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The Ministry of Health has set a target of 1.1 Million people to be vaccinated against covid-19 in the Teso and Lango Sub Region. The vaccination campaign dubbed “operation last lap” targets people aged 18 years and above. Dr Alfred Driwale, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Vaccines and Immunization

Kabarole District Chairperson Richard Rwabuhinga ,RDC Julian Ayesiga and OWC officials giving out fingerlings to farmers Communities around the Crater Lakes in Kabarole district have received 90,000 fish fingerlings through Operation Wealth Creation and the NAADs secretariat under the ‘AGRI-LED implementation program phase 1’. The restocking of the Crater Lakes

Over 40 migrant workers who were deported from Saudi Arabia on Thursday have been held at Entebbe International Airport over failure to pay for the mandatory COVID-19 tests. Uganda commenced mandatory COVID-19 testing for all arriving passengers last Wednesday, a process that requires each arriving passenger to pay USD 30

KCCA Deputy Executive Director Eng. David Luyimbazi Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Deputy Executive Director Eng. David Luyimbazi has dismissed talks of a power struggle at the Authority, describing it as diversionary. Recent media reports claimed that the authority is rocked by a ‘power struggle’ but Luyimbazi insists that issues

Parliament has passed a motion asking the government to urgently address the different challenges faced by the girl child. They cited trafficking, teenage pregnancies and early marriages as some of the issues that need immediate attention. Following a motion by Tororo Woman MP Sarah Opendi, legislators noted that the country

Prisons and police officers received the impounded immature fish The fisheries directorate at the agriculture ministry and the Uganda People's Defence Forces Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU have this Wednesday started distributing stocks of impounded smoked fish to Uganda Prisons Services and the vulnerable who include orphans and widows within Kampala Metropolitan

The Gender Labour and Social Development Committee of Parliament has approved the 20 percent midterm access for National Social Security Fund (NSSF) savers aged 45 and have saved for 10 years. The NSSF bill which among other things sought to allow for midterm access of NSSF was passed by the

Ruth Nankbirwa, the Energy and Minerals Minister says Ugandan should tighten their belts because the government cannot intervene to lower fuel prices. The pump prices for petrol had risen as high as 4250 shillings by Wednesday from about 4190 shillings per litre. Generally, the prices have been on the increase