Uganda’s budgeting process for the forthcoming Financial Year 2020/21will be carried out through electronic system in an effort to avoid the spread of COVID-19 caused by corona virus, Rebecca Kadaga, the speaker of parliament has announced. Kadaga says there will not be officials from different ministries to physically present their
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Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma’s medical equipment donated to help fight coronavirus in Uganda arrived at Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday. Jack Ma, the co-founder of the online store Alibaba, is sending millions of test kits, surgical masks and protective clothing to the continent, where now more than 1,000 cases have
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President Museveni has warned traders in Kampala who are hiking prices of essential commodities, terming them as “useless crook”. He made the remarks this afternoon at State House Entebbe whiling updating the nation on the current status of the COVID-19 situation. “Anyone who hikes prices in town I will cancel
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The African saxophone legend Manu Dibango (pictured) has died in Paris after catching coronavirus. Dibango – best known for his 1972 song Soul Makossa – is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19. The 86-year-old fused jazz and funk music with traditional sounds from his home country,
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MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have quizzed officials from Makerere University over the Shs11Bn arrear claims that was rejected by Ernst & Young, an auditing firm that was hired by Ministry of Finance to audit arrears fronted by public entities. The team from Makerere University had been summoned
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There are two videos circulating in the social media alleging that these are victims of COVID19. One video shows two men lying on the road and another indicating that people fell from a building. However, Police says these are not victims of Corona Virus. In a statement dated March24, 2020,
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The Uganda shilling continues to post significant losses as market swings into a panic mode driven by the uncertainty over the potential economic fallout of the Corona pandemic. On Tuesday March 24, 2020, Bank of Uganda (BoU) quoted the local unit trading at 3893.33/3903.33 against the US dollar. "The local
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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) assembled a good chunk of its monetary arsenal as it moved to pump more cash into an economy that has been ravaged by coronavirus. This came even as CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge (pictured) projected the virus would devastate the economy this year, slowing it
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (pictured) has announced in a live televised address that there will be a nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday in order to control the outbreak of coronavirus. It will last for 21 days. This means that all South Africans are required to "stay at home
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Uganda now has nine confirmed cases of coronavirusImage caption: Uganda now has nine confirmed cases of coronavirus Uganda has confirmed eight new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to nine. All the new cases involve its nationals who recently travelled to Dubai in the
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