Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health and representatives from the Uganda Nurses and Midwife Union (UNMU) are against the government’s proposed allowance for health workers involved in the COVID-19 vaccination process. According to a circular released last week by the ministry of public service, nurses who are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have tasked Government officials to explain plans to pay for land occupied by other individuals instead of only paying for the demolished St. Peter Church Ndeeba. The Ministry of Lands officials led by state Minister for Lands, Persis Namuganza was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 84 percent of health workers have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 according to records from the ministry of health. As of last week, only 24,093 health workers had gotten the vaccine. This according to health ministry officials is worrying and likely to increase vaccine hesitancy …
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Low absorption of loans has led to an increase in the cost of loans hence leading to low returns on public investments Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Increasing finance towards the social sectors will improve the livelihoods and incomes of most households as envisaged in the National Development Plan …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Commission has announced new funding of €32 million euro (Ushs 140 billion) towards humanitarian activities in Uganda. This is part of a wider Horn of Africa humanitarian assistance worth €149 million in aid for the year 2021. The Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee has questioned the Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija on the low funding to the Judiciary despite a recent directive by President Yoweri Museveni for a 800 billion Shilling budget allocation. Kasaija on Monday appeared before the Committee to present the 3.48 trillion additional …
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Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fear and grief grip Kiruruma Sand Mind in Nyakinoni Sub County this morning after another man died at a sand mine that was just re-opening illegally after 2 weeks of closure due to similar incidents. According to residents, the deceased was identified as Turyamuhebwa Hannington, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new East African Community Secretary General, Peter Mathuki has set uniting the partner states of the trading bloc as his number one priority at the start of his five-year tenure. The seasoned business executive who takes over from Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko officially starts his …
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Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree on countermeasures to “unfriendly actions” of foreign states amid an intensified diplomatic row with the United States and some European countries. In accordance with the decree published by the Kremlin, Putin ordered the government to make a …
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United Nations, USA | XINHUA | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for strong multilateral action to address the common crises and threats that the international community is facing. “We need strong multilateral action now, to emerge from the pandemic safely, to address the climate crisis, and to …
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