Month: January 2025

Kenya has ordered 24 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the Star newspaper has reported, citing health ministry officials. The Kenyan government will spend 10bn Kenya shillings ($89m; £66m) for the vaccines, the newspaper reports. The ministry submitted its request to the Global Vaccine Alliance Initiative (Gavi) last week, according to

Residents of Naalya, Kyaliwajjala and the surrounding areas will in the coming months have even more reason not to move to the city for shopping as a Carrefour Market will be opening up shop in their locale. Dates for the official opening haven’t been announced yet. However, what is evident

US Ambassador to Uganda; H.E Natalie E. Brown The US Embassy in Uganda is calling for the protection or journalists as the government of the East African nation asks scribes to seek new accreditation to cover the 2021 general elections. In a message posted on twitter on Tuesday, the embassy

Community Work ongoing at River Mpanga The Tooro Kingdom has intensified its efforts to conserve the environment under its ‘Save River Mpanga’ campaign. The Save River Mpangacampaign involves clean-up activities to physically remove plastic waste from River Mpanga, and to mobilise and sensitise the community about the dangers of irresponsible

The controversial former National Coordinator of Intelligence Agencies, General David Sejusa has blasted Uganda Police for the arrest of two Nigerian artists for holding a music concert over the weekend in total disregard of the Standard Operating Procedures put in place to contain spread of COVID-19 in Uganda. His attack

New PRAU Governing Council in a group photo after elections The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) has elected new leadership during its 44th Annual General Meeting held at Hotel Africana on Saturday, 12thDecember 2020, According to the outgoing PRAU President, Sarah Kagingo, members reviewed the association's performance over the

The federal government of Somalia has cut diplomatic ties with neighbouring Kenya. It has recalled all its diplomats from Nairobi and given Kenyan diplomats in Mogadishu seven days to leave the country. The announcement was made by the Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe on state media. "The Somali government,

Mr Fred Ndugga (L) receives his compensation cheque from SWICO, represented by Ms Florence Namagembe, the GM  (R), Mr Daudi Mugabi, Head of Marketing (2nd R) and the company’s Masaka manager (2nd L) Mr Fred Ndugga, a Masaka district trader, is a relieved man after receiving UGX 85 million from

Nescafe is empowering Rwandan women through coffee farming/online photo About 2,828 women coffee growers from five Coffee Washing Stations (CWS) in Rwanda have been empowered to manage their coffee farm as a business and implement good agriculture practices to improve productivity and thus farm economics. Coffee farming is normally male