The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has advised that Ugandans students trapped in Wuhan City in China over the Corona Virus outbreak remain in the country since Uganda has got no capacity to deal with the virus. Aceng told legislators at Parliament on Thursday that the demand to have the students repatriated would be a blind move at…
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The Minister of State for Defense, Sam Engola has denied holding Parliament in contempt when he failed to offer relevant response on the Parliament resolution to suspend the operations on UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit on water bodies in the country. The Minister was committed to the Parliamentary Committee on Rules and Privileges over contempt on January 23, 2020 to be…
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Canon Goddy Muhanguzi Muhumuza, the Principal Legal Officer at Makerere University has excused himself from an appeal, in which an academic staff is challenging his dismissal. Muhumuza asked to step down from the case filed by Dr. Denis Asiimwe Katebire, formerly an assistant lecturer at Makerere Law School’s Public Interest Law Clinic-PILAC while appearing before the Justice Patrick Tabaro-led Staff…
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Elders in Karamoja are worried about the safety of their livestock following plans by government to spray desert locusts. On Monday, government delivered Cyper Lacer Cypermethrine 5% EC insecticides to Moroto for spraying desert locusts in Karamoja and other neighboring communities. But the chemical is not only dangerous to the locusts, it also affects other insects like bees among others.…
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The National Organizing Secretary of the Democratic Party-DP, Sulaiman Kidandala has cleared another DP faction in Mukono district to conduct parallel grassroots elections. Kidandala cleared the DP faction led by the Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament, Betty Nambooze who is also the Mukono District Party Chairperson to hold grassroots elections from LC I to LC 3 chairpersons this Saturday. This…
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Isimba Power Dam contractor has asked Parliament to compel Government to release 154 billion shillings it’s holding. The Ministry of Energy and Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) is holding 154 Billion shillings for the Isimba Dam Contractor China Water and Electrical Company Ltd until the Bridge is completed. China Water and Electrical Company were meant to construct a bridge…
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Uganda will get at least 7 trillion shillings from the World Bank for the period between 2021 and 2023, officials have said. The money is part of new funding round that the bank has put aside for the developing countries under the International Development Assistance (IDA) round 19. Antony Thompson, the World Bank Uganda country director, said they would disburse…
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Deaths from the coronavirus epidemic have surpassed 1,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed last night, as hundreds of health experts began meeting at its headquarters in Geneva to help halt the spread of the disease, now officially known as COVID-19. Records indicate that the deaths, due to Corona Virus stood at 1, 017 people in China and one death…
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The Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda to make a statement on the floor of Parliament detailing plans to save Ugandans who are trapped in Wuhan-China following the breakout of the deadly corona virus. This was after Kawempe North MP, Latif Ssebagala raised concerns after reports of starvation and shortage of protective gears by Ugandan students…
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The Uganda National Roads Authority – UNRA is reviewing designs of the Entebbe expressway. The reviews follow an increase in the number of accidents between the expressway extension from Mpala in Katabi Town Council to Kitooro in Entebbe Municipality. An average of 10 accidents take place between the Victoria Mall junction and Mpala every week, according to statistics at Entebbe…
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