Emirates SkyCargo will continue to operate cargo flights to Entebbe International Airport thereby facilitating the movement of goods during this uncertain time. Emirates will operate two weekly cargo flights every Friday and Sunday and these will touch down at the airport at 14:00hrs and depart at 16:00hrs.The airline has deployed
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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday approved the disbursement of US$109.4 million (Shs416.29bn) to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). This will serve to meet Rwanda’s urgent balance of payment needs stemming from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The
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The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has temporarily lifted the ban on the use of public address systems as part of fight against the spread of Coronovirus in Uganda. UCC announced the shift in regulations through a press statement noting that the decision to lift the ban follows the outbreak of
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Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda (pictured) has told Parliament that utility companies will still charge for services, except that service providers should exercise restraint in and consider grace periods for defaulters. Rugunda was clarifying on several questions raised by MPs and said utility companies should continue to be able to provide
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An intense and aggressive awareness campaign by the media is Uganda’s first line of attack or vanguard against the coronavirus pandemic. With no guaranteed medical cure so far, the biggest medicine for COVID19 is prevention through mass awareness. The media is a proven major weapon in creating repetitive messaging. Unfortunately,
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Parliament has stopped the distribution of relief food that was set to start on Saturday, 4, April, to 1.5m vulnerable people in Wakiso and Kampala. Yesterday Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda announced that the relief food would be distributed at LC1 level with each person getting 6kgs of maize flour, 3kgs
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Kenya will receive $50m (UShs189.5bn) from the World Bank to fund efforts intended to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has said the amount will be used to procure protective gear for health workers, hand sanitisers as well as increasing bed capacity in hospitals. Health workers have
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Uganda Christian University (UCU) could land into trouble after it defied the presidential directive on closing all institutions of learning to help control the spread of Coronovirus in Uganda. This is after Kilak North MP, Gilbert Olanya raised concern during yesterday’s plenary sitting, noting that UCU Management is asking students to
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By Dennis Kahindi Like many other children, ours have been home for just over ten days. While the sudden withdrawal from school has disrupted their routines, many teachers have continued to engage them, as they should, in-class exercises through various media, including email and WhatsApp class exercises. Last week the
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By AFP A six-week-old baby died of Covid-19 and global agencies warned of food shortages as coronavirus infections around the world neared one million Wednesday. Governments expanded lockdowns to affect about half of the planet, with funeral parties banned in the Democratic Republic of Congo, New York locking up its
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