Medical Interns are demanding risk allowances due to their involvement in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. The demand was presented to the Parliamentary Covid-19 task force by Doctor Mary Lillian Nabwire, the President of the Federation of Uganda Medical Interns. According to Nabwire, many medical interns who are deployed to
Read MoreGulu University has said that they are ready to conduct clinical for Covilyce-1, a herbal medicine. A clinical trial is a stage where experiments are conducted with a health intervention to obtain sufficient evidence for a process that is considered effective as a medical treatment. Three weeks ago, a group
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The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) on Friday hosted a learning webinar for innovators to discuss ways of protecting inventions. This, as innovators in Uganda and world over respond by developing breakthrough solutions to address local and global needs. To support such innovators, URSB, held the webinar the theme ‘Innovation
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By Amon Baita Uganda’s budding artist, Hid 16th, has finally dropped his video of the recently released song ‘Betty‘ in which he features Kenya’s gengeton group Mbuzi gang and Exray. The new video of the dance hall single also features Mbuzi Gang (Joefes, Iphoolish and Farthermor) and Exray from Boondocks
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Forensic investigations into the death in custody of four suspects in the General Katumba Wamala shooting have left experts baffled after pathologists found the internal contents of the dead men's bodies difficult to figure out and have had to send samples of different organ tissues for more advanced analysis.Inside one
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has reduced the cost of certifying a product, following continuous complaints from manufacturers. UNBS has also phased out some costs altogether including Initial Audit Fees of 250,000 Shillings and Surveillance Audit Fees of 250,000. Sylvia Kirabo, the Head of Public Relations at UNBS says
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129 out of 186 P7 candidates who sat for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) 2020 at Kampala Parents School passed in Grade I with aggregates between 4 and 6. Daphine Kato, the School Principal made this revelation Friday afternoon while receiving the results. She attributed the success to E-learning. “The
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The former Bukoto South MP, Muyanja Mbabaali (pictured), who is also a businessman could soon run bankrupt as money lenders move to attach his properties to recover their money. Mbabaali, a strong NRM cadre has been given a 30-day ultimatum to pay up all his debts or risk losing five of his properties
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The Ministry of Health has spent Shs23bn of the COVID-19 donations funds to purchase double cabin trucks, a decision that has angered a number of Ugandans. The Ministry took to its official twitter handle today revealing that part of the money collected in donations was used to purchase pickup trucks
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A total of 12,819 registered candidates did not sit for the 2020 Primary Leaving Examinations - PLE. According to UNEB, a total of 749,942 candidates registered for examinations but only 736,942 candidates showed up for the examinations. Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Secretary says there were various reasons why there
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