There are plans to set up a specialized hospital in Uganda to treat the increasing number of women who succumb to fistula. The Terrewode Hospital & Rehabilitation Center will also serve as a centre of excellence and a demonstration facility for surgical training programmes that will offer psychosocial rehabilitation for
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The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Betty Amongi has introduced a lands management system adopted by the Ministry for Ugandans living in the Diaspora. Amongi said the new system is aimed at minimizing land grabbing and any fraudulent related land dealings. The Minister was speaking at the land
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Credit from commercial banks to the private sector plays a big role in the development of a country. However, despite Uganda having 24 banks, credit to the private sector generally remains low, a thing that affected Uganda’s economic development. Financial inclusion (manifested in the number of Ugandans who operate an
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Elvis A. Mbonye, in some circles, might be labeled a modern day mystic. However, what would perfectly define his calling is the biblical calling of the prophet. The consistent record over the years of the startling prophetic revelations and predictions accompanied by their confirmation and fulfillment testifies to the heavenly
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The head of Kenya's Central Organization of Trade Unions, the umbrella body for the country's trade unions, has appealed to President Uhuru Kenyatta to stop drinking alcohol. COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli held a press conference in Nairobi on Sunday in which he urged Kenyatta to "sober up." Kenyatta appeared on
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By Peter Abaanabasazi The Government of Uganda has come under fire over human rights violations in oil refinery affected areas. Bunyoro Parliamentary Caucus says the government has not properly handled the resettlement of people affected by the oil refinery in Kyakaboga Parish, Buseruka Sub-County, Hoima district. Led by Barnabas Tinkasimire,
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David Maraga, Kenya's Chief Justice and three of his colleagues on Friday created history by annulling the August presidential election. It is unprecedented in Africa for an opposition court challenge against a presidential election to succeed. Kenyans and East Africans at large have praised Justice Maraga for having the courage
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Tennis star Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in Florida. Williams, 35, whose partner is Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, was admitted to the St Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach on Wednesday. The 23-time Grand Slam winner said last month she was planning
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Prof Andrew Elias State, the dean of the School of Social Sciences at Makerere University, has proposed establishment of a Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Education Fund to help the youth study peace and security in Africa. Professor State says this would help the youth understand how African liberation wars were planned
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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Friday the election commission should resign and some officials should face criminal prosecution after the Supreme Court ruled that irregularities nullified last month’s presidential election. “It is now clear that the entire edifice of the (election board) is rotten. Clear evidence shows that
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