Makerere Main Building Makerere University Senate has left individual college academic committee boards to decide how to conduct end of semester examinations. This follows findings by an online survey by the University Guild indicating that 50 percent of the students prefer physical exams. Only 13 percent of the 3884 respondents selected
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Umeme's newly upgraded Gulu substation In line with Government of Uganda’s Strategy to support local content under the Buy Uganda Build Uganda policy, Umeme’s purchases for electricity poles from local farmers now stands 90,000 annually. Umeme has since 2008 been consuming electricity poles from 6 local suppliers who buy from
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The artemisia annua plant, also known as sweet wormwood, has long provided a key ingredient in treating malaria/Getty Images The artemisia annua plant, also known as sweet wormwood, has long provided a key ingredient in treating malaria The World Health Organization (WHO) has included artesunate, a treatment for malaria, in its
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Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited has appointed Kenneth Agutamba (pictured)as Manager, Reputation and Communications, according to the official notice published on August 11. Kenneth succeeds Cathy Adengo who has been appointed as Head of Sustainability at the bank. “Kenneth will be responsible for executing our corporate communications strategy, Sponsorships and implementing stakeholder
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Thirty-three hens meant for genetic research at Gulu University-Main Campus have vanished without a trace raising health concerns among experts. They are part of 56 chickens that were collected from different parts of Uganda for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) studies aimed at improving indigenous breeds as well as transform and boost
Read MoreThree new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments against COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. The therapies; artesunate, imatinib and infliximab will be tested on hospitalized COVID-19 patients in 52 countries under the Solidarity PLUS
Read MoreUganda should have reason to get worried over the financing of its oil and gas development project, as global lenders play wait-and-see, while others have already reportedly distanced themselves. More than US$ 10 billion is due to be spent on developing various oil and gas projects over the next three
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With the recent announcements of the UAE easing entry protocols for 12 countries, and the UK adding the UAE on its ‘amber list’, Emirates is actively responding to the spike in travel demand across its network to make it easier for customers to connect to Dubai and beyond through the
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The government is proposing to impose a moratorium on sale of agricultural land to prevent over fragmentation of cultivable land. Fragmentation of land is largely blamed for the decline in agricultural productivity, especially for products that require big areas. Apart from fragmenting the land, much of the land sold has
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Sarah Kwagala in one of the dormitories at Jinja based Universal Church of Righteousness. Police have stormed the headquarters of Universal Apostle’s Fellowship Church of Righteousness (UAFCR) in Magwa Village in Southern Division, Jinja City and rescued a woman from one of the dormitories. The 25-year-old, Sarah Kwagala had burns and
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