Government has said that no Ugandan will be forced to take part in the trials of the ebola vaccine, which exercise is slated to start in two weeks. The Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng (pictured) made the remarks while responding to a question posed by John Baptist Nambeshe (Majiya County) who
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Rosemary Byanyima, the Acting Executive Director of Mulago Hospital Mulago National Referral Hospital has revealed that the cost of handling a single case of organ transplant at the hospital will likely cost Shs50M, and this cost doesn’t include the surgery care to be received. The revelation was made by Rosemary
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Stephen Mujuni, one of the affected farmers A strange pest has attacked mango plantations in Ntungamo. Some experts have identified the pest as Mealybug, the wingless insect that often appears as white cottony masses on leaves, stems and fruit of plants. Agricultural experts in the district say that the disease
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Wandegeya market in Kampala President Yoweri Museveni has said markets should be controlled and managed by ordinary Ugandans not the rich who charge exorbitant fees. The President was meeting with a section of KCCA leaders and Market representatives. “I opined that markets should be owned and managed by the muntu
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Ugandans have been warned against exhuming eloba bodies The Ministry of Health has warned Ugandans against exhuming bodies of victims of Ebola after reports emerged that one family exhumed an infected body, further leading to the high spread of the deadly virus, saying such actions can wipe out the entire
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The MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer, Sylvia Mulinge MTN Uganda Ltd (MTN Uganda) has today announced its unaudited results for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2022, recording impressive growth in key performance parameters. MTN’s profit after tax increased by 21% to Shs292.65bn in September 2022, up from Shs241.9bn recorded
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Manifesto Implementation Unit (MIU) Director Willis Bashaasha (pictured) has warned leaders across the political divide in the country to desist from early politicking but rather direct all energies towards entrenching and promoting government programmes. Bashaasha made the call in an exclusive interview with this publication. According to Bashaasha, the NRM government got
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Speaker Anita Among(front) leaves Parliament after adjourning the House Speaker Anita Among has refuted media reports that legislators plan to increase their salaries. The Monitor newspaper recently reported that President Museveni rejected a proposal by Members of Parliament to have their pay and pension contribution increased. The article alleged that
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Finance State Minister, Henry Musasizi The Finance State Minister, Hon. Henry Musasizi has asked Members of Parliament to approve up to Shs3.5 trillion to finance the Shs48.1 trillion budget. The first loan request which is up to US$464 translating to about Shs1.7 trillion, is to be sourced from the
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Marie Nanyanzi, Senior Program officer Twaweza Leaders from border districts in Eastern Uganda have demanded a percentage of tax revenue collected by Uganda Revenue Authority-(URA). Speaking on Tuesday at a workshop organized in Tororo town by Twaweza, a not-for-profit organization that works in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, leaders from Tororo,
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