L-R: The Executive Chairman of EAMV - Ben Kavuya, Hon Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health, Dr. David Nahamya, Secretary to the National Drug Authority (NDA) , Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and a member of the EAMV Quality Assurance Team during the tour.
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Amuru District leaders have petitioned Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee to investigate the giveaway of Government GeneXpert machine to a private service provider at Elegu. The GeneXpert appliance is a state of the art machines acquired by the Ministry of Health in May 2021 to performs advanced rapid and diagnostic testing
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Migrant workers leaving Entebbe International Airport The ministry for Kampala and metropolitan affairs is to recruit 5,000 youth to work in the Arab world by end of year in the new arrangement. Uganda has one of the highest population growth rates globally with more than 78% of its population below
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Farmers in the Mubuku irrigation scheme in Kasese District are counting losses after a strange pest attacked their tomato gardens. Farmers say the pest mines new fruits leaving holes. The larva feeds voraciously on the tomato fruits, plants, producing large galleys in leaves. They add that the new pest is
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Authorities in Kibaale district have given a one-month Ultimatum to KWIK Build contractors and Engineering Limited to finish the construction of Nyamarwa Seed school in Nyamarwa sub county Kibaale district. KWIK Build Contractors and Engineering LTD who haven't been quick at their work were contracted by government in 2019 to
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President Museveni being welcomed at Abu Dhabi International Airport On Saturday afternoon President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has Saturday afternoon arrived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the 2020 Dubai trade Expo. The Expo that will run up to March 31, 2022 was officially opened on October 1, 2021
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards -UNBS has developed standards for baby cot mattresses that specify the requirements that the manufacturers, importers and dealers in baby cot mattresses have to follow. This comes as the UNBS develops new foam mattress standards (US 202,2021) that specifies the requirements, sampling and test
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The government of South Sudan has announced that it is waiving visa fees for Ugandans entering the country. This is in reciprocation of Uganda’s decision to waive visa fees for South Sudanese entering Uganda which took effect on October 1. Although the Government of Uganda had given South Sudan up
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On a hot afternoon, 12-year-old Esther Adongor 12, is playing with peers under tree shades at Kalas Girls Primary School in Amudat town council. She is dressed in a grey skirt and a red T-shirt with readings in the back ‘education first.’ Adongor tells Uganda Radio Network –URN that she
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Leaders in Nakasongola district have raised a red flag over relocation of unvaccinated heads of cattle to their areas amidst Foot and Mouth Disease. In June this year, a fresh outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) was reported in Kakooge town council and the Veterinary Office reacted by imposing
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