Government should consider providing vehicles to all doctors in the country not only to ease their movements, but also motivate them, the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council has proposed medical practitioners has proposed. Joel Okullo, Chairman of the Medical Council made the call yesterday while appearing before Parliament’s National
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Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has donated sh20 million to the national task-force to fight COVID-19. So far, Uganda has confirmed 724 COVID-19 cases, and is still under a partial lockdown, with majority of Ugandans struggling to earn a living. The money was raised from contributions of the Board, Management and
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China will cancel interest-free loans to African countries that are due to mature by the end of 2020, President Xi Jinping has announced. He told a China-Africa summit on Covid-19 on Wednesday that African nations hardest hit by the pandemic will also be granted an extension of the period of
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Health Ministry’s plans to construct each two-bed room house at Shs175.2M in Karamoja have been foiled by Parliament. This is after Health Ministry sought Parliament’s approval to borrow Euros10M (about Shs41.8bn) from the Government of Italy to finance the Karamoja Infrastructure Development Phase II Project under the Health Sector Development
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The suspects after their arrest Police in close collaboration with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) have arrested two suspects namely; Ronald Muhumuziibwe, 26 years old and Francis Mutambuzi,38 years old in connection with a fake Facebook account created and run in the names of the Commissioner General of URA, John Musinguzi
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Zimbabweans have little faith in the new currency because of years of economic mismanagement/ AFP Inflation in Zimbabwe has risen to 785%, which makes it the second highest rate in the world after Venezuela. It follows a steep rise in prices and the collapse of a local currency introduced last
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The Government of Uganda wants to exempt tax on all donations received towards combating the spread of coronavirus in Uganda with the aim of boosting the economy. David Bahati (pictured), Minister of State for Planning made the revelation tabling four tax bills for the 2020/2021 national budget before Parliament today.
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Air China planes parked on the tarmac at Beijing Capital Airport on March 27, 2020. Beijing cancelled at least 1,255 scheduled inbound and outbound flights on June 17, 2020 as fears grow over a new virus outbreak. PHOTO | GREG BAKER | AFP Beijing's airports cancelled two-thirds of all flights
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Parliament has today passed and adopted a motion asking Government to Provide a Waiver on Payment of Water and Electricity for a period of six months as the COVID-19 Lockdown continues to bite. The motion was tabled by Masaka Municipality MP, Mathias Mpuuga, who noted that aid that government has
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President Yoweri Museveni has repeatedly highlighted the importance of railway transport. And heeding to his message, the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) is seeking for Shs93.5bn to revamp railway services in the country. Appearing before Parliament’s National Economy Committee today, Geoffrey Obala, Chief Civil Engineer at Uganda Railways Corporation, revealed that the
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