Uganda Communications Commission Ag. Executive Director Irene Kaggwa-Sewankambo (pictured above) has challenged corporate leaders to take cybersecurity seriously. Speaking at the 9th annual Directors and Company Secretaries conference held at Protea Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday, 3 March 2020, Kaggwa-Sewankambo said chief executives and directors of companies in Uganda tend
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By Denis Jjuuko I had planned to watch the proceedings at Namirembe hill as the Church of Uganda installed its 9th archbishop on Sunday. Something else came up and I ended up about 40km away from home in a place that is yet to experience electricity. I returned home long
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Kilak North MP, Gilbert Olanya has called on the Ministry of Health to recommend to Government to postpone the forth coming 2021 general elections due to fears of COVID-19 commonly known as coronavirus. Olanya made the remarks yesterday in response to a statement by the Ministry of Health, updating the
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The Lord Mayor (C) appearing before the Committee on Trade with officials from Tondeka Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has expressed ignorance about the proposed Tondeka Metropolitan Bus project saying the loan to fund the project is a surprise. “We have gathered from media reports that Government plans to bankroll
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Ugandan businesswomen have been advised to participate in business leadership in the country and beyond if they are to contribute to the growth the economy and benefit from gender equality. During the 3rd Annual Women conference organised by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) held at Hotel Africana on Wednesday, the URA
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African Airlines have lost $400m (£312m) since the outbreak of the coronavirus in China in February, according to the global airline industry body. The epidemic is not as widespread in Africa as in other continents, but it has led airlines like South African Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Air Tanzania, Air
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The President of the Republic of Uganda and the Commander-In-Chief of the UPDF, H.E Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has passed out UPDF commandos after undergoing a 16 months qualification course of Special Forces. This was the 4th intake of it's kind and was conducted at Butiaba Marines training School in
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised people to use contactless technology instead of cash as banknotes may be spreading coronavirus. The infectious COVID-19 virus could be carried on the surface of banknotes for several days, the WHO warned on Monday night. To stop the spread of the disease, people
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Uganda's Ministry of Health has received 10 ambulances and firefighting equipment (trucks) from the Japanese Government in order to boost Emergency Medical Services in Uganda. State Minister for Health in charge of Primary Health Care, Dr Joyce Moriku Kaducu checks out one of the new ambulances The equipment received includes;
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Ethiopia has said the US position on the controversial Nile River mega-dam project is "totally unacceptable". The US is negotiating between Ethiopia and Egypt in the ongoing dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam that some fear could lead to war. Ethiopia accused the US of overstepping its role as
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