Conflicting information and change in wording regarding the National Social Security (Amendment) bill has today forced the President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) to push a major decision on the workers mid-term access to their savings for another two weeks. “Let us give ourselves two weeks and conclusively solve this matter. I want to be
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Africa has been hit by shortages of Covid vaccines At the onset of the pandemic, global supply chain disruptions limited Africa’s ability to respond; it struggled to access additional personal protective equipment and lifesaving ventilators. Even now, as the developed world starts to reopen after hoarding vaccines, Africa is the least inoculated
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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has said that the absence of Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has not created a vacuum. Among was on Wednesday afternoon responding to inquiries by a section of Members of Parliament on the whereabouts of Speaker Oulanyah. Oulanyah was in May elected Speaker of Parliament
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A few months ago, Uganda Airlines top management was suspended by Works and Transport Minister, General Edward Katumba Wamala on orders of President Yoweri Museveni. Museveni suspended Cornwell Muleya, the Uganda Airlines CEO, Andrew Tumusiime, Senior Manager in charge of Administration and five other top officials including the Prez Ahabwe-led board
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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has appointed Henry Waiswa, the Deputy Clerk Corporate Affairs to take charge of Parliament following the retirement of the former Clerk to Parliament Jane Kibirige. Kibirige was restored by President Yoweri Museveni in public interest and replaced with former Minister of Defence, Adolf
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Uganda continues to earn big from non-coffee items like beans, tea and mineral products among others. The Ministry of Finance has revealed that the country earned US$455.22 (Shs1.620Trn) in exports in the month of May 2021. The revelation is contained in the Monthly Performance Of The Economy Report June 2021 that
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Uganda has received a five billion Shillings donation from Denmark to assist in the implementation of the COVID-19 Resurgence Response Plan. The grant from Denmark will be managed by the World Health Organisation and used to support district coordination of the disease. The money is also meant to strengthen national
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Suspected South Sudan security personnel are reportedly chasing Ugandan farmers from their gardens at the borders with Lamwo district. Reports indicate that the gunmen believed to be coming from Owiny-Kibul and Ingiji in the Central Equatorial State of South Sudan have in the past weeks made separate incursions into Uganda
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Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has rejected part of the non-food relief items that were sent to flood victims in Kasese District. Nabbanja said that the items that included 1,000 mosquito nets and 1,000 blankets were substandard and not fit for human use. The nets were found to be very small
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Investigations into the Natete Bar brawl in which one person was shot dead have pinned three people including a UPDF soldier attached to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence-CMI. Magidu Mugwanya a 43-year-old resident of Kibumbiro B zone in Busega Parish in Rubaga Division was gunned down by an unidentified reveller
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