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The Primate Lodge story – | By Amos Wekesa |

Towards the end of 2005, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) called for expression of interest in running two rooms that existed in Kibale National Park and I thought since there was no indigenous Ugandans seriously running an accommodation inside a national park, I would give it a try. I contacted Joseph Muyeti to write a winning proposal as Damian Akakwasa had…

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The top job at Uganda’s CAA! | By Amos Wekesa.

Last evening some guys were talking about how people were lobbying so hard for Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) top job and my heart sank. CAA is the government agency responsible for licensing, monitoring, and regulating civil aviation matters and if we miss the train this time round, our only airport Entebbe will never see the desired change. We shall…

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Microsoft Rolls out Money Management App

Software giant, Microsoft has announced that it will be rolling out a new money management feature called Money in Excel, as part of its new software cloud service – Microsoft 365 (previously known as Office 365).  According to Microsoft, Microsoft 365 will be available 0n April 21st   2020, and will first be rolled out in the United States. Money in…

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World Bank Hails Tanzania, Warns African Countries Duplicating Western Anti-COVID-19 Approaches

World Bank has warned African countries against copying the Western policies in combating COVID-19 and has thus applauded Tanzania for employing unique approaches. This call was in latest the Africas Purse report titled as Assessing the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Policy Responses in Sub-Saharan Africa that was released today. The report commended Tanzania as one of the best examples…

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Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Releases Statement on Purported Link Between COVID-19 and 5G

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the media has been filled with claims that the virus is directly linked to the introduction of the 5G technology. However, several platforms like Science Alert , Aljazeera, CNET News, and CNN among others  have dismissed these claims as baseless conspiracy theories under the argument that  the disease exists even in countries that…

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Coca-Cola has Donated more than Empty Jerricans- Dr. Atwine Clarifies

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine has clarified on the donation of empty Jerricans that was given by Coca cola beverages Company. This contribution of 467 empty jerricans was announced by President Museveni on Wednesday while reading contributions that have so far been made by several members of the public and companies towards the fight against COVID-19.…

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NITA-U Issues guidelines for secure usage of the Zoom online meeting application

Due to the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic, businesses and organizations have embraced technology to aid them in working with their teams remotely. One of the popular technologies is online meetings using the Zoom Meetings and chat application. Zoom is basically an enterprise video and audio-conferencing online meeting application that has inbuilt meeting functions similar to those of a…

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