President Yoweri Museveni is today expected to commission the newly constructed Kayunga Referral Hospital. The newly rehabilited and expanded Kayunga Hospital in Uganda now boasts of the following: 1. New Main Hospital Complex for: OPD, Laboratory, Radiology, Accident and Emergency, Operation theatre, Maternity Ward and Private wing2. Renovated and remodelled
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs, has opened applications on its TEFConnect digital platform (www.tefconnect.com) for the entrepreneurship program of 2021. Applications for TEF 2021 went live on January, 1, 2021. This year’s intervention prioritises the economic recovery of small and medium scale
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The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda has hailed the release on bail of human rights lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo. Opiyo had been jailed last week after being slapped with money laundering charges. He was however, released on bail on Wednesday by the High Court in Kampala. Speaking on the development,
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As a keen badminton player Ugandan Catherine Nakalembe wanted to study sport science at university but a failure to get the required grades for a government grant set her on a path that led her to Nasa and winning a prestigious food research prize, writes the BBC's Patience Atuhaire. When
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Uganda's Health Ministry is boosting the safety on the country's water bodies with the addition of type C ambulances boats. The three ambulances we have learnt are being cleared at the Mombasa Port in neighboring Kenya and could be in the country next week. News of the water ambulances will
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The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of health has revealed that her department is working round the clock to ensure all medical staff are cleared. Dr Diana Atwine revealed this on Wednesday evening saying the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development had released the funds. "We are glad to
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has written to the country's Land Commission boss asking her to secure land for the Uganda Heart Institute in Naguru, a suburb in the capital Kampala to set up Cardia centre of excellence. The Letter seen by this publication is dated 14th October and addressed to
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Uganda's health ministry has released a statement explaining some of the issues raised by the Budgetary Monitoring and Accountability (BMAU) “COVID-19 INTERVENTIONS REPORT FINANCIAL YEAR 2019/20.” In the statement issued on Wednesday, the ministry says BMAU hurriedly released "an incomplete and unsigned report in October 2020 to social media without
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In response to what she calls a cluster of "fake news," the health ministry Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine has unleashed photos of some of the tents used host COVID19 patients. Diana tweeted saying; "This is one of the tents at Entebbe General Hospital-Internal View at installation. The so called
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Tony Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy committed to empowering young African entrepreneurs, has announced a partnership with the European Union to identify, train, mentor and fund 2,500 young African women entrepreneurs in 2021. The partnership will disburse €20 million in
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