The Ministry of Education is worried as over 99% of all the teachers registered across the country to receive the Covid-19 vaccine are still hesitant to receive the AstraZeneca jabs.The teachers have given excuses like long distances to the vaccination centres as some of the reasons why they can’t be
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Carrefour Supermarket in Kampala, Uganda Supermarket chain Carrefour has been ordered to revise all its agreements with some 700 suppliers within a month after a tribunal found it has been exploiting traders. Carrefour, Kenya’s second largest retail chain, will need to expunge up to six items from its supplier contracts
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Finance Minister Matia Kasaija with budget brief case The Ministry of Finance has further increased the budget for the financial year 2021/2022 from the initial 41.3 Trillion Shillings to 44.7 Trillion Shillings.According to the Ministry of Finance, the increase is due to an additional 500 Billion Shillings for the purchase
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Current Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga President Yoweri Museveni Tibuhaburwa has summoned the Central Executive Committee-CEC of his National Resistance Movement party for a special sitting at Kyankwanzi where MPs-Elect are currently undergoing political induction. It is understood that one of the items that CEC, the most powerful organ of the party
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Global tech company, Huawei believes that information and communication technologies or ICTs, has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by 20% over the next decade. William Xu, Director of the Board and President of Huawei's Institute of Strategic Research, recently said energy sustainability was a daunting challenge that faced
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Ugandan athlete Dorcus Inzikuru Ayivu county MP, Bernard Atiku has asked Parliament to intervene in the proposed plans by Arua city to demolish the house belonging to Ugandan athlete, Dorcus Inzikuru in order to create an access road. Atiku told Parliament that the land in question was given to Inzikuru by Arua Municipal Council
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Each litre of fuel will be charged extra Shs100 Government has finally backed out of the proposal to tax on owners of vehicles and motor cycles. The controversial tax has instead been transferred to fuel. The Government decision was revealed by David Bahati, the State Minister for Planning in the Ministry
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The Inspectorate of Government has vehemently denied media reports indicating that the Inspectorate is investigating Fred Bamwesigye (pictured), the Ag Director General for Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA). Speaking to the press Friday afternoon at her IPS offices, the Ag IGG, Mariam F Wangadya said that the matter of alleged inauthentic academic qualifications of Bamwesigye was first
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Vaccination programmes in Africa have been hit by supply issues The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged African countries not to destroy Covid-19 vaccines that may have passed their expiry date. Countries have been told to keep hold of them and wait for further guidance. The appeal comes after Malawi
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Uganda Attorney General, William Byaruhanga Uganda has argued that the Democratic of Congo (DRC) is simply demanding too much money in compensation and has not presented evidence justifying its claim. In his opening remarks on Thursday at The Hague—Netherlands—based International Court of Justice (ICJ), Uganda Attorney General, William Byaruhanga argued
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