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Politicians from across the political divide have taken to social media to mourn the passing of Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the longest-serving Governor of the Bank of Uganda. Mutebile who has been struggling with ill health for some time, passed on this morning at Nairobi Hospital in Kenya, according to a

Tumusiime-Mutebile (RIP) The Governor of the Bank of Uganda Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile is Dead. Mutebile died this morning at Nairobi Hospital, according to an announcement by Deputy Governor Micheal Atingi-Ego. He was 72. Mutebile was admitted to Nairobi Hospital on Sunday, December 31, 2021, after he collapsed due to complications

Cheng Zhigang , the Secretary General of China-Africa Industrial Forum addressing the conference The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Beijing -China together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with China Africa Industrial Forum organized a Uganda- China Trade and Investment Webinar.The main objectives of the Webinar

A section of school administrators in Jinja district have resolved to increase the time allocated to learners during both break and lunchtime to promote social distancing at the different eating points. They argue that learners normally crowd themselves during mealtime and the only way to encourage social distancing, is through

Six members of the same family have died in an accident in Pakwach District. The six had accompanied one of their relatives to board a bus and as they waited by the roadside near Panyimur junction on the Nebbi-Pakwach highway, when a Toyota Hiace Registration number UBG-674G commonly referred to

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has suspended the operations of the weighbridge at the Kenya Uganda Malaba border to help to reduce the pile-up of trucks at the border. The prime minister on Friday made an impromptu visit at the Malaba border on a fact-finding mission to establish why the fuel

Men infected with COVID-19 might experience a short-term reduction in sperm count, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The study shows that some men infected with COVID-19 might find it hard to impregnate a woman after recovering from the disease due to a reduction in

The Ministry of Works and Transport on Friday blamed the delay of the commencement of Lira – Kamdini road reconstruction work on the stringent conditions on environmental and social impact studies set by the World Bank for its loan. The explanation was given following threats of nude protests by the

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has made an appeal to the international community to embrace Uganda as a tourist destination again, after two years of low business. Launching a new Destination Uganda campaign, Museveni said that while Africa has not suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic as much as the rest of

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is seeking for Shs89.7Bn to pursue the Allied Defence Forces (ADF) rebels that the army claims are holed up in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The details are contained in the documents tabled by officials of Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs who had