There are increased calls for reopening the country although the COVID-19 situation remains alarming, with more deaths and a relatively high number of infections, after a 42-day lockdown instituted in June. Medical experts say that the lockdown was instituted based on science in consideration of the 14-days incubation period for
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By Richard Kintu The situation at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Kampala should be tense following a recent increase in the noise calling for reforms there. The noise which first gained momentum last Thursday was crowned earlier this week when unidentified “goons” dropped coffins draped with placards calling for
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Real estate players are cautiously watching proposed review of mailo land system Real estate dealers are cautiously watching the proposed review of the Mailo land system as they try to predict how it will affect business.Jamil Migadde, the systems administrator of Ssema properties, a local real estate company expressed concern
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Uganda has scooped two medals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this afternoon, thanks to star athletes Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo. The two won Silver and Bronze in the men's 10,000m race. Cheptegei posted 27:43:63 to finish in the second position slightly behind Ethiopian Selemon Barega with 27:43:22, while
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The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports has released Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results for the year 2020 indicating an improvement in the general performance of candidates. According to the results released on Friday at State House Nakasero by the Minister of Education, Janet Kataha Museveni, 39,968 candidates
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AGT’s banana plantings ready for transplanting By David Rupiny In the early 2000s, coffee and banana farmers faced a huge problem of bacterial wilt disease, which wiped out swathes of plantations across the country, especially in central and western parts of Uganda. “It was like a bush-fire sweeping across the countryside,”
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The nurses and other medics will be able to share their knowledge before returning to Kenya/AFP Kenya has signed a deal with the UK that will allow its unemployed nurses and other medics to work in the UK. Britain's Health Minister Sajid Javid and Kenya’s Labour Minister Simon Chelugi signed
Read MoreThe police have arrested a conman who has been fleecing money from headteachers, just hours to the release of the results of the 2020 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results. The suspect identified as James Bubumbi, a resident of Kasubi, a Kampala suburb has been arrested from Kyegwegwa District from where
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Each MP will get Shs3.5m iPad The Parliamentary Commission has finalised procurement of iPads for each MP, Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has revealed. In her communication during Thursday's plenary sitting, Among said Parliament has procured iPads for all members of parliament to assist them in performing their duties. The iPads will
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries- MAAIF has dispatched half a million doses of Fotivax, a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine. The doses will be distributed to 52 districts along the cattle corridor including Kiruhura, Lwengo, Kazo, Isingiro and Lyantonde. The Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries
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