About 34 frontline healthcare workers have tested positive for coronavirus, the Health ministry has said even as Kenya confirmed 14 new cases on Friday, Business Daily reports. The new Covid-19 cases bring the total national tally to 621. Ministry of Health Director General Dr Patrick Amoth said the healthcare workers,
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is hosting national prayers on Saturday with an appeal to Ugandans to pray for an end to coronavirus. The prayers will be held starting at 1pm and will be televised. "I have invited religious leaders to join me at State House Entebbe tomorrow, Saturday, for national
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The ongoing lock down over the COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding, works at the site for the planned construction of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal remain on course. Excavation works ahead of the planned construction at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala are almost complete and the construction of the raft
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Chen Lei, President of Huawei Southern Africa Region ICT has been critical to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and transforming society over the long term. But the key to progress is laying the foundation for constant evolution, writes Chen Lei, President of Huawei Southern Africa Region. With the outbreak of the
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Peninah Bahati Kitsao was widowed last year A Kenyan widow filmed cooking stones to make her children believe she was preparing food has lost her last-born child, the Daily Nation newspaper report. The four-month-old baby died on Thursday after being discharged from hospital where she was treated for a persistent
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Abdul Kinyenya, a Choreographer and entrepreneur Experts in the creative artists industry have urged stakeholders to partner with them to develop the sector through enabling them access opportunities including business classes aimed at supporting them to access credit from financial institutions. They say that this will help them set up
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The EU said there was a need to put an end to dirty money infiltrating its financial system. The European Union has added 12 countries to its money-laundering blacklist, putting their financial transactions under greater scrutiny. They include Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe. Others are Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama,
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Uganda’s president has called on rich countries to cancel all of Africa’s debt to help the continent free up enough cash to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Yoweri Museveni (pictured) told United Nations delegates that only total debt forgiveness would prove that the world was interested in helping Africa fight a
Read MoreThe Uganda Shilling closed the week steady riding on the positive sentiment generated by the news of IMF disbursement of Shs1.8 trillion designed to assist the country deal with the economic effects of COVID 19. Trading was in the range of 3795/3805 during the week ending May08, 2020. In the
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Former National Animal Genetic Resource Centre and Data Bank (NAGRIC & DB) boss, Dr Charles Lagu was on Friday interdicted. Lagu was remanded to Kitalya Prison after denying accusations of abuse of office, obtaining money by false pretense, causing financial loss to government and conspiracy to defraud. A fortnight ago,
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