The pharmaceutical society of Uganda together with the developer of the famous COVIDEX herbal drug Prof Patrick Engeu Ogwang have moved in to regulate the price of COVIDEX on the market. The move follows the increase in prices of the drug. Prior to yesterday's approval of the product by the
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UCL officials led by Board Chairman, Martin Kasekende (L) during the AGM today The Board of Directors of Uganda Clays Limited (UCL) has today announced that the company posted good results for the year 2020 with a net profit of Shs4.9 bn which is a turnaround from a loss of Shs88
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The Government has released a list of the groups of people who will benefit from the Covid-19 relief cash. While announcing the second lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19, President Yoweri Museveni said that his government was going to support vulnerable people whose income was interrupted by the lockdown.
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A COVID-19 Patient being attended to by a health worker On May 28, 2021, Irene Nakasiita, the Public Relations Manager of the Uganda Redcross Society tested positive for COVID-19. She was admitted to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital on the same day since her lungs were filling up with fluid. Nakasiita
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Utilities 2.0 Twaake - First interconnected mini grid in East Africa Today, a coalition of global energy sector leaders launched a first-of-its-kind integrated energy pilot in Uganda. Led by Uganda’s largest power utility, Umeme, coordinated by Power for All and funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Utilities 2.0 Twaake pilot
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Francis Otucu Early this year, the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, like any other human being, fell sick, as would later be confirmed by the Kingdom Premier (Katikkiro), Charles Peter Mayiga. From the word go, the Kingdom kept silent about his situation, brushing off commentators. Yet, he looked frail,
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Jacob Zuma stepped down from the presidency in February 2018 South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months by the highest court in the country. He has been given five days to hand himself in to police. Failing that, the police minister must order his arrest.
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Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair, IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 36-month loan arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Uganda to a tune of US$1Billion equivalent to Shs3.553Trn to support the post-COVID-19 recovery. The loan will also be used by Government to
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Residents of Ongica and Atigolwok parishes in Chegere Sub County in Apac district have destroyed hundreds of pawpaw trees for fear that they could be carriers of the coronavirus pandemic. According to sources, about 2000 residents descended on the pawpaw trees cut them down on the directives of their local
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South Sudanese authorities are holding forty-two Ugandan nationals for allegedly cultivating illegally inside their territory. The suspects, majorly residents of Ngmoromo village in Lokung Sub County, Lamwo district are being held at Pugee Military detachment in Ayachi County in the Eastern Equatorial State of South Sudan. Bosco Kidega, the LC
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