Health and finance ministers from Africa are to meet the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. “I will tell them that we are doing everything that we can to accelerate the roll out of vaccines in Africa. To save lives and get
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Uganda and Africa must work for self-reliance and avoid waiting for solutions from the West, President Museveni has said. Speaking today (Wednesday) at Mulago Hospital as he launched clinical trials for a home-grown Covid-19 treatment drug, President Museveni said Uganda must break the dependence syndrome and seek its own remedies.
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Anyone planning violence should know that the government has the capacity to counter and defeat them, President Museveni has said. Speaking today (Tuesday) at State House Entebbe as the country marked the 35th NRM/A Liberation Day, President Museveni congratulated Ugandans for holding peaceful elections. However, he had a terse warning
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Title holders Morocco reached the quarter-finals of the TOTAL African Nations Championship (CHAN) when beating Uganda 5-2 in Douala on Tuesday. A second-half revival by the Atlas Lions secured their emphatic victory at the Stade de la Réunification to ensure they finish top of Group C. The result means the
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Funerals are due to take place in Zimbabwe of three senior members of the ruling Zanu-PF party who died with Covid-19 last week. The three, including the Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo will be buried at the national shrine, known as Heroes' Acre, near the capital Harare. More than 28,000 Zimbabweans
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The African Union (AU) has urged Kenya and Somalia to engage in dialogue and ensure peace at their border. Chairperson Moussa Faki tweeted that peace at the border was important for regional stability: Fighting broke out at Baled-Hawo, a town in the south-western region of Gedo in Somalia, on Sunday
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Uganda’s Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has warned Parliament against creating new administrative units in the next Financial Year on grounds that there will be no room for flexibility to reallocate funds from one entity to another. Kenneth Mugambe, the Director in charge of Budget at Finance Ministry made
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By Rwamuguma Mwene Yongyera Today marks the 35th anniversary of the National Resistance Army. On 26th January 1986, the NRA marched on to take power under the leadership of General Yoweri Museveni and he took oath as president,word has it that Kampala had fallen on the 25th January but the
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The Government of Uganda has been advised to revisit all regional trade treaties. This was after the Parliament’s Trade, Tourism and Industry Committee submitted its report to the Parliamentary Budget committee showing that Uganda’s trade has declined in the from financial years 2017/18 to 2019/2020. According to the report, Uganda
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Finance Minister Matia Kasaija will have to devise to get the money as many priorities remain unfunded Government is set to spend Shs165bn to buy cars for Members of Parliament in the 11th Parliament. This means that each MP will receive Shs321m as motor vehicle allowance. The next Parliament will have over
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