None of the hospitals in Uganda is accredited to operate as an international facility, according to the Health Ministry. The Ministry notes that many hospitals deliberately refer to themselves as International to attract more clients. Dr. Jackson Amone, the Commissioner Integrated Curative Services, says there is no difference between hospitals
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Kenyan businessman Jimnah Mbaru has sold off 50 million shares he owns in Britam Holding, one of Kenya’s largest insurers, to Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (Swiss Re), Forbes reports. According to a recent filing by Britam, Mbaru sold the shares in a private transaction to the Swiss insurer. The financial
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Kyadondo East lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine is sad and blue after the Uganda Police Force blocked his Easter Monday music show at Busabala Beach. Bobi Wine, a musician turned politician revealed this development on Easter Sunday saying the total number of his concerts blocked since 2017 has reached
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President Yoweri Museveni has urged children whose parents have passed on not to divide the land amongst themselves, but rather form family owned business where they all have a stake. Below his message he posted on his official facebook page on Easter Sunday; Over this Easter holiday, I am visiting
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At least 156 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police and hospital sources say. At least seven blasts were reported. Three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo's Kochchikade district were targeted during Easter services. The Shangri-La, Kingsbury, Cinnamon Grand
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the country's growth rates are higher than those of Sub Saharan Africa and the rest of the world. Museveni made the claim in his Easter message delivered on Saturday saying the Ugandan economy is undergoing a robust 'resurrection.' "In Uganda’s case, we are undergoing
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Imagine sitting down and having a conversation with an ultra-successful self-made billionaire like Warren Buffett, Mark Cuban or Oprah Winfrey. What could you learn if you spent an afternoon with Richard Branson (in featured photo) or Bill Gates? Can you imagine all the interesting tidbits or helpful advice they might
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Sudan’s public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal grounds, a judicial source said on Saturday. The source said that military intelligence had searched Bashir’s home and found suitcases loaded with more than $351,000
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Bukonzo West FDC MP, Godfrey Katusabe Artiken caused shock in Kasese district after he officiated over the defection of opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) supporters to the ruling NRM party in the presence of President Yoweri Museveni. Atkins who also doubles as the so called Foreign Affairs Minister in
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In an operation involving the Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Hon. Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, the Uganda Police has today intercepted 13 girls who were being trafficked from Karamoja to Kampala. According to the Minister, the girls aged between 5 and 15 were moving in a Kampala-bound taxi
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