Vivo Energy Uganda has announced a three-month nationwide campaign for motorists who use Shell V-Power, a premium fuel that cleans and protects drivers’ engines, whilst giving the ultimate performance benefit. The campaign dubbed “Fuel the Feeling” will include a number of activities intended to deliver premium experiences for customers who
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On 1st October 2020, Uganda reopened Entebbe International Airport and other entry points after President Yoweri Museveni eased on COVID-19 restrictions. The news about reopening of borders threw players from various sectors of the economy in a frenzy of excitement as it brought a new ray of hope to many,
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URA bosses led by Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi launching the Taxpayers Appreciation Season 2020 Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has launched the Taxpayers’ Appreciation Season 2020, with the Authority set to recognize top taxpayers in the country. Addressing the press at URA headquarters in Nakawa on Tuesday, the Authority’s Commissioner
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Kenya's health ministry has warned school administrators against spraying students with disinfectants as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. Final year students in primary and secondary schools resumed learning on Monday. A video showing schoolgirls queuing to be sprayed was posted on Twitter by a local newspaper
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Minister Peter Ogwang Uganda’s State Minister for ICT and National Guidance, Peter Ogwang has faulted Ministry of Agriculture for buying agricultural inputs like cassava for poor farmers without consulting the stakeholders and beneficiaries. In a statement released on Tuesday, Ogwang stated that the ministry procured cassava cuttings for farmers at
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A worker picks up leaves from cannabis plants inside a greenhouse of Medigrow, a Lesotho-Canadian company that grows legal cannabis, located near Marakabei, in Lesotho on August 6, 2019. PHOTO | GUILLEM SARTORIO | AFP Rwanda has approved the cultivation and export of cannabis even as the use of the
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Many African countries have eased restrictions including reopening schools The Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has warned that more than 800 million Africans could be infected with coronavirus, if the virus is allowed to spread deliberately with the aim of achieving herd immunity. The projection is a worst case
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Candidates in Uganda's upcoming parliamentary elections have until Thursday to pay a nomination fee of a little more than $800 to the Electoral Commission. However, some don't have the money, forcing political parties to appeal for support on social media. Last week, Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as the singer Bobi
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President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off Agro-Processing Equipment for post-harvest and value addition farmer organisations at Namalere Agricultural Referral Mechanization Centre in Wakiso district. During the commissioning ceremony, the President also handed over a cheque worth 60 billion shillings to the recently awarded grant beneficiaries. The equipment, which is part
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The cabinet in Rwanda has reduced night-time curfew by two hours as the number of new coronavirus cases reduces. The curfew will now run from 22:00 to 04:00 local time. Public transport will operate at full capacity for sitting passengers and half capacity for standing passengers. People attending conferences will
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