Kenya's health ministry has warned school administrators against spraying students with disinfectants as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. Final year students in primary and secondary schools resumed learning on Monday. A video showing schoolgirls queuing to be sprayed was posted on Twitter by a local newspaper
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Minister Ogwang Faults Agric Ministry After Katakwi Farmers Leave Supplied Cassava Cuttings Worth Shs800m To Dry
Minister Peter Ogwang Uganda’s State Minister for ICT and National Guidance, Peter Ogwang has faulted Ministry of Agriculture for buying agricultural inputs like cassava for poor farmers without consulting the stakeholders and beneficiaries. In a statement released on Tuesday, Ogwang stated that the ministry procured cassava cuttings for farmers at
Read MoreA worker picks up leaves from cannabis plants inside a greenhouse of Medigrow, a Lesotho-Canadian company that grows legal cannabis, located near Marakabei, in Lesotho on August 6, 2019. PHOTO | GUILLEM SARTORIO | AFP Rwanda has approved the cultivation and export of cannabis even as the use of the
Read MoreMany African countries have eased restrictions including reopening schools The Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has warned that more than 800 million Africans could be infected with coronavirus, if the virus is allowed to spread deliberately with the aim of achieving herd immunity. The projection is a worst case
Read MoreCandidates in Uganda's upcoming parliamentary elections have until Thursday to pay a nomination fee of a little more than $800 to the Electoral Commission. However, some don't have the money, forcing political parties to appeal for support on social media. Last week, Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as the singer Bobi
Read MoreInvest in indigenous seed multiplication, Museveni says as he flags off Agro-processing equipment
President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off Agro-Processing Equipment for post-harvest and value addition farmer organisations at Namalere Agricultural Referral Mechanization Centre in Wakiso district. During the commissioning ceremony, the President also handed over a cheque worth 60 billion shillings to the recently awarded grant beneficiaries. The equipment, which is part
Read MoreThe cabinet in Rwanda has reduced night-time curfew by two hours as the number of new coronavirus cases reduces. The curfew will now run from 22:00 to 04:00 local time. Public transport will operate at full capacity for sitting passengers and half capacity for standing passengers. People attending conferences will
Read MoreSusan Muhwezi/NTV photo The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is seeking for Shs650M to purchase a car for the Senior Presidential Advisor on The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a position held by Susan Muhwezi. The details are contained in an addendum to the Supplementary Schedule for
Read MoreA section Members of Parliament are calling for urgent reforms in the banking sector as one of the ways to prevent what they termed as exploitation of Ugandans. This is after Justice Henry Peter Adonyo ruled that loans Diamond Trust Bank-Kenya offered to local businessman, Hamis Kiggundu aka Ham through
Read MoreHuawei Awards Ugandan Students After Emerging Sub Saharan Africa Winner In Global ICT Competition
L-R (back) Huawei MD Gaofei, Kyambogo Dean Justus Kwetegeka, Muni Vice Chancellor Prof Christine Dranzoa, Permanet Secretary ICT Ministry Hon BagirreVicent, MartrysNkozi Vice Chancellor Prof John Chrestom and Huawei PR Gaojian PLUS Team Uganda (in front) Huawei Uganda has today awarded three students who represented Uganda in the Huawei ICT
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