VIDEO: Patients stranded at public hospitals Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The strike by Doctors over salaries entered day two on Tuesday with scores of patients at public hospitals stranded. At three government health facilities in Kampala among them Kiruddu and Kawempe general hospitals, only emergency cases were being handled …
Read More »Roundbob.com revolutionalising travel in Africa
Kampala, Uganda | INTERVIEW | David Gonahasa is the founder and director of Roundbob.com, an online travel agency. He spoke to The Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba about revolutionalising travel in Africa and beyond What are the key elements in your management style as a manager? My role is to bring …
Read More »Drama after Kaweesi murder suspects released on bail
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Nakawa Court Grade One magistrate Noah Sajjabi has released on bail seven of the 22 suspected to be behind the murder of former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi and two others. Reports however indicate that two of the suspects were later re-arrested by security operatives. …
Read More »VIDEO: UNOC urges private sector to invest in oil reserves
VIDEO: UNOC urges private sector to invest in oil reserves Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Once Uganda builds its fuel reserve capacity to atleast 100 Million litres within the next 2 years, it could contribute towards the stability of the supply within the country. Daily consumption is at 5.5 million …
Read More »Managing Marburg
How an oddly timed outbreak is testing emergency strategies Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | On Oct.11, a woman died in Chemuron village, Kween District in an Eastern Uganda. She had a fever, headache, and was bleeding from several places. Doctors attending to her had feared the worst and sent her …
Read More »VIDEO: Doctors reject PM Rugunda’s assurances, start strike
VIDEO: Doctors reject PM Rugunda’s assurances, start strike Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The President of the Uganda Medical Workers Association, Dr. Ekwaro Obuku on Monday said that Doctors at public hospitals countrywide have begun their strike over low pay and poor working conditions. He made the comments as Doctors …
Read More »Doctor with ‘Sassitude’
Rwanda’s formers Health minister Agnes Binagwaho Kampala, Uganda | SASHA INGBER | Years before she became the health minister of Rwanda, Agnès Binagwaho tried to lock a fellow pediatrician in a hospital room. She saw a doctor in an examining room with a mother who held her sick daughter in her arms. And …
Read More »Financial inclusion optimism
What the 2017 –2022 government strategy means to Uganda Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s central bank in partnership with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has unveiled a five-year financial inclusion strategy to enable more individuals and business access affordable financial products and services. The Uganda National …
Read More »Stanbic Bank enters insurance business
Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Stanbic Bank has become the first lender to venture into insurance business after Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda granted it a bancassurace license on Oct. 25. The lender said it has already signed business deals with seven insurance companies including Sanlam Life, Sanlam General, UAP …
Read More »KCB set to roll out agency banking
Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Regional lender, KCB, is set to rollout agency banking by close of the year as it strives to grow profitability. This follows the lender’s approval from the Bank of Uganda, two weeks ago, in line with the new Financial Institutions (amendment) Act. Joram Kiarie, the …
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