By Pius Wamala Alongside social inequalities, environmental degradation, and economic stress, the World Economic Forum presents climate change as one of the greatest threats to humanity in the present times. Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a Special Report on Global Warming which indicted that of the 1.5°C rise in Global Warming,
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The March, 2020 flash floods left several crop gardens flooded (Photo by Solomon Okabo) Kwania district has launched a search for 30 tons of relief food disbursed by the Office of the Prime Minister for distribution to flood victims. In March 2020, floods displaced over 1,800 families from Nambieso and
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A local businessman in Pader district has confiscated a government motorcycle from the Ogom Sub county LC III Chairperson, Bosco Amone over a debt. David Okot confiscated a Yamaha motorcycle registration number LG 0046-098 on Tuesday claiming that Amone owes him Shillings 135,000 after picking merchandise from his shop
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The newly built Mbarara Central Market Roko Construction Limited has delivered again. After the recent handing over of Raxio Data Center in Namanve, ERA House (Electricity Regulatory Authority new HQ), IRA HQ (Insurance Regulatory Authority) in Kampala and BIT (Busoga Institute of Technology) in Jinja ROKO handed over Mbarara Central
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UNBS Executive Director, David Livingstone Ebiru swearing an oath before Parliament's Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industries. Photo credit: Dominic Ochola The Tourism, Trade and Industries Committee of parliament has slammed the Uganda National Bureau of Standards – UNBS for failing to protect consumers against the proliferation of fake goods on
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Many Ugandans have Vaccination cards instead of vaccination certificates The lack of funds allocated to data entry during the COVID-19 vaccination exercise has led to delays in the processing of certificates. According to the Ministry of Health guidelines on vaccination certificates, all vaccinated persons are supposed to generate a
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Soap prices have more than doubled Uganda's Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has asked Ugandans to use the commodities at home sparingly, saying the recent trend of the skyrocketing prices is a global trend that Government has no control over. She made the remarks during a media interview after today’s plenary
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Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has asked Ibrahim Ssemujju (Kira Municipality) to discuss the continued snub of plenary sittings by First Deputy Prime Minister, Rebecca Kadaga who is also Minister in Charge of East African Affairs. “To my brother, I think I will just invite you for a cup of tea,” said
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Anne Juuko, the Chief Executive for Stanbic Bank Uganda The London based Global Brands Magazine (GBM) has named Anne Juuko, the Chief Executive for Stanbic Bank Uganda as the ‘Best Woman CEO’ in Uganda’s Banking sector for the year 2021. Uganda has 27 commercial banks, four of which, including a
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Minister Amongi Betty (right), the chairperson Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) and Tororo Women MP, Hon Sarah Opendi and Hon. Lutamaguzi Semakula in New York Providing women and girls with equal rights will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large, the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development,
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