This is a statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba during Non-Aligned Movement Online Summit in response to COVID-19: May 4, 2020 Your Excellencies, Esteemed President Ilham Aliyev, Distinguished heads of state and government, I thank Azerbaijan, as chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, for calling this meeting to
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About 34 frontline healthcare workers have tested positive for coronavirus, the Health ministry has said even as Kenya confirmed 14 new cases on Friday, Business Daily reports. The new Covid-19 cases bring the total national tally to 621. Ministry of Health Director General Dr Patrick Amoth said the healthcare workers,
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is hosting national prayers on Saturday with an appeal to Ugandans to pray for an end to coronavirus. The prayers will be held starting at 1pm and will be televised. "I have invited religious leaders to join me at State House Entebbe tomorrow, Saturday, for national
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The ongoing lock down over the COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding, works at the site for the planned construction of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal remain on course. Excavation works ahead of the planned construction at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala are almost complete and the construction of the raft
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Peninah Bahati Kitsao was widowed last year A Kenyan widow filmed cooking stones to make her children believe she was preparing food has lost her last-born child, the Daily Nation newspaper report. The four-month-old baby died on Thursday after being discharged from hospital where she was treated for a persistent
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has issued new administrative guidelines on how to quickly process tax refunds under domestic taxes. In a statement issued today, URA that is headed by John Rujoki Musinguzi (pictured) as Commissioner General said the guidelines are aimed at fast tracking pending tax refund applications so as
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The EU said there was a need to put an end to dirty money infiltrating its financial system. The European Union has added 12 countries to its money-laundering blacklist, putting their financial transactions under greater scrutiny. They include Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe. Others are Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama,
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Uganda’s president has called on rich countries to cancel all of Africa’s debt to help the continent free up enough cash to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Yoweri Museveni (pictured) told United Nations delegates that only total debt forgiveness would prove that the world was interested in helping Africa fight a
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday approved a disbursement of SDR361 million (about US$491.5 million or Shs1.86 trillion) for Uganda under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). It will help finance the health, social protection and macroeconomic stabilization measures meet the urgent balance-of-payments and fiscal needs arising
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Former National Animal Genetic Resource Centre and Data Bank (NAGRIC & DB) boss, Dr Charles Lagu was on Friday interdicted. Lagu was remanded to Kitalya Prison after denying accusations of abuse of office, obtaining money by false pretense, causing financial loss to government and conspiracy to defraud. A fortnight ago,
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