Education Minister and First Lady, Janet Museveni Uganda’s Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, who is also the First Lady is proposing a jail sentence of 10years or fine of Shs20M for people found guilty of engaging in examination malpractice. Janet’s proposal is contained in the Uganda National Examination
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Scientists from Uganda's Makerere University and the national army have launched a study to find out whether plasma from recovered coronavirus patients has an effect on those having the virus. This is the country's first Covid-19 convalescent plasma study. Plasma is the clear, straw-coloured liquid portion of blood that remains
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Left to Right: Sylvia Jagwe Owachi-Executive Director Cairo Bank Uganda, Ahmad Maher-Managing director Cairo Bank Uganda, Dr Charles Olaro-Director Curative services Ministry of Health, Dr Patrick Sekimpi-Head of Department Orthopaedic at Makerere College of Health Sciences, Immaculate K Irumba-Chief Operations Officer Cairo Bank Uganda, Dr. Juliet Otiti Head of Department
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Nearly four years after Uganda abandoned Kenya in building an oil pipeline that would have transported its oil to Lamu, it has now officially signed a KSh410 billion ($3.5 billion) deal with Tanzania, leaving Nairobi to walk alone. The deal signed on Sunday between President John Magufuli and his Ugandan
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The deal was signed by Tanzania's President John Magufuli and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni Tanzania and Uganda have signed an agreement allowing for the construction of a 1,445 km (898 miles) crude oil pipeline. The $3.5bn (UShs12.9 trillion) project will connect Uganda's oil fields to Tanzania's port of Tanga. The
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On Friday, Uganda's Presideent Yoweri Museveni presided over the signing of the Host Government Agreement (HGA) for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project between the government and Total. The Signing of the HGA signifies that the oil companies represented by Total, and Government have reached agreement on the
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Kayoola bus assembled by Kiira Motors Corporation When will Uganda start manufacturing the highly publicized electric cars? This is a key question frequently asked by Ugandans. This is because the production date of cars in Uganda has kept shifting. Having failed to hit the 2018 date it set out in
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Team Uganda The Sub-Sahara African finals of the Huawei Global ICT Competition, under the theme of "Connection, Glory, Future",kicked off on 10 September with an online opening ceremony. It is believed to be the biggest event of its kind in Africa covering 14 countries and attracting over 50,000 students. Globally
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In research released on Thursday alongside FIDH and partner organizations, Oxfam highlighted the major risks of oil projects led by French energy giant Total in Uganda and Tanzania, which would require over 12,000 families to lose land and endanger sensitive and vital ecosystems. Despite plunging oil prices, a pandemic, and
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International donors have raised $700 million – less than half the target – to purchase future coronavirus vaccines for poor countries in a global initiative to ensure eventual vaccines do not go only to rich countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. The COVAX Advanced Market Commitment
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