The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga (pictured) and the Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs, Adolf Mwesige have clashed over the involvement of UPDF personnel on Land matters in Amuru District. Kadaga ordered that a statement by Mwesige over the matter be expunged from Parliament record. The statement was in
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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has moved to interdict two of its officers over negligence that has resulted into the latest wave of collapsing buildings, the latest happening in Kansanga over the weekend and leaving over 10 people dead. "We are going to interdict the two officers in charge of
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The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has overturned Covid-19 test results on a Kenyan long-distance truck driver who was tested positive in Uganda while on transit a fortnight ago. According to Taita-Taveta health officials, the victim was tested at the Malaba border along the Kenya-Uganda border on May 3 while on his
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Equity Bank Uganda Limited officials have been applauded for turning away Frank Tumwebaze (pictured), the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development after he showed up at the bank’s premises without wearing a face mask. This was revealed by the minister himself via his official Twitter handle. "Thanks to my
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Uganda’s banking industry assets grew to Shs32.83 trillion in 2019, up from Shs28.3 trillion recorded in 2018, according to 2019 financial results. This further signal that the sector had fully recovered from the toxic effects of the 2011 post election crisis but the gains are likely to be battered by
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There are more than 100 potential vaccines currently in development The coronavirus "may never go away", the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear. He added that even if
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By Sam Lyomoki, Workers MP What does the proposal for midterm access entail? 1. Fellow citizens in the next few days, and as guided by the Right Hon Speaker, Parliament has to pronounce itself on the question of allowing savers under NSSF a small part of their savings. We are
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Uganda's Health Ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine on Wednesday, flagged off non-medical items to institutional quarantine centers in 30 districts across the country. The items were received as donations from various stakeholders in support of the COVID-19 response. Currently, there are 1,103 individuals under quarantine. Each center will receive;
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By Denis Jjuuko If you walked around the community where you lived many years ago, you would notice some boys with charcoal marks on their faces in the form of a beard. Those who came from affluent families, used Kanta, a household hair dye brand at the time. Most of
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COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown has reduced business activity in Uganda by more than 50 percentage points, a report by the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC)’s business climate index (BCI) has revealed. According to the report, sectoral analysis shows that businesses in agriculture experienced the largest decline in business activity
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