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Towards the end of last year, in an effort to make Covid-19 tests more readily available, the health Ministry allowed private laboratories to carry out tests for the virus. The permission has seen a wave of shoddy and even outright fraudulent tests and test kits hit the market. As the

Huawei plans to invest US$150 million in digital talent development over the next five years. This program is expected to benefit another 3 million youth."Today we are announcing Huawei's Seeds for the Future Program 2.0. As part of our commitment to continuously developing talent, we will invest US$150 million in

,453 health workers out of the 5,413 in the Acholi Sub Region have shunned the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The health workers are operating in various health facilities in the eight districts of Acholi and Gulu City which are treating the COVID-19 pandemic. According to statistics from the

The teachers covid-19 relief fund for private schools promised by President Museveni has been sent back to the Micro Finance Support Centre. Last year, the government announced a revolving fund worth Shillings 20billion to support private teachers whose livelihoods were disrupted by the nationwide lockdown in March last year as

The Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu The Chief Magistrate of Utilities and Wildlife Court at Buganda Road, Gladys Kamasanyu was on Saturday attacked by unknown people.  According to the Kampala Metropolitan Area Acting Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, Kamasanyu was attacked outside Green Hill Academy in Namuwongo at 11:am. "She parked her car and

Two Ugandan truck drivers have been shot dead and one injured in South Sudan. The incident occurred on Thursday in Nesitu, Jubek County in the Central Equatorial State about 120 kilometres to Nimule border along the Juba-Nimule Highway. Preliminary police reports indicate that two unknown gunmen dressed in South Sudan

The Ministry of Education is still uncertain when schools will reopen. Last month, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced fresh restrictions as part of measures to control the COVID-19 transmissions in the country in face of the second wave of the pandemic. Among the restrictions, the President directed the closure of

Medical Interns are demanding risk allowances due to their involvement in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. The demand was presented to the Parliamentary Covid-19 task force by Doctor Mary Lillian Nabwire, the President of the Federation of Uganda Medical Interns. According to Nabwire, many medical interns who are deployed to

The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) on Friday hosted a learning webinar for innovators to discuss ways of protecting inventions. This, as innovators in Uganda and world over respond by developing breakthrough solutions to address local and global needs. To support such innovators, URSB, held the webinar the theme ‘Innovation