cinemas and casinos are set to be open beginning on 14th November 2020 but with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) fully followed. The Ministry of Health also announced
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President Yoweri Museveni has been awarded a lifetime achievement award for providing leadership in healthcare promotion with specific salutations to his work in curbing HIV/AIDS and his recent role in combating the global COVID19 pandemic. This was during the inaugural Heroes in Health Awards (HIHA) organized by the Ministry of
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Health Ministry spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona Uganda's health ministry has "corrected" figures it reported last week that showed the country's highest single-day deaths since coronavirus cases were confirmed in March. Ministry spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona, has tweeted that the 14 deaths reported last Thursday had occurred in four separate days. He has
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China's Sinovac vaccine has been administered in late-stage trials in Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey/Getty Images The final-stage trial of a Chinese frontrunner vaccine candidate has been halted in Brazil due to a serious adverse event, the first time that any of the Asian nation’s rapidly developed Covid-19 shots have met
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Ian Rumanyika, the Public & Corporate Affairs Manager at URA Should farmers pay taxes? How does Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) tax farmers? These are some of the widely discussed questions in many farming WhatsApp Groups. During the Economic Summit held at Serena Hotel on November 27, 2019, Finance Minister Matia
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Uganda’s Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng addressing the press The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed latest Government considerations for phased lifting of the lockdown. Addressing the media this evening, Aceng said that mass gatherings for prayers, political rallies, meetings and weddings shall now be attended by not
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The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows. The developers - Pfizer and BioNTech - described it as a "great day for science and humanity". Their vaccine has been tested on 43,500 people in six countries and no safety
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European Union Heads of missions to Uganda were last week on a four-day Joint mission in Western and Northern region of Uganda. The heads of Mission included the H.E. Attilio Pacifici, (EU Head of delegation). H.E Jules-Armand Aniambossou (France), H.E Veestraeten Rudi (Belgium), H.E. Matthias Schauer from (Germany), H.E. Massimiliano
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Mr. Patrick Byakatonda, the Acting Director DIT handsover over copy of the MoU to Mr Andrew Mwesigye, Head of Regional Projects at Umeme Utility company Umeme Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Directorate of Training (DIT) to promote skilling of underprivileged communities. The partnership aims to expand
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