The health ministry is organizing a campaign to increase the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. According to figures from the health ministry, over 10,000 doses of vaccines are expected to expire at the end of September. Now with a few days left to the end of the month, officials at the
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British High Commissioner to Uganda Kate Airey tasting Uganda Coffee at the UCDA coffee lab in Lugogo. This was during the launch of the UG-UK Arabica coffee cupping competition. Looking on is UCDA MD Emmanuel Iyamulemye (R) The British High Commissioner to Uganda, Kate Airey, has described Uganda’s coffee as
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Gloria Ayebare's Ugandan national identity card Two Ugandan teachers have been arrested in Rwanda. Gloria Ayebare and Annet Kabanyena both residents of Kibumba village in Rwingwe parish in Kisoro district are teachers at Maranatha Nursery and Primary School in Rubavu, north-western of Rwanda’s Rubavu district. According to Kabanyaena’s close relative who
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Foreign Affairs Minister, Gen. Abubaker Jeje Odong, and Martin Tlapa, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic Thursday held bilateral discussions at the Foreign Affairs Headquarters in Kampala. Key on the agenda was forging a way to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Gen. Odongo welcomed
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Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister of ICT & National Guidance Government has blamed the poor network of telecoms on the refusal by Ugandans to give up their land to install masts in fear of catching strange diseases. The revelation was made by Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister of Information, Communications, Technology (ICT) and
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Beatrice Anywar, the Minister of State for Water and Environment The Minister of State for Water and Environment, Beatrice Anywar, is concerned about the rapid rate at which Uganda is losing its forest cover, saying if it is not mitigated, the consequences could be dire. Anywar, who was presenting a
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The recent mishap in the on-line Banking software have raised more questions than answers regarding the true ownership of the banking software. Sources within the banking industry say that several banks recently experienced issues in the agency/mobile banking platform, whereby those who had taken loans using their mobile banking app
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Barbra Teddy Arimi, NSSF's Head of Marketing & Communications and Richard Byarugaba, the NSSF MD during the media briefing The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) comprehensive income for the 2020/21 Financial Year increased by 25% from UGX 1.472 Trillion to UGX 1.84 Trillion, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director Richard Byarugaba announced today. Addressing the media at the
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Laboratory workers supervise the production of the Sinovac vaccine, produced by Vacsera, in Cairo. Photographer: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images Egypt will start shipping locally-made Covid-19 vaccines to other African nations in the next month and a half, Health Minister Hala Zayed said Thursday. Addressing reporters in the capital, Cairo, she didn’t give further details
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Some of the affected pineapples Pineapple farmers in the Ntungamo district have decried a disease that has hit their gardens. The disease called mealybug bacteria has been reported in Nyongozi parish in Nyamukana Town Council and affects the plant with small insects that put a web cover leaving it to
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