The National Social Security Fund has warned that their investments projects, especially in real estate will slow down from the pace that was exhibited in the previous year, due to the dwindling of its cash reserves. The Fund’s cash availability has reportedly been affected by the implementation of the Mid-term
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Suspected cattle thieves have been buried alive in Mozambique Police in Mozambique have arrested nine people suspected to have tortured and buried alive seven suspected cattle rustlers in the district of Manhiça, near the capital, Maputo. A spokesman of the provincial police command, Juarce Martins, has confirmed the deaths and
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Fort portal residents line up to collect free milk during the 2022 June diary Month at Booma grounds The Dairy Development Authority is concerned that milk adulteration remains a challenge facing the dairy industry. Farmers reportedly add water and maize flour among others in a bid to increase
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President Yoweri Museveni (pictured )has advised the people of Kabale district to refrain from smuggling goods into Rwanda and instead engage in formal business. In a statement provided by the presidential press unit, Museveni made the comment at the Katuna border as he returned from Kigali, Rwanda’s capital where
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Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzania has doubled the cost of export permits by 93 percent, a move likely to open another round of trade dispute between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. The authorities in Tanzania have increased the cost of acquiring export permits from the previous KSh27,000 per truck
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Coca-Cola Breverages Africa handed over 71 beds and 67 mattresses to Police's Regional offices in Mukono. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Emillian Kayima has praised Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda for being a responsible corporate citizen, following the company’s donation of 71 beds and 67 mattresses to Uganda Police Force
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By Hardeep Sound, Regional Sales Director for East Africa at SAP Following the easing of lockdown restrictions in East Africa, regional economies have worked hard at making up lost ground and repairing the economic damage wrought by the pandemic. The past year has been marked by a concerted effort
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The Ministry of Health has directed hospitals across the country to reserve ten beds to be able to isolate and admit people who present with COVID-19. The decision was made as new cases were averaging 120 per day creating fear that the country could see a new surge in infections
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Monkeypox, a virus first discovered in monkeys in 1958 and that spread to humans in 1970, is now being seen in small but rising numbers in Western Europe and North America. The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said,
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Consumers and traders operating at Elegu Border Point in Amuru district have asked the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) to step up market surveillance and crackdown on substandard commodities. They pointed out that the area is witnessing a surge in goods and commodities which do not conform to minimum
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