There is urgent need to improve remuneration of health specialists to attract them to return and work in government medical facilities in the country. The Minister for Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng (in featured photo), has told MPs on the Committee of National Economy that there are many health workers
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In what has become a remarkable month for exploration in Africa, a CNPC-led consortium has made 300 million barrels of recoverable oil discovery in South Sudan’s northeastern Upper Nile state. It is almost as much as the Oyo Discovery announced earlier this month in Congo. The exploration well was drilled
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The mushrooming energy drinks on market might affect the health of Ugandans if they are not controlled, MPs have observed. Kasambya County MP, Gaffa Mbwatekamwa raised the complaint during yesterday’s plenary sitting, noting that no one knows the contentin the energy drinks and thus you cannot know whether they are
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By AFP Singapore will next week begin a public trial of driverless buses that can be booked with an app, part of ambitions to roll out autonomous vehicles across the city-state. Well-organised and high-tech, Singapore has become a testbed for self-driving vehicles, developing home-grown technology and inviting foreign companies to
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The recent onshore discovery made in the Delta de la Cuvette deposit in the Republic of Congo is a game changer for Congo and Africa. The discovery was announced on August 10th by SARPD Oil and PEPA, a Congolese consortium working as operators on the Block. Early projections indicate that
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China based technology company, Huawei has broken silence on claims that the Uganda government is using it to spy on opposition politicians especially Kyandondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. In a statement dated August 15, 2019, Huawei completely rejects the Wall Street Journal's “unfounded and inaccurate allegations against
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Tullow Uganda Operations Pty Ltd Managing Director, Jimmy D. Mugerwa has been transferred to the Group’s head offices in London. It’s not yet clear what position he will hold but industry sources say he will Tullow’s regional boss while others say he will be the Group’s Director for Infrastructure and
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More than one million people have been infected with malaria in Uganda in the last two months, officials have said. The health ministry has attributed the rapid rise partly to climate change, with the disease now appearing in regions that were previously malaria-free thanks to a mild climate. This time
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The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has unveiled Proscovia Nabbanja (in featured photo) as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), replacing Dr. Josephine Wapakabulo, who quit the job for greener pastures. Wapakabulo will officially leave office tomorrow August 13, 2019, leaving Nabbanja to take full charge of the national oil
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The Indian High Commission in Uganda today commissioned the ‘Indian Corner’ at Victoria University library with the aim of uplifting the standards of education in the country. Ravi Shankar, the Indian High Commissioner to Uganda, who was the Chief Guest, said both countries have good bi-lateral relations. He noted that
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