HIV drugs. A more HIV drugs. A more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV has been discovered Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said on Monday. The new strain,
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The MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer, Wim Vanhelleputte (pictured) has warned that calls for telecoms to reduce cost of data should be accompanied by policies on cost of doing business or else they’ll suffer similar fate as Africell. Vanhelleputte made the call while appearing before Parliament’s Information, Communication and Technology Committee that is scrutunising
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Agnes Igoye A joint team of investigators from various security agencies and immigration is probing the increasing claims of Ugandan domestic workers whose internal organs have illegally been removed. The police team is comprised of detectives from the forensic department, Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), Interpol while others are cross-border experts
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The Anti-Narcotic Police Unit at Entebbe International Airport is holding a 29-year-old woman on charges of drug trafficking from Uganda to India. Charles Twine, the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID spokesperson has identified the suspect as Carol Birungi who was found with 90 pellets of heroin drugs, which were reportedly concealed
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Auditor General, John Muwanga has admitted to being clueless about the shares Government has in Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL). Muwanga’s admission is contained in his December 2021 Auditor General Report that was tabled before Parliament recently in which he highlighted that he isn’t in position to establish the exact stake Ugandans hold
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Ruth Asasira (pictured) has been appointed as Manager Women in Business and Special Programs at dfcu Bank. Ruth has 12 years of experience in the financial services sector, and is a dynamic microfinance practitioner, certified financial literacy trainer, with experience in product and business development. She is passionate about Youth and Women
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Wim Vanhelleputte, Chief Executive Officer at MTN Uganda MTN Uganda has blamed the poor network coverage on the refusal by Ugandans to give up their land for the installation of masts and the stringent process to acquire authorization from Government to install them. The complaint was made by Wim Vanhelleputte, Chief Executive
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President Yoweri Museveni has said no one should build or buy land in the road reserves or wetlands. “You will lose your money and we shall NOT compensate anyone. Your titles will be canceled. Tampering with wetlands is not a good practice for our environment. Even those planting rice in
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A flier advertising Bridge waters Security authorities in Kabale district have launched investigations into the circumstances under which hundreds of residents were fleeced by an online cryptocurrency company-Bridge Water Stocks. The online company that abruptly shut down started attracting locals mid last year. At the time, a number of business
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Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. Uganda Airlines charged and received 500,000 US Dollars (about Shs1.75bn)to fly the Parliament Speaker Jacob Oulanyah one way to Seattle, United States of America for treatment. The Airlines Acting CEO Jeniffer Bamuturaki says that the Airbus A330-800 was chartered by a client whom she would
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