Stories :: Accepted date: September 2022
Updated: 29 Sep, 08:5908:59
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Ebola Outbreak: Museveni Accuses Media of Fearmongering
29 Sep 2022, 07:50 Comments 131 Views Health UpdatesMuseveni said, unlike the previous Ebola outbreaks, the Sudan strain that has been reported in Mubende is not very dangerous and therefore can be managed.
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COMESA Committee Urges Uganda to Act on Oil Suspended in Kenya
28 Sep 2022, 20:53 Comments 367 Views Kampala, Uganda Business and finance Health East Africa Updates“COMESA has a statutory committee called the COMESA Consumer Protection Committee. Once that committee issues a statement, that statement binds all COMESA member-states,” says Wetasa, who is also the Chairperson, COMESA Consumer Protection Committee.
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MPs Decry Shrinking Space for Freedom of Expression at Makerere University
28 Sep 2022, 18:38 Comments 298 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Education ReportBasalirwa also said that as the institution celebrates 100 years, there is a need for parliament to consider having and committing enough resources to support its infrastructural development.
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UHRC Wants Provisions Used to Deny Citizens Information Amended
28 Sep 2022, 18:21 Comments 171 Views Kampala, Uganda Education ReportMariam Wangadya, the UHRC Chairperson, says despite the constitutional provisions on access to information, a section of public officers is still withholding information hiding behind the Official Secrets Act and other provisions in related laws.
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Financial Industry Regulation Bodies Push for Harmony
28 Sep 2022, 18:12 Comments 210 Views Kampala, Uganda Business and finance UpdatesMiriam Musaali, the Legal and Compliance Manager at CMA says that this over-regulation does not only create confusion but is also a cost addition for the enterprises which also spend more time processing compliance requirements.
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Gov’t Introduces Special Grant for Older Persons Aged 60-79 Years
28 Sep 2022, 17:54 Comments 503 Views Human rights Business and finance UpdatesCharles Isabirye, the Chairperson of the National Council for older persons in Uganda said that older persons can access the grant in groups of 5 to 10 people and each group will be given five million shillings which they can channel into ventures like farming, Poultry and other ventures.
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Gov't Asks For Time to Explain New Wave Of Abductions
28 Sep 2022, 17:12 Comments 324 Views Human rights Politics UpdatesThe Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio Rukia Nakadama Isanga said parliament should give the Minister of Security Jim Muhwezi more time to explain the matter.
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Volunteers in Gulu Ask Health Ministry to Enroll them in Fight Against Ebola
28 Sep 2022, 16:48 Comments 252 Views Gulu, Uganda Northern Health Local government UpdatesThe volunteers worked previously on the frontline during one of the worst Ebola outbreaks in Gulu District in 2000 which killed more than 200 people.
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Six Medical Workers at Mubende Hospital Test Positive for Ebola Top story
28 Sep 2022, 16:26 Comments 2732 Views Mubende, Uganda Health ReportAccording to Herbert Luswata, the General Secretary of the Uganda Medical Association, three are medical workers, two are interns and one medical student. The samples of the health workers were sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute which confirmed the Ebola virus.
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Muhokya Town Council Passes Ordinance to Enforce Animal Control
28 Sep 2022, 16:02 Comments 156 Views Kasese, Uganda Local government UpdatesEnerst Masereka, the town council speaker told URN that they have been forced to put up more stringent restrictions on animal rearing and movements within the town council to create order and also safeguard the town council from litigations in case of accidents caused by wandering animals.
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Archaic Equipment, Inability to Provide Post-Abortion Care Services Bothers Activists
28 Sep 2022, 15:52 Comments 121 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesDr Justus Ampaire, an Obstetrician/Gynecologist based in Mbarara District says that protocols that are supposed to guide them in handling cases have never been reviewed and health workers, especially in upcountry districts, are still using equipment that has globally been phased out.
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Court Dismisses Jailed MPs Application for Consolidation of Murder, Terrorism Files
28 Sep 2022, 15:45 Comments 365 Views Kampala, Uganda Court UpdatesLady Justice Alice Komuhangi Khauka on Wednesday dismissed the application on grounds that consolidation of criminal cases is alien and doesn't exist in the procedure of criminal matters and laws in Uganda, save for civil matters.
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20 Girls Conned of Smart Phones, Money with Bogus Jobs Promise
28 Sep 2022, 15:32 Comments 252 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime UpdatesPatrick Onyango, the Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson, has urged people to be extra careful with jobs, businesses and travel opportunities posted online. Onyango also said girls have been sexually assaulted by people they meet online.
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WHO and ILO Call for New Measures to Tackle Mental Health at Work Places
28 Sep 2022, 14:19 Comments 309 Views Health UpdatesThe new publications are coming in just months after the WHO’s World Mental Health Report published in June showed that of one billion people living with a mental disorder in 2019, 15% of working-age adults experienced a mental disorder.
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Ebola Infected Bodies Can Transmit Disease a Week after Death- Experts
28 Sep 2022, 14:14 Comments 301 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesThe Ministry of Health says all suspected Ebola cases are going to be subjected to special burial going forward. According to Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Senior Public Relations Officer at the Ministry, they resolved to do this to minimize transmission risk in an event that samples eventually turn out positive.
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Gov’t, Security Officers Create Titles for Grabbing Bunyoro Land -Elected Leaders
28 Sep 2022, 13:57 Comments 229 Views Hoima, Uganda Crime UpdatesAccording to Pius Wakabi, the Bughaya County MP the land grabbers especially those with connections with top government officials have started threatening lives of area leaders who are fighting for the rights of the local people.
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Contractor Given Additional Time to Complete USMID Roads in Gulu
28 Sep 2022, 13:46 Comments 199 Views Gulu, Uganda Northern Business and finance Local government UpdatesIsiah Tumwesigye, Gulu City Clerk told Uganda Radio Network in an interview on Wednesday that the contractor recently requested a contract time extension following numerous challenges it encountered.
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Jinja City Road Unit Sold Off as Scrap
28 Sep 2022, 13:38 Comments 159 Views Jinja, Uganda Crime UpdatesFollowing the incident, the police launched a general enquiry which led to the arrest of Jinja Deputy Town Clerk Peter Mawerere, among other technocrats over fraud and failure to safeguard government equipment. Further investigations also led to the arrest of the city’s Senior Law Enforcement Officer Denis Bimbona.
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Kotido Elders Create Battalion of Youth to Hunt for Armed Warriors in the Jungle
28 Sep 2022, 13:27 Comments 175 Views Kotido, Uganda Crime Security ReportThe Elders' council resolved to pick fifty youth from each of the 14 clans in Kotido district, to constitute the special battalion whose mission is to go and capture the warriors hiding in the jungle, for handing over to the government for legal action.
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