Dr Henry Mwebesa, the Director General of Health Services at the Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health has asked all medical interns who are striking to either go back to work or leave the programme. They would be allowed to return when the government is able to meet their
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By Leo Chen, President of Huawei Southern Africa Region Over the past year or so, digital transformation accelerated at an unprecedented rate in societies around the world. Whether we were working, learning, or staying in touch with friends and family, being online became more critical than ever. Even as vast numbers
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NFA's Encroachment prevention specialist Jimmy Owuna at one of the Bugoma forest cleared sites The Uganda Law Society and two Civil Society Organisations have filed another petition challenging the planned giveaway of part of Bugoma Forest Reserve in Kikuube district. Bugoma, a tropical forest gazzeted in 1932, comprises 410 square kilometres
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Cathy Adengo, Stanbic Bank Uganda Head of Corporate Communications speaks at the official launch of the campaign at Namboole Stadium on May 18. Stanbic Bank Uganda has partnered with Vivo Energy Uganda, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda Breweries Limited and Next Media Services to promote sustainable environmental protection in
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dfcu and UCI Executives during the ground breaking Ceremony today dfcu Bank has extended support to the Uganda Cancer Institute with the construction of a 100-seater shelter to provide the outpatients with a secure and decent waiting area as they access health services at the Mulago institute. The shelter valued
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidance saying that expired Covid-19 vaccines should now be destroyed. This contradicts earlier advice from the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr John Nkengasong. Last month, he urged countries to use out-of-date vaccines saying that they were
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Adesina was speaking at a virtual roundtable at which he presented a novel concept for youth entrepreneurship investment banks Africa’s underinvested youth are in need of urgent attention and youth entrepreneurship investment banks must become the focus of global support, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) head Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina
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Matia Kasaija (pictured), the Former Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has said Uganda will achieve the middle income status in 2040. He further denied that he promised Ugandans to attain middle income status by 2020, blaming the media for misquoting him. Kasaija was speaking to journalists on Tuesday at Parliament
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The Busia Deputy Resident District Commissioner Mathew Tusubira has halted the distribution of fish fingerlings to farmers over poor quality. Busia district on Monday received 5,000 tilapia and catfish fingerlings worth 100.2 million Shillings to benefit 24 fish farmers under the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC program. The contract to distribute the
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Authorities in Kiruhura district are bothered by reports that livestock farmers in the area are now using concoction to treat Foot and Mouth disease, a severe and highly contagious viral disease in cattle. An outbreak of the disease which affects cattle, swine, sheep, goats and other cloven-hoofed ruminants, was reported
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