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We Prefer Donations In Kind To Cash – Minister Tumwebaze

The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze is discouraging donors from giving his ministry cash. Tumwebaze said cash donations are tempting and also items to be procured could take longer because of the procedures that must be taken such

November 10, 2021

Business

I&M Bank Starts Work In Uganda After Changing Name From Orient Bank

The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has granted an operating licence to I&M Bank (U) Ltd to begin operating in Uganda after changing its name from Orient Bank. The Nairobi-based financial Group announced that the rebrand comes after the I&M Group’s successful acquisition

November 10, 2021

Health

Gulu District Embarks on Mass Vaccination Against Covid-19

The Gulu district Covid-19 taskforce targets to vaccinate up to 23,496 people against Covid-19 in a month-long drive that kicked off last week. The District Health Department received 2,318 doses of the Sinovac, 2,506 doses of Moderna and 20,990 doses of AstraZeneca

November 10, 2021

News

Exposed: Here Is Evidence BoU Signed At Court Of Appeal Accepting To Pay Legal Costs To Sudhir Now Stranded At Supreme Court

BoU lead counsel Margaret Kasule and her team are in what one would term as catch 24! because look, having signed a decree at the Court of Appeal on August 6, 2020, in which they obliged to pay in billions of shs,

November 10, 2021

Business

Supreme Court Sets Date To Rule On Who Pays Costs In Crane Bank Case

The Supreme Court has said it will at a later date rule on who between Bank of Uganda (BoU) and Crane Bank in receivership pays the legal costs to businessman Sudhir Ruparelia in the multibillion commercial dispute. This follows submissions by Mr

November 10, 2021

Health

Why Not Vaccinate Now?! Uganda Receives More 3.5 Covid-19 Dozes Of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

Uganda has received an additional 3.5 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States government over the last two days. These represent the largest ever donation of COVID-19 vaccines to Uganda and the third donation of COVID-19 vaccines

November 9, 2021

Business

At Cross Roads: Tycoon Sudhir Blocks BoU From Withdrawing Supreme Court Appeal As Case Ranges On

Recently, this website broke a story on how Bank of Uganda (BoU) wrote to the Supreme Court seeking permission to withdraw an appeal they had filed on June 23rd, 2020, against businessman Sudhir Ruparelia contesting Justice David Wangutusi’s 2019 ruling, in which

November 9, 2021

Health

Hundreds Flock Bulange-Mengo For Covid-19 Vaccination

Hundreds of people are lining up at Bulange-Mengo, where a mass COVID-19 vaccination exercise is being held, in a drive to increase the uptake of vaccines. Queues started building up from the main gate of Bulange, the seat of the Buganda Kingdom,

November 8, 2021

Health

12-year-olds To Get Covid-19 Vaccination

The Ministry of Health has directed health workers to start inoculating children aged 12 years and above with Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines. According to the ministry’s October 29 letter to all District Health Officers, eligible children are those with comorbidities such as

November 8, 2021

Health·Trending·World News

Resentful Indian Doctor: Idi Amin Chased My Family From Uganda, I Helplessly Saw Him Die A Painful Death In Hospital

I was on call for hemodialysis and the coordinator at the other end sounding very frazzled, told me that she is sending a car to my compound and be ready to come to the hospital as one of our VIP patients needed

November 8, 2021