Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A bus belonging to parliament that was being used to evacuate 25 COVID-19 patients from Kitgum to Kampala has caught fire. The bus registration number UG 0391 H burst into flames in Koro trading along Gulu-Kampala highway around 4 pm on Thursday. The Aswa …
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Bank of Uganda should utilize its mandate to regulate spending during 2021 electoral processes COMMENT | Fred Kasalirwe | The recently concluded National Resistance Movement (NRM) primaries have seen massive monetization of the electoral processes with huge sums of money seen exchanging hands to influence voters’ decisions. If this is just …
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The bank is targeting businesses that are hit hard by COVID-19 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | With the easing of the lockdown and slow recovery of the economy impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, financial institutions are now looking at how to reboot businesses and put them back to their …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s minister of health has given the green light to scientists from Makerere University and their partners to proceed with clinical trials for treating COVID-19 patients using convalescent plasma. Aceng was speaking as chief guest at the launch of the Uganda …
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🔸 Lake Victoria RECORDS 📌12/05/1964 ⬆ 13.41m 📌19/05/2020 ⬆ 13.49m Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has described Uganda as the best country in the world, narrating the marvel that Lake Victoria is, in his latest missive. “Uganda is the best country in the World. I always marvel at some …
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COMMENT | Lamunu Petronilla | Voices in favour of a complete shift to renewable energy have gained momentum all over the world. This has been precipitated by the low carbon emissions observed globally due to the stay-home decrees and decreased air and land travels imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence points …
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Among winning projects is a community bee-keeping project in western Uganda Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Frontline communities that live adjacent to Queen Elizabeth National Park are among the beneficiaries of a US$400,000 (Shs1.5bn) conservation grant meant to support wildlife-based tourism communities that have been devastated by the ongoing …
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British American Tobacco Uganda, perhaps the country’s popular cigarette company on Sept.10, celebrated its 20th anniversary of its trading on the Uganda Securities Exchange. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | But the company has been in operation in the country for more than 90 years. Its share price has since …
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The resources meant for debt payment should be channeled into strengthening health care, social protection and economic recovery Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | As Ugandan government grapples with external debt repayment, leaving it with limited resources to fight the ravaging coronavirus pandemic and its related negative impacts, financial experts …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic was halted on the Northern Bypass this afternoon after one person was killed and two others injured following a fatal accident at the Namboole Flyover in Bweyogerere in Kira Municipality in Wakiso district. According to police, the accident occurred when an Engineering Plant vehicle …
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