📌 #Uganda 🇺🇬 #Election DATES 1⃣ ✳ Jan 11,2021 ➡ Councillors for older persons 2⃣ ✳ Jan 11,2021 ➡ Councillors for PWDs 3⃣ ✳ Jan 11,2021 ➡ Youth Representatives 4⃣ ✳ Jan 12,2021 ➡ Councillors for older persons 5⃣ ✳ Jan 12,2021 ➡ Councillors for PWDs 6⃣ ✳ Jan 12,2021 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance has suspended any expenditure on this year’s Christmas and End of year parties because of increasing pressure on the economy. The Deputy Secretary to the Treasury Patrick Ocailap has written a memo to all finance officers of all the ministries, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 10 to 15 per cent of COVID-19 infections are currently detected in the country according to the ministry of health. At the moment, 4,000 samples are tested on average every day. However, health experts say this figure does not represent the actual number of …
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Pandemic widens education gap as it impacts rural and disadvantaged children further Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The scene looks like a typical telephone call centre. Women and men sit before computers, headsets pinned to their ears, mouth-pieces ready and light projectors dangling from the ceiling. But this is …
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Uganda’s Police bosses can hide but cannot escape, say human rights watchers Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Human rights lawyers and activists want the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to take interest in the recent acts of violence by agents of security forces, especially the police. Isaac Semakadde, …
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📌 #WorldAthleticsAwards 2020 Male athlete of year ✳ 2020 • Duplantis 🇸🇪 Female athlete of year ✳ 2020 • Rojas 🇻🇪 📌 The other award winners ✳ Member Federations Award Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (Polish Athletics Association) ✳ Covid Inspiration Award Ultimate Garden Clash, an original idea by Renaud Lavillenie ✳ President’s Award Tommie Smith, …
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📌 World Athletics Awards 6pm TODAY ✳ Contenders • Cheptegei 🇺🇬 • Crouser 🇺🇸 • Duplantis 🇸🇪 • Vetter 🇩🇪 • Warholm 🇳🇴 • Gidey 🇪🇹 • Hassan 🇳🇱 • Jepchirchir 🇰🇪 • Rojas 🇻🇪 • Herah 🇯🇲 Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge has acknowledged Joshua Cheptegei as the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Commanders of The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) face an anxious next 30 days with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s eyes on an election at home while US President Donald Trump is ordering a reduction of troops from the region. The US …
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Manama, Bahrain | Xinhua | Bahrain’s health regulator on Friday announced the authorization of emergency use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. “Bahrain has approved the emergency use of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that will be used for high risk groups,” said the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA). It added that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata, an Imam leader and head of Dawa in Uganda has passed on. Muzaata passed on at International Hospital Kampala- IHK on Friday where he had been admitted. In his Facebook post, the Kawempe Division North MP Latiff Ssebagala Sengendo confirmed Muzatta’s death. …
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