Umeme officials inspect a transformer The government said it will not yield to pressure to allow the importation of electricity connection materials that can be produced locally, as the implementation of the free Electricity Connection Policy (ECP) resumes.The policy, which enables Ugandans to get connected to the national grid for
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Fr Kitima said the church was not allowed to test for Covid-19 at its 500 health centres/TEC Sixty nuns and 25 priests have died in Tanzania in the last two months after showing symptoms of coronavirus, the Catholic Church in the East African nation says. The church, which has been
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CK Japheth, CEO MoTIV invites the Permanent Secretary of MoGLSD to officiate the ceremony As the world celebrates the International Year of the Creative Economy, MoTIV Uganda Ltd has launched an asset financing facility for Uganda’s creative industry. The Tools to Create facility targets young women and men in creative
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Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health The government of Uganda has a funding shortfall of 515 billion Shillings to procure nine million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India, URN reports.A total of 21,952,000 million vaccines are expected to arrive in the country between
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Ismael Mulindwa, the chairperson of the Covid-19 education response committee/URN photo The Ministry of Education and Sports has further revised the school calendar to allocate more learning time to semi-candidates in what has been termed as a special term. Ismael Mulindwa, the director in charge of basic and secondary education says
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Michael Mugabi, the Managing Director at Housing Finance Bank (L) and World Remit Representative after sealing the partnership deal In line with their strategic objective of improving customer service delivery particularly through use of technology, Housing Finance Bank has entered a partnership with World Remit to bring convenient money transfer to
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Uganda is targeting to vaccinate 49.6% of the population which is about 21,936,011 people, in a phased manner, Jane Ruth Aceng, the country’s Health Minister has revealed. “The revised target population for vaccination in Uganda stands at 21,936,011 persons equivalent to 49.6% of population of Uganda compared with the target
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Judith Nabakooba, the Minister of ICT & National Guidance Uganda’s Cabinet has again approved the borrowing of funds from the International Development Association of the World Bank Group. The amount to be borrowed hasn’t been specified. This revelation is contained in a statement issued by Judith Nabakooba, the Minister of
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Uganda Coffee Federation and Uganda Coffee Development Authority are have announced that Mbale City will host the Uganda Coffee Day 2021 on 7th October 2021. In a communication to coffee stakeholders , Paul Martin Maraka, Chair – Organising Committee and the Ag. Executive Director at Uganda Coffee Federation said Mbale City
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Soldiers have been urged to adhere to public health measures Image caption: Soldiers have been urged to adhere to public health measures The South Sudanese military has announced the death of three generals who died after becoming ill with Covid-19. It identified the three as David Manyot Barach, Elijah Alier
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