Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine. The State House Anti-corruption Unit is investigating allegations of bribery in the deployment of medical interns. Seven medical interns were scheduled for interrogation on Thursday in the continuing investigation into concerns of corruption and bribery within medical internship deployment by the Ministry
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Professor Lawrence Muganga together with members of the commission The call to ban boarding or residential schools is gaining momentum at the Amanya Mushega-led education policy review commission, as an increasing number of individuals and educationists advocate for it to become a prominent reform in the education sector. Since the
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Officials from dfcu bank and Buganda Kingdom in a group photo after the press briefing dfcu Bank and Ekibiina Ky'olulimi Oluganda (EKO), a Buganda Kingdom body that promotes Luganda as a language, have partnered to bring education closer to the stakeholders. The two parties announced the partnership at a media briefing held on
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Pesapal client service officer Erick Isigi showing a merchant how to use the new tipping feature on Sabi POS Machine. The new feature enables customers to add tips to their bills when transacting. Pesapal, a leader in building payments and business tools for Africa, has released a new feature that
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President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced production of diesel and aviation fuel. President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, elatedly thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his support, encouragement, and thoughtful advice towards the actualisation of this project. Dangote also thanked the Nigerian National
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Ugandan insurers are slowly making inroads in taking up risks in the oil and gas sector despite the challenge. By the end of 2023, Ugandan insurers were operating in the Tilenga, Kingfisher, and East African Crude Oil pipeline projects though there was an indication of challenges with getting bigger foreign
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Former Benin PM Lionel Zinsou Lionel Zinsou, a former Prime Minister of Benin, is set to undertake the evaluation of the land compensation processes carried out by TotalEnergies EP in Uganda and Tanzania. The land acquisition was meant to pave the way for the development of the Tilenga oil and
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Boda boda operators queue as they await their turn to be served by an attendant at a petrol station in Uganda’s capital Kampala, on January 18, 2022. FILE PHOTO | AFP Kenya is lobbying Uganda to continue using the port of Mombasa to import fuel when the neighbouring country starts
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The State Minister for Higher Education Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo has cautioned schools against opening the school term before the official date. According to the official school calendar from the Ministry of Education and Sports, the school term will commence on 5th February. Muyingo says that he has already received
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The value of foreign direct Investments (FDI) into Uganda grew by almost 80 percent in 2022, the bulk of the money going into oil and gas and related activities, this is according to the latest joint government report. The survey conducted by the Bank of Uganda, Uganda Investment Authority, and
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