Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has dispatched seven ambulances to the five city divisions worth Shillings 1.6 billion with the aim of improving emergency medical services. Dr. Daniel Okello, the Director of Public Health at KCCA told journalists at City Hall on Monday that they procured …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has said that they will pay all their casual workers who have gone without pay since mid-September 2021. Over 2,500 casual workers comprised of street cleaners, drainage desilters, and garbage loaders have not been paid despite continuous demand and petition to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has requested Parliament to approve a supplementary budget of Shs4bn to implement a Covid-19 response plan in the greater Kampala metropolitan area. The response plan aims at scaling up Covid-19 vaccine uptake, compliance to standard operating procedures and a surveillance mechanism …
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Fraud cases have been unearthed in the Covid-19 vaccination campaign Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 45-year-old man has been denied a Covid-19 vaccination stamp after he failed to pay 20,000 Shillings. On 22 April, Francis Uzabakiriho, a security guard at Kampala Junior Academy received his first COVID-19 jab when a team …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As government moves to relax the Covid-19 lockdown, Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) is issuing new safety guidelines for people working in the city center. Dr. Daniel Okello, the Ag. Director Public Health and Environment at KCCA says they are already engaging owners of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With increasing reports of poor sanitation, urban food insecurity and malnutrition, Kampala City Council Authority-KCCA is drafting a policy that will provide guidelines for interventions into urban health. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on Saturday morning, Dr. Daniel Okello, Acting Director Public Health and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts have attributed Kampala City’s poor air quality to urbanization. Speaking during the joint Health Sector Review in Kampala this afternoon, Dr Daniel Okello, the Acting Director of Public Health and Environment at Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) said that Kampala’s air quality …
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