Government is in process of drafting a bill to regulate Social Media use, which will make it punitive for perpetuators who spread fake and illicit information. This has been disclosed by the Minister of ICT & National Guidance, Chris Baryomunsi during an interface with the parliamentary committee of ICT chaired
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Produce dealers in Kampala and most parts of the country often warmed up to the back to the season where they made quick money by supplying food mainly beans and maize to learning institutions.However, the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced government to announce several containment measures including the
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Daniel Elaju and his Teacher, Musilem Bagalaliwa in Soroti. Daniel Elaju, the best visually impaired student in last year’s Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Examination- UACE, says that he wanted to do a medical course but his sight failed him.Elaju scored 20 points in History, Literature in English and Divinity
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The impact of Covid-19 and its containment measures has shiftedthe landscape of how trade can be conducted. Today businesses are seizing every opportunity provided by digital technology and innovation to offers enormous products that drive economic growth and business development. The Future of commerce through E-Commerce has massive potential to
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Children who show up after distribution of their parents' property like rental buildings will miss out Children who fail to show up at the time family is sharing estates of their deceased parents should not benefit at all, the Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka has said. He made the revelation while
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Julius Kakeeto, Managing Director, PostBank Uganda In April 2020, while the rest of the world was under the full grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda recorded her first case – a trader returning home from Dubai. While the symptoms of the disease could be seen and diagnosed, there were no
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Afghan nationals cross the border into Pakistan at the border crossing in Chaman on August 18, 2021. PHOTO/AFP Uganda has received the first batch of Afghan refugees ahead of their screening and departure to United States. The Government Spokesperson, Ofwono Opondo said first batch of 51 evacuees children, women and
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The new rules are aimed at keeping Kenya's capital "clean and hygienic" The governor of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, has approved a local measure that prohibits spitting in public and the blowing of noses without a handkerchief. The new rules also ban the playing of loud music in public spaces, terming
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Hakainde Hichilema has become Zambia's seventh president Zambia's new President Hakainde Hichilema has said in his inauguration speech that his government will ensure that citizens can have three decent meals a day. "No Zambian should go to bed hungry," Hakainde Hichilema told a packed stadium in the capital, Lusaka. He
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Members of Parliament on the Natural Resources Committee are divided on the move by the government to revert the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. This followed a presentation by Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy in which she appealed to the MPs to
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