Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT| United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund in partnership with the Korean government has handed over Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) facilities to schools after the closure of the 5-year Programme in the Karamoja sub-region. From 2019 – 2023, UNICEF supported the government of Uganda with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has launched the scale-up of Minimally Invasive Surgeries and state-of-the-art endoscopy center at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The centre located on the second flow of the hospital was set up with support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA). Speaking …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Korea working with the Ministry of Water and Environment have launched a 7.35 billion shillings project aimed at strengthening the capacity of Kampala and the metropolitan area in solid waste management. This is the first phase of a project which shall be …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital has unveiled a non-invasive surgery simulation center, the first of its kind in the country. The hospital administrators say trainees will undergo training at the center on how to conduct minimally invasive endoscopies and laparoscopic surgeries. During such procedures, equipment is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Development Corporation-UDC, an agency of the government that promotes industrial development has protested accusations of mismanagement of Soroti fruit factory. The protest follows a report on 2nd March 2022 by the Parliamentary Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industries implicating the entity of mismanagement, …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) indicates that 28% of Ugandan adults own or co-own a new business. It adds that 10% start new business and 60% of those that are started do not live to celebrate their first birthday. Experts in this field say …
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