By Katusiime Kellen If you are looking for place to celebrate Christ's birth and the whole festive season, consider Luxurious Pearl of Africa Hotel in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. The Hotel, an iconic landmark, situated on one of Kampala’s original Seven Hills, is one of city’s few hotels, offering world class
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The shilling powered to its firmest in the last full trading week of year, trading below 3650, building on its recent gains as market flows increased against subdued demand. In the fixed income market, yields rose across all tenors in the treasury bill auction. The neutral policy stance announced earlier
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BAT's US Bio-tech arm, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP) has announced plans to commence a Phase I, first-time-in-human study of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate following approval of its Investigational New Drug application by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Enrolment for the study is expected to begin shortly. The COVID-19 vaccine
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By Harriette Kasirye Football is a truly global game, played across territories, regions and in practically every street and spare piece of open ground or field across the world. It is a game that excites, thrills, unites and frequently infuriates, but never ceases to engage. It’s no wonder it is
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Uganda will receive its first COVID-19 vaccine in March 2021, with Government saying the vulnerable groups considered first. The revelation was made by the Country’s Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda during Friday’s plenary sitting at Parliament. He was responding to a question posed by Elijah Okupa (Kasilo County) who tasked
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Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has announced that its subsidiary Airtel Uganda Limited ("Airtel Uganda") has been issued a National Telecom Operator Licence. This follows a period of negotiation and transition to a new Licensing Regime.
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EC boss, Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi The Electoral Commission has appointed Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd December 2020 as dates for conducting fresh nominations electoral areas where death occurred of a nominated candidate. According to Electoral Commission Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, this is in accordance with Section 26 of
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Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and French soldiers have completed a seven-day joint mountain operation exercise. The exercise that was conducted on Rwenzori mountain saw soldiers climb to its peak, Margherita. The activities conducted during the exercise included; first aid, counter Improvised Explosive Devices(IED), logistics platoon, combat platoon as well
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Pharmaceutical companies should sell COVID-19 vaccines to African countries at discounted rates and allow them to be produced locally to potentially cut costs, the head of the continent’s disease control body said on Thursday. Africa is aiming to vaccinate up to 60% of its 1.3 billion people in the next
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A team of 10 international scientists will travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan next month to investigate the origins of Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Beijing has been reluctant to agree to an independent inquiry and it has taken many months of negotiations for the WHO
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