Members of Parliament have tasked the Uganda Lands Commission -ULC to explain how it allocated Uganda Railways Land in Nsambya to so-called investors exceeding what was meant to be given. The Committee on Commissions Statutory Authority and State Enterprise -COSASE chaired by Joel Ssenyonyi the Nakawa West MP is probing
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Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oualanyah chairing the afternoon plenary sitting. The Ministry of Education has this afternoon called off a meeting that had been scheduled at the request by Minister Janet Museveni for all Members of Parliament to meet officials for consultations over the reopening of schools. In a communication
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A Kenya Airways Flight Lands in Mombasa from Nairobi on May 3, 2021. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG Kenya Airways (KQ) is on a fresh collision course with the pilots’ union after it asked its crew to fly faster on the Nairobi-Guangzhou route and halved the number of pilots on every
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A section of Opposition MPs have clashed with Speaker Jacob Oulanyah over a meeting organized by the Minister of Education, Janet Museveni (pictured above) at Kololo Independence Grounds. This was after the Speaker confirmed receiving a letter from Minister of Education on 16th November, requesting for a meeting with MPs to discuss the planned
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MPs have finally approved the proposal in the National Social Security Fund Amendment Bill 2021 that will allow savers receive their mid-term access within two months. The Bill has been gathering dust in Parliament for almost three years. In Clause 1 of the Bill, Government had proposed the Act to come into force upon
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There’s increasing drug resistance due to fake vets The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) says it will commence nation-wide operations by end of the year to ensure veterinary doctors are the ones prescribing animal drugs in shops and pharmacies. This is in line with the country's commitment
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Kikuubo in downtown Kampala is always a hive of activity towards the festive season The continued Covid lockdown and the recent bomb attacks in the city have been cited as the major factors slowing business in Kampala in the would be Christmas season boom. Usually, beginning August through December, Kampala
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Makerere University will this Thursday, November 25, 2021 host a stakeholders mobilisation event in commemoration of the 100 years (1922-2022) of its existence. The stakeholder event is in preparation to mark the institution’s centenary celebration which will be held through the year 2022. Established in 1922 with only 14 students,
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Laboratory workers supervise the production of the Sinovac vaccine, produced by Vacsera, in Cairo. Photographer: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images Only six African countries are recognized as active vaccine manufacturers. This is according to the African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI), an entity created to ensure that African countries can manufacture their vaccines. Speaking to journalists
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Some of the remains and bone powder which were recovered The police in Kalungu district have arrested four people for exhuming and trading human remains. The suspects are Deogratius Lukowe, 40, his wife Yudaya Namatovu 30, a businesswoman, Regina Nakyanzi and Dan Wassajja of Lutente village in Lukaya Town
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