The Minister of Health, Ruth Aceng (pictured) has revealed that there are no funds for the payment of allowances of medical interns and senior house staff in the 2023/2024 Financial Year following the reduction of budget for the Ministry of Health by over Shs75.417bn. Minister Aceng made the revelation while
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Traders in Kikubo trading centre The first quarter of the year ended with a largely positive outlook as strengthening customer demand continued to drive improvements in business conditions in the Ugandan private sector, according to the Stanbic Purchase Managers Index for the month of March, released today. The headline PMI
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A refugee watering her onion garden in Rhino Camp settlement/Courtesy Photo Refugees living in settlements in the West Nile region are calling on the government to allocate more land for agricultural production as the World Food Programme (WFP) shifts its focus to offer food assistance only to the most vulnerable
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Claire Cheromoi, the new president of Makerere University Ph.D students In a tightly contested election, Claire Cheromoi, a Ph.D. student from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences has emerged as the new president of the Makerere University Ph.D. Fellows forum. Ms. Cheromoi emerged with a resounding 65% of the vote,
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L -R: dfcu Bank’s Robert Wanok, Ruth Asasira and Marie Stopes Uganda’s Joyeuse Uwitonze and Dr. Peter Ddungu at the launch of Every Stage of Woman campaign. dfcu Bank, under its dfcu Women in Business Program and Marie Stopes Uganda (MSU) have announced a joint campaign that will allow the Bank’s female
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Robinah Mukasa Kamuntu, Absa Bank Uganda’s Head of Communications and Citizenship plants a tree as fellow staff look on Absa Bank Uganda Staff have planted 300 trees and adopted 100 indigenous trees at the Makerere University School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Botanical Garden which is found at
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Petition to dean of students Joseph Kateregga, a student at Makerere University has petitioned the Dean of Students to disqualify all Guild Candidates that are affiliated with National Political parties to Foster a Neutral Student Government. Kateregga’s petition comes nearly two weeks before the election of the new Guild President
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Used clothes dumped in Nairobi after overuse/ Courtesy photo The East African Community (EAC) is now pushing for traditional wear and garments made from local materials in a bid to revive the region's textile industry. A policy organ says if the lesu and kanga are encouraged as wear or inputs for clothes, it will
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People involved in sports betting and gaming will have to forego 30% of their winnings in form of taxes to Government if the proposed amendment to the Lotteries and Gaming Act, 2016 is approved in its current form. The proposal is contained in the tax bills that were recently tabled by
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Evelyn Anite (Centre), the state minister for Investment and Privatization speaking during the release of results as Julius Kakeeto (Left), Managing Director at PostBank Uganda looks on. PostBank has announced its financial results with a 19% increase in net profit for the year ended December 31st, 2022. The state-owned bank
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