The Chief of Staff Land Forces (COS- LF) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda has given an interactive lecture to the Local Defence Force (LDF) personnel undergoing refresher training at Kakiri Barracks, where he urged the trainees to work towards being citizens with reputable images.
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Mr Laizer said he will use the money to build a school and a health centre in his community/ TBC A Tanzanian small-scale miner, who became an overnight millionaire in June for selling two rough Tanzanite stones valued at $3.4m (UShs12.5bn), has sold another gem for $2m (UShs7.3bn). The third
Read MoreKenya imported 44,740 metric tonnes of white maize from the region in the second quarter of 2020 (during COVID-19 Lockdown), accounting for more than three quarters of the total grain sold across borders in the period in East Africa. The latest Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) East Africa
Read MoreThe World Health Organization warned on Monday that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19, and the road to normality would be long. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected with the disease and 688,080
Read MoreNew BAT Uganda boss, Kirunda Magoola The Board of Directors of British American Tobacco Uganda Limited (the ‘Company’) has announced the appointment of Kirunda Magoola as Managing Director and an Executive Board Director of the Company effective 1 August 2020. He replaces Mathu Kiunjuri, who has resigned from his position
Read MoreSchools had been closed because of rising coronavirus cases/ Reuters Final year students in secondary schools in South Africa have resumed classes after a one-week break. President Cyril Ramaphosa closed all schools last week to limit the spread of coronavirus after a surge in cases among learners, but said they
Read MoreNine people have died in India from drinking alcohol-based hand sanitiser after liquor shops in their town were closed due to virus restrictions, police said Friday. The group lost consciousness after consuming a "high quantity" of hand sanitiser mixed with water or soda, Siddharth Kaushal, police superintendent for Kurichedu town
Read MoreThe number of coronavirus cases in Kenya surpassed 20,000 on Friday, with the recording of 723 more positive results following the testing of 8,679 samples. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (pictured), in the daily briefing on the disease, announced a total of 20,636 cases since the country recorded its first
Read MoreSHOCKING! Parliament Clears 3 More Cities To Start Operations This Year Without Approved Budget
Local Government Minister, Raphael Magyezi Parliament has endorsed and approved a motion to bring forward the commencement of operation of three cities including Hoima, Lira and Soroti to 1st July 2020. On President July 01, 2020 Jinja, Arua, Gulu, Masaka, Fort Portal, Mbarara and Mbale towns/Municipalities formally became cities. Uganda
Read MorePhotos have been making rounds on social media sites purportedly showing Jinja Referral Hospital. However, the Health Ministry has trashed the photos saying they do not in anyway represent the hospital. "This is not Jinja Regional Referral hospital. You took a very old picture of Jinja Hospital gate and added
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