Uganda’s health sector is facing many challenges including inadequate patients’ care leading to slow recovery, rapid disease spread and stress among families among other consequences. To help solve the above challenge, Asphire Life International, a healthcare firm has introduced bedside nursing care services aimed at reaching out to over 5,000
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The United Nations says the number of people going hungry has increased for the third year running. A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the UN Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization, said reaching the target of
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dfcu bank has broken silence on the alleged hacking of its system that has reportedly caused financial loss to the bank and customers. However, in an official statement dated Monday 15th July 2019, dfcu has described the reports as “malicious falsehoods”. Headed by Mathias Katamba (in featured photo)as Managing Director,
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South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has told a judge-led inquiry that allegations of corruption against him were a "conspiracy" aimed at removing him from the political scene, BBC reports. He was appearing for the first time at the inquiry, which is investigating allegations that he oversaw a web of
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The Police Flying Squad Unit-FSU and Crime Intelligence-CI have recovered 30 guns in eighteen operations conducted across the country. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga (in featured photo), said the guns were recovered in the past five months through intelligence led crackdowns. He says majority of the guns have since established to
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Members of Parliament (MPs) sitting on Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Monday tasked the Ministry of Trade officials to explain circumstances under which the Ministry paid Shs39.36m to political assistants and security guards of Ministers without the institution’s structures providing for the posts. The Trade Ministry officials led by Permanent
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The Acting head of Private Security and Fire Arms Department in Uganda Police, Apollo Kateeba, has said that cases of security guards killing civilians are as a result of lack of supervision. His comments follow the death of Ainebyoona Mugisha who was on Tuesday shot dead by Moses Angoria, a
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Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has heaped praise on his Ugandan counterpart, President Yoweri Museveni, saying Uganda has grown tremendously under him. Magufuli made the remarks over the weekend while hosting Museveni in Chato, Tanzania. "President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is a brother and indeed, a true friend. Flying all the
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Police have charged a junior staff of dfcu bank for stealing customer’s savings worth Shs10bn, reports say. The suspect identified as Braise Ombuze has been charged with the offense of Electronic Fraud and Theft under a reference Vide CID HQTRS GEF 604/2019. Ombuze had been detained at CID head offices
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The Ministry of Labour in Kenya has until close of business Monday to provide documents on the auction of top-of-the-range vehicles belonging to the government at throw-away prices with some being sold for as low as KSh32,000 (UShs1.1m), Business Daily reports. Public Accounts Committee (PAC) directed PS Peter Tum to
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