The National Drug Authority (NDA) has for the first time spoken out on the fake cancer drugs that have flooded the Ugandan market. This follows media reports that there are unscrupulous people or quacks who dupe cancer patients with fake concoctions that flush out cancer cells. In a statement sent
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There’s increasing uncertainty about the drilling and production of Uganda’s oil, with some locals in the oil-rich Bunyoro suspicious of the ongoing activities. On Wednesday, Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal, raising a matter of national importance regarding the revenue accruing from petroleum resources on the floor of Parliament, revealed that
Read MoreBy Patrick Kiconco Katabaazi I have read various posts on facebook and other social media platforms where people are complaining bitterly about the rising fuel prices. Many social media enthusiasts wonder why oil prices are rising when the Budget Frame Paper is yet to be approved by parliament. Others have
Read MoreMTN has Tuesday fulfilled the Shs1bn pledge made at the Solidarity Summit on Refugees in June 2017 to support the Uganda government efforts to deal with the influx of refugees. Rob Shuter, the President and CEO of the MTN Group, while meeting Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Uganda’s Prime Minister reiterated
Read MoreUganda is the first country outside South Africa to host the largest gathering of top executives from the MTN Group and its subsidiaries from 24 countries. At least 300 delegates are in the country for the MTN Global Leadership Gathering (GLG) taking place from 30th to 31st January 2018 at
Read MoreTullow Oil has over the last one year substantially reduced its number of employees in Kenya. This has been through failure to renew contracts that were up for renewal in the course of the year as well as actual layoffs, where employees were sent home after being given a send-off
Read MoreMTN Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest mobile-network operator by sales, said it returned to profit in 2017, recovering from a $1 billion fine it paid for its Nigerian business in the prior period, Bloomberg reports. The telecom giant which operates in many African countries including Uganda expects to report a profit
Read MoreKenya could be ripe for a digital currency in the next three years if regulations are crafted, Joshua Oigara, CEO of Kenya’s largest bank has said, reports the Standard. Oigara said away from the wave of bitcoin that has swept different countries in the world, including Kenya, there are so
Read MoreChina’s smartphone market has fallen for the first time, with annual shipments down by four per cent in 2017, according to data from research firm Canalys. The decline ends eight years’ growth in the world’s largest mobile phone market. Smartphone brands Huawei, Oppo and Vivo continue to dominate the Chinese
Read MoreYou’ve long heard the warning that you should try to keep a consistent sleep schedule, waking up as close as possible to the same time every day, including weekends. But some recent research has found a slight exception to that rule, giving you permission to snooze past sunrise on leisurely
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