The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) field services team on Wednesday intercepted smugglers carrying over 200 cartons of exotic pens worth 300 million shillings.This was after a truck registration number UAE 050F accompanied by a minivan registration number UAZ 637N were seized along Mukono- Kayunga road.The driver of the van identified
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When it comes to climate change, Uganda has been doing one thing right and that is maintaining a small carbon footprint. According to the information from Our World in Data, 2017 statistics stood at 0.12 tonnes per capita. To maintain this status, at the United Nations climate conference of 2015,
Read MoreBy Peter Nyanzi I wish to add my voice to the deafening outcry about the hefty cost of health care in Uganda, which has been amplified by the dozens of millions of shillings being demanded by health facilities to treat Covid-19 patients. But how did we get here? In 2005,
Read MoreLess than 1.5 per cent of the persons targeted for vaccination in Uganda have received the recommended two jabs of the COVID-19 vaccine. This represents only 232,743 of the targeted 22 million people, according to the Ministry of Health figures. Records also show that a total of 906,517 persons who
Read MoreBy Denis Jjuuko There is always a debate in Uganda and perhaps in other parts of the world about formal education and entrepreneurship. The argument posits that formal education incapacitates entrepreneurship. The argument is that people who don’t go through formal education set up businesses and become very successful. A
Read MoreAt least 300,000 doses of the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccines donated to Uganda by the Peoples Democratic Republic of China are expected to arrive this Saturday, according to the new Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong. This will be the first consignment of another type of vaccine to come to Uganda
Read MorePresident Samia Suluhu gets vaccinated for Covid-19/ @ikulumawasliano Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu has been vaccinated against Covid-19. "We are not an island and that is why now we are starting vaccination," said the president who took office in March. Her predecessor, the late John Magufuli, was a coronavirus sceptic and
Read MorePresident Yoweri Museveni and First Lady at the launch of Uganda Airlines It was excitement on April23, 2019 as Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni received two Bombardier CRJ900 jets from Canada at the Entebbe International Airport. This officially marked the revival of Uganda Airlines. Three years down the road, we assess
Read MoreThe domination of the financial sector by the banking industry has for the last 15 years faced an onslaught by digital financial innovations, especially the mobile money platforms. But over the years, banks have also tried to embrace digital innovations and make transactions easier for the public, extend services closer
Read MoreGulu University has secured a research grant of Shillings 1.1 billion for value addition to Borassus Aethiopum Mart fruit locally known as ‘’Tugu’’ and sewage sludge management. The two projects will see the university research on Borassus Aethiopum Mart fruit, which is common in Northern Uganda a supplement for children
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