By Denis Jjuuko If you walked around the community where you lived many years ago, you would notice some boys with charcoal marks on their faces in the form of a beard. Those who came from affluent families, used Kanta, a household hair dye brand at the time. Most of
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Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arrested two Chinese nationals for allegedly offering a $250,000 (£203,000) bribe in local currency to one of its senior officials. Meng Wei Kun and Xu Koi were arrested on Tuesday inside in their office in the northern city of Sokoto
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Finance Minister Matia Kasaija (pictured) is set to formally read the Shs45.49Trn 2020/21 budget on 11th June 2020, Speak of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has revealed. This was contained in the speaker’s communication to parliament during yesterday’s plenary sitting. The Speaker said the budget reading will be preceded by President Yoweri
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Uganda today, 12 May, 2020 confirmed four new COVID-19 cases from 1,478 samples of truck drivers, Ministry of Health has said. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 126 in Uganda. “…The new cases include: 2 Ugandans, 1 Kenyan who arrived via Elegu and 1 Tanzanian who arrived
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By Eng. Irene Kaggwa Ssewankambo The history of the communications industry dates back to when messages were transported from one point to another by roadrunners and pigeons. This evolved into letter writing. Soon came inventions such as radio and telephone. Today we can have instant communication with almost anyone in
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Tanzania's President John Pombe Magufuli was conspicuosly missing as Rwanda's leader Paul Kagame hosted a consultative meeting on COVID-19. The virtual meeting held on Tuesday morning including Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta and South Sudan's Salvar Kiir in attendance. "Earlier today, President Kagame chaired a virtual EAC Consultative Meeting
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By Tennyson Williams COVID-19 is a wakeup call for the world – and the case for a global wildlife trade ban has never been more urgent. The origins of the deadly pandemic that’s sweeping across the world leaving a trail of destruction, are thought to originate from a wet
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As Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate International Nurses Day, the Health Ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine is appealing to all Ugandans to appreciate nurses' efforts. "We are commemorating the International Nurses Day today. Your role in this is to appreciate any nurse that you know
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The Ministry of Education and Sports Permanent Secretary, Alex Kakooza (pictured) has asked Local Governments and Police to arrest all individuals found selling the learners’ materials that were sent to districts across the country. In a circular sent out today, Kakooza described the actions as very unfortunate for the unscrupulous
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More than half a million people in sub-Saharan Africa could die between now and next year from Aids-related illnesses amid the Covid-19 pandemic - unless governments move to address the issue. A modelling analysis done by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAids shows that the impact of a six-month
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