Uganda’s current Chief Justice Bart Magunda Katureebe/Courtesy photo Chief Justice and his or her deputy will continue getting the benefits they are enjoying while still in active service at the judiciary even after they have retired. This is according to the Administration of the Judiciary Bill, 2018 passed by Parliament
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A Kenyan boy is among this year's recipients of state commendations for his invention of a handwashing machine. Nine-year-old Stephen Wamukota (pictured) used wood to suspend a jerrycan of water and create a pedal to be used to dispense water and soap and avoid contact. He had told his mother
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Uganda has registered 32 new cases of coronavirus bringing the country's total to 489. On Monday evening, President Yoweri Museveni announced a further easing of the lock down. Below is a summary of the president's Address on Lockdown (1st June 2020) Public transport is now allowed but will carry half
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Bankers from Sub Saharan Africa and China who attended the Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa Financial Services Industry Online Summit 2020 agree that digitisation of the sector will give it resilience against the current Covid-19 pandemic and enable sustained growth in the post Covid era. The pan-African conference themed “Accelerating Digital Transformation,
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Traders will only be permitted to sell alcohol for consumption off-site/ AFP Image Long queues have formed outside shops selling alcohol in South Africa after restrictions on its sale, imposed two months ago as part of measures to fight Covid-19, were lifted. Social media posts showed people, who had braved
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Kalungu West County MP, Joseph Gonznaga Ssewungu (pictured) is wondering why President Yoweri Museveni simply ‘forced’ Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioners to resign over alleged corruption instead of arresting and prosecuting them. Ssewungu claims that the information they have is that the Commissioners have been ‘stealing’ and ‘damn rich’. He
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Parenthood is undeniably one of the most universally desired goals in adulthood, and most people have life plans that include children. However, not all couples who want a pregnancy will achieve one spontaneously and a proportion will need to seek medical treatment to help resolve underlying fertility problems. It's therefore
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Entebbe International Airport is now deserted due to COVID-19 measures/Courtesy photo The Government of Uganda through its Embassy in Qatar has cancelled the earlier plan to evacuate Ugandans stranded in the Middle East Country. The Embassy had in its 31st May 2020 statement informed Ugandans in Qatar who wished to
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Uganda’s Ministry of Health has announced 40 new COVID-19 cases from samples tested on 31 May, 2020. All the 40 cases are Ugandans. In a statement signed by Dr. Charles Olaro on behalf of Director General Health Services, the Ministry said 23 cases are among samples tested from Points of
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Students in Tanzania are heading back to high schools and colleges for the first time in about two months, but will adhere to strict guidelines to ensure their safety from coronavirus. The school calendar was interrupted in March following the outbreak of the virus. But now, amid what the government
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