Uganda’s Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that face masks aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 will be distributed door-to-door via Government structures. FOR MORE INFO & LATEST UPDATES ABOUT COVID-19 SITUATION IN UGANDA CLICK HERE. She made the remarks today while launching the distribution of face
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Human Resource Managers have been urged to practice high levels of professionalism while executing their work in the different sectors. They have been urged to practice their ethical code of conduct, treat employees fairly and seek high levels of knowledge to save those at work to create better output of
Read MoreMPs on the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Wednesday quizzed officials from Mbale Regional Referral hospital over delays to complete the construction of the Shs22bn surgical complex (pictured) at the hospital that has stalled for 2 years. Dr. Emmanuel Tugaineyo Ituuzo, the Director Mbale Regional Referral Hospital led the officials
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By Denis Jjuuko As the United States of America was engulfed in flames following the killing of an African American, George Floyd, in police custody, an interesting story surfaced online. In the story, African Americans were urging each other to support fellow African American or black businesses. The story says
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By Anne Juuko, Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Uganda Africa’s progress in empowering women risks being undone if authorities’ responses to the Covid-19 crisis do not take gender issues into account. Most notably, access to funding will be critical for the survival of many small businesses; yet we know that
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Exciting details have emerged of an economic plan by Aya Investments to support Uganda's economy post the COVID-19 lock down. We have learnt that Aya Investments owned by money magnate, Chairman Mohammed Hamid intends to inject billions of shilling in a project that will see the creation of a vast
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Treasury CS Ukur Yatani during a past press conference in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Kenya is still negotiating for a debt relief deal with China, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has said. Speaking to The Standard on phone yesterday, CS Yatani said Nairobi has opted for bilateral talks with Beijing. “The
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Goats are profitable Goat farming generally means rearing goats for the purpose of harvesting milk, manure, the skin, meat and fiber. Rearing of Goats is not a new enterprise; the business has been on since the time immemorial. FOR INFO & LATEST UPDATES ABOUT COVID-19 SITUATION IN UGANDA CLICK HERE.
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The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has procured new bull dozers, hydraulic excavators and maintenance mobile trucks to boost Uganda’s agro-industrialization agenda. This new fleet that landed in Namalere mechanical workshops last week is expected to be launched by President Yoweri Museveni and will be added to
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It is "very rare" for patients not showing symptoms of Covid-19 to spread it, says a top World Health Organisation official. Such patients may in fact have a mild disease that is not related to coronavirus, according to Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, who is the technical lead for the WHO's
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