The government of Uganda has announced that legally registered companies dealing in recruiting and exporting of workers should resume business with strict observance of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. This was revealed by Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Frank Tumwebaze via
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Presidential candidate Kabuleta Kiiza Joseph Presidential candidate Kabuleta Kiiza Joseph, whose campaign is hinged on ‘Financial Freedom’ for all Ugandans has lashed out at the Electoral Commission for failing to facilitate the security guards they issued to presidential candidates, noting that it is straining the candidates’ campaigns as they have
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East and Central Africa’s largest sewerage treatment plant is 99% complete/Online photo The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) will save Shs3.6bn annually in Electricity Bills when the multi-billion Bugoloobi based Sewerage Treatment Plant comes into operation in December 2020. The revelation was made by James Maiteki, Senior Manager Sewerage
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Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced completion of sale of its assets in Uganda to Total with $500 million (Shs1.84 trillion) consideration received earlier today. Tullow is also due to receive a further $75 million (Shs277.4bn) when a Final Investment Decision is taken on the development project plus contingent payments
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President Yoweri Museveni has been awarded a lifetime achievement award for providing leadership in healthcare promotion with specific salutations to his work in curbing HIV/AIDS and his recent role in combating the global COVID19 pandemic. This was during the inaugural Heroes in Health Awards (HIHA) organized by the Ministry of
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Health Ministry spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona Uganda's health ministry has "corrected" figures it reported last week that showed the country's highest single-day deaths since coronavirus cases were confirmed in March. Ministry spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona, has tweeted that the 14 deaths reported last Thursday had occurred in four separate days. He has
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China's Sinovac vaccine has been administered in late-stage trials in Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey/Getty Images The final-stage trial of a Chinese frontrunner vaccine candidate has been halted in Brazil due to a serious adverse event, the first time that any of the Asian nation’s rapidly developed Covid-19 shots have met
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Uganda’s Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng addressing the press The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed latest Government considerations for phased lifting of the lockdown. Addressing the media this evening, Aceng said that mass gatherings for prayers, political rallies, meetings and weddings shall now be attended by not
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The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows. The developers - Pfizer and BioNTech - described it as a "great day for science and humanity". Their vaccine has been tested on 43,500 people in six countries and no safety
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European Union Heads of missions to Uganda were last week on a four-day Joint mission in Western and Northern region of Uganda. The heads of Mission included the H.E. Attilio Pacifici, (EU Head of delegation). H.E Jules-Armand Aniambossou (France), H.E Veestraeten Rudi (Belgium), H.E. Matthias Schauer from (Germany), H.E. Massimiliano
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