Adjumani hospital maternity ward is overwhelmed with the number of mothers who have been admitted to give birth in recent months and some mothers now sleep on the floor as all the beds are occupied. Pauline Idia the assistant district health officer in charge of maternal health, said Adjumani hospital
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Uganda's exports to the United Arab Emirates have grown from $300 million since diplomatic relations were established in 2009 to $1.85 billion in 2020. These are mainly comprised of precious minerals, high value crops and labour. But President Yoweri Museveni pushing for more exports both to the UAE and the
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The Minister of Land, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba (pictured) has suspended all Buikwe Land official activities for three weeks over irregular land transactions. She also wants that a report after the three weeks and in case any irregularities are found to be made by any district land official then they
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L-R: The Executive Chairman of EAMV - Ben Kavuya, Hon Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health, Dr. David Nahamya, Secretary to the National Drug Authority (NDA) , Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and a member of the EAMV Quality Assurance Team during the tour.
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Amuru District leaders have petitioned Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee to investigate the giveaway of Government GeneXpert machine to a private service provider at Elegu. The GeneXpert appliance is a state of the art machines acquired by the Ministry of Health in May 2021 to performs advanced rapid and diagnostic testing
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Migrant workers leaving Entebbe International Airport The ministry for Kampala and metropolitan affairs is to recruit 5,000 youth to work in the Arab world by end of year in the new arrangement. Uganda has one of the highest population growth rates globally with more than 78% of its population below
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Farmers in the Mubuku irrigation scheme in Kasese District are counting losses after a strange pest attacked their tomato gardens. Farmers say the pest mines new fruits leaving holes. The larva feeds voraciously on the tomato fruits, plants, producing large galleys in leaves. They add that the new pest is
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Authorities in Kibaale district have given a one-month Ultimatum to KWIK Build contractors and Engineering Limited to finish the construction of Nyamarwa Seed school in Nyamarwa sub county Kibaale district. KWIK Build Contractors and Engineering LTD who haven't been quick at their work were contracted by government in 2019 to
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President Museveni being welcomed at Abu Dhabi International Airport On Saturday afternoon President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has Saturday afternoon arrived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the 2020 Dubai trade Expo. The Expo that will run up to March 31, 2022 was officially opened on October 1, 2021
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards -UNBS has developed standards for baby cot mattresses that specify the requirements that the manufacturers, importers and dealers in baby cot mattresses have to follow. This comes as the UNBS develops new foam mattress standards (US 202,2021) that specifies the requirements, sampling and test
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