By Richard Kintu The situation at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Kampala should be tense following a recent increase in the noise calling for reforms there. The noise which first gained momentum last Thursday was crowned earlier this week when unidentified “goons” dropped coffins draped with placards calling for
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Registrar General, Mercy Kainobwisho during the World IP Day Gala Celebrations at Next Media Park in Kampala Transformation of Uganda into a modern, prosperous society as laid out in the National Development Plan III will largely depend on how fast Ugandans can harness, protect and utilize intellectual property in a
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Real estate players are cautiously watching proposed review of mailo land system Real estate dealers are cautiously watching the proposed review of the Mailo land system as they try to predict how it will affect business.Jamil Migadde, the systems administrator of Ssema properties, a local real estate company expressed concern
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Uganda has scooped two medals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this afternoon, thanks to star athletes Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo. The two won Silver and Bronze in the men's 10,000m race. Cheptegei posted 27:43:63 to finish in the second position slightly behind Ethiopian Selemon Barega with 27:43:22, while
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The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports has released Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results for the year 2020 indicating an improvement in the general performance of candidates. According to the results released on Friday at State House Nakasero by the Minister of Education, Janet Kataha Museveni, 39,968 candidates
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4.5 years of Making More Possible is leaving dfcu Bank dfcu Bank has announced that Rukh-Shana Namuyimba will be leaving at the end of July 2021 following her notice of resignation from her role as Manager Communications & Events, a position she has held for the last four and a half
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AGT’s banana plantings ready for transplanting By David Rupiny In the early 2000s, coffee and banana farmers faced a huge problem of bacterial wilt disease, which wiped out swathes of plantations across the country, especially in central and western parts of Uganda. “It was like a bush-fire sweeping across the countryside,”
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The nurses and other medics will be able to share their knowledge before returning to Kenya/AFP Kenya has signed a deal with the UK that will allow its unemployed nurses and other medics to work in the UK. Britain's Health Minister Sajid Javid and Kenya’s Labour Minister Simon Chelugi signed
Read MoreThe police have arrested a conman who has been fleecing money from headteachers, just hours to the release of the results of the 2020 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results. The suspect identified as James Bubumbi, a resident of Kasubi, a Kampala suburb has been arrested from Kyegwegwa District from where
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Entebbe International Airport Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) and Entebbe International Airport retained the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems (QMS) Certification following compliance with stringent requirements of the standard by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The Certification body approved and re-certified UCAA, Entebbe Airport and 11 aerodromes to
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