Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Milk producer, Fresh Dairy, has donated milk powder worth Shs500 million to the National Response Fund for Covid – 19, in the ongoing effort to contain the spread of the contagious disease that has swept the entire world. Uganda has so far confirmed 55 …
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UPDATE: Uganda Covid19 ✳ 9,975 tested ✳ 55 confirmed cases ✳ 1 foreign (to be repatriated) ✳ 20 recoveries ✳ 35 active cases ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda health officials and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) have traced a Tanzanian driver heading to DRC who …
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UPDATE: Uganda Covid19 ✳ 9,975 tested ✳ 55 confirmed cases ✳ 1 foreign (to be repatriated) ✳ 20 recoveries ✳ active cases 35 ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda health officials have started a man-hunt for a driver from Tanzania whose test results have …
Read More »Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Xsabo Group through its corporate social responsibility arm, Xsabo Foundation has contributed Shs50million towards the fight against the spread of coronavirus pandemic in Uganda. The contribution was handed over to Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda who also doubles as the Chairman of the National …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Simba Automotives, a subsidiary of Shumuk Group of Companies has donated three motorcycles and a motorcycle ambulance to the government of Uganda worth Shs50million towards the fight against the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The donation was received by the Minister of Health Dr. Jane …
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According to World Bank data, in 2017, Uganda’s per capita healthcare spending was at $38.4, which is little less than a half of the $78.3 average per capita healthcare spending of non-high income Sub-Saharan African countries COMMENT | Dr Bruce Tumwine Rwabasonga | It has been 108 days and two …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of private universities have alerted their employees that they will not be able to pay their salaries after more than a month of inactivity, following the closure of education institutions. Universities were closed together with other congregational places, like schools and churches …
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COMMENT | Michael Jjingo | Should the prudent entrepreneur prepare and position the business for the impact of the corona virus? True, many have speculated about the current corona virus outbreak sparking an economic recession and reversing the gains that the business community has harnessed over time. The moment is …
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COMMENT | Rebecca Karagwa | I read from several sources to find out how African leaders and the AU have responded to the Africans being mistreated in China. What I found was that there hasn’t been any collective and serious response to such a humiliation that Africans in China …
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The most recent 2014 population census indicates that 12.4 percent of the Ugandan population live with a disability COMMENT | Ambrose Murangira | The government of Uganda has started the distribution of food and essential items to the most vulnerable people across Kampala and Wakiso. This will be a measure …
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