Mobile phone subscribers especially on the MTN and Airtel network in some parts of Uganda have complained of being charged unusual extra money off airtime scratch cards. For example, a Shs500 card is now sold at Shs600 while a Shs1, 000 card is sold at Shs1200. Airtime agents say telecom
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The National Social Security Fund (NSSF), the leading social security provider in Uganda, has officially commissioned the construction of its shs3.9bn ultra-modern multipurpose commercial building in Mbarara town. The development sits on theFund’s 0.43 acres and is planned to be a modern retail and office complex comprising of four floors
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President Yoweri Museveni is unhappy with the striking doctors, noting that they betrayed him-for he had told them his plan to resolve their issues. Museveni made while addressed a rally at Karambi Sub-county Grounds in Burahya Constituency, Kabarole District on Thursday. “I thank the medical officers in Kabarole for not
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Striking doctors have refused to vacate government housing units as ordered by Ministry of Health, noting that they will not succumb to intimidation. This follows fresh orders from the Ministry of Health in which Government revealed plans to embark on a recruitment exercise to hire new doctors who can work
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Novartis, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced Wednesday they will work together to devise a common approach to improve access to cancer treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Each partner brings unique expertise in cancer diagnosis and treatment. This complements the work the Clinton
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Cabinet has established a special committee to engage doctors with a view of persuading them to end the industrial action that started last week. The decision followed a briefing to the cabinet by Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng on a nationwide strike that has paralyzed medical services in public hospitals
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“The Head of State is pre-occupied with funding of the removal of age limits instead of being bothered with lives of Ugandans. Ugandans are dying because the doctors can’t get what to use in hospitals; they can’t get what can enable them to work while being motivated. Our question to
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After calling on their governments to invest in immunization for the girl child on October 11th, and engaged them to eradicate Polio once and for all on October 24th, civil society across Africa are making sure Pneumonia vaccines are high on the agenda. In commemorating World Pneumonia Day, organizations in
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Dubai-based flydubai marked its fifth Dubai Airshow by unveiling its brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8. This is the first aircraft to be delivered from the largest single-aisle Boeing aircraft order placed in the Middle East in the 2013 edition of the show. The new aircraft, bearing the UAE registration mark
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Months after Tanzania and Uganda inked a 1,445-kilometre billion dollar crude oil pipeline deal, President John Magufuli has pledged speedy implementation of the line that will run to the port city of Tanga. Addressing a public rally in Ruzingwa, Uganda Thursday before laying the second foundation stone for the project,
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