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The failure of manufactures of breast milk substitutes to follow product labelling regulations are endangering Uganda children, according to a new report. The World Health Organisation regulations on labeling of milk Substitutes products indicate that the formula must clearly state the superiority of breastfeeding, the need of health care workers

The National Social Security Fund-NSSF has asked parliament to split the current Fund into two to provide for workers who would want to have midterm access to their savings. Speaking to reporters at the NSSF head offices in Kampala on Thursday, Richard Byarugaba, the Fund’s managing director said one fund

The Commander in chief, President Yoweri Museveni, has today retired 14 Uganda People’s Defence Forces –UPDF Generals and 590 other officers. The most senior by rank is Gen Ivan Koreta. The 65-year-old four-star Gen Koreta joined armed forces in 1979 when Museveni and group picked up guns to fight Dr

There is a heavy deployment of Uganda People’s Defence Forces - UPDF soldiers at the Uganda-South Sudan border in Okuti Paris, Kitgum District. The deployment comes three weeks after hundreds of unknown armed men donning military wear were sighted camped at Lunyili hills in Ikotos County, Eastern Equatoria state in

The construction work at the Jinja based Kiira motors cooperation plant has slowed down because of delayed government funding. So far only Shillings 80billion out of the Shillings 143billion approved by the cabinet in 2018 for the construction work has been released. The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF business unit, the

The British Government has through the Council of British Agricultural Production allocated Shillings 5.1 billion for dairy production and poultry farming in Northern Uganda. The 5 years project is being implemented by the Countryside Harvester, a local Organisation based in Gulu City. Felix Omara, the Operation Manager of Countryside Harvester,

Parliament has called for an audit on sugarcane factories to establish their financial status and production capacity. Solomon Silwany, the Member of Parliament for Bukoli central in Bugiri district Solomon Silwany yesterday while raising the matter of national concern on the floor of Parliament said that farmers growing sugarcane in

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), with support from the Government of Uganda through the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office,is organizing a Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Draft Protocol on Voluntary Registration of Copyright and Related Rights to take place

President Yoweri Museveni has agreed that workers should have mid-term access to their savings. Museveni has now directed the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development Betty Amongi to make changes to the bill and return it for consent. Using dramatic backdrops and biblical sayings, the President noted if this

The government needs to procure an additional 169 ambulances if all Ugandans are to access emergency services, according to the Health Ministry. Currently, there are 121type B and C ambulances. Type B ambulances are used for universal coverage and are equipped with medicine, medical equipment like oxygen tanks, stretchers, gloves,