Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten specialists – five pediatric nurses and doctors are set to benefit from the inaugural neonatal fellowship programme that was launched yesterday afternoon at Makerere University department of pediatrics and child health. The programme that focuses on training health workers on care for babies aged …
Read More »NDA impounds medicines worth UGX 75m in Northern Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) has confiscated over 200 boxes of assorted medicines during a five-day enforcement operation conducted in 16 districts in northern Uganda. The authority also issued closure notices to 164 drug outlets that have been operating without necessary requirements, across the …
Read More »Experts caution African countries on loans from China
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | China’s loans to African countries have been questioned with experts saying China is here to actualize self-interests. This featured prominently in discussions at the 2019 Kampala Geopolitics Conference in Makerere University. Ingo Badoreck, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) director Rule of Law programme in West Africa …
Read More »Police to recruit 900 PPCs to replace those dropped
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Human Resource Management -HRM Director Col Jesse Kamunanwire has announced the recruitment of 923 Probation Police Constables – PPCs to replace those dropped at Police Training School – PTS at Kabalye in Masindi district. In Kamunanwire’s letter on October 18th addressed to Regional …
Read More »Minister Amongi intervenes in Lira municipal leaders, CAO row
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Lands and Urban Development, Betty Amongi has intervened in the row between Lira municipal council authorities and the Town Clerk. The Minister’s intervention stemmed from the recent petition by the Lira Municipal Development Forum-MDF, a committee that oversees the implementation of USMID …
Read More »Workers should prepare for robotics takeover
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Technology experts are calling on government and training institutions to prepare the next generation of the workforce for an aggressive world of robotics and artificial intelligence machines. They say without taking a deliberate policy to skill the next generation of workers, robots and machine …
Read More »Don’t let able-bodied people leave for Middle East jobs –Experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The movement of able-bodied people from their countries for odd jobs in the Gulf States of Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar should be a cause for worry among African states. Hilda Namakula, a researcher from Makerere University says that Chinese and …
Read More »Kalangala measles – rubella immunization team survives motorboat accident
Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Measles – Rubella immunization team in Kalangala on Friday evening survived drowning after their boat collided with another canoe boat on Lake Victoria. The team has been traversing the Islands in Mazinga sub county. An eye witness Gerald Kalyango in a telephone interview …
Read More »MPs demand involvement in distribution of hoes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament are protesting the distribution of hoes in their constituencies without their involvement. President Yoweri Museveni in his 2016 election manifesto promised to avail hoes to every household to support agricultural production. Addressing a press conference on Friday at …
Read More »Machar back in Juba
Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Eye Radio in Juba is reporting that Dr Riek Machar has flown in for long overdue talks for his permanent return to the country. The United States recently said it will consider sanctions on leaders in South Sudan if they fail to form …
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