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Out To Lunch: Decent Housing Necessary For Better Health Outcomes

Photo caption:Hoima couple’s current homeBy Denis Jjuuko In April this year, doctors at the National Specialist Referral Hospital in Mulago were ready to discharged twin girls that had been successfully separated having been born conjoined. But they recalled similar other twins, born

July 7, 2022

Business·Trending

ANALYSIS: Did Kasekende’s Uncontrolled Desire To Replace Mutebile Lead To His Own Downfall? What Really Went Wrong?

How did Dr. Louis Kasekende, a man who was well on track to become a Governor end up spending the last 3 years of his 33-year career making headlines for all the wrong reasons? Law No. 1 of 48 laws of power:

July 6, 2022

Africa·Uganda·World News

EU Members Hail Museveni’s Lifting Of DGF Suspension

The Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) Development Partners has released a statement hailing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Government of Uganda for lifting the Suspension on DGF, a civil society funding body, whose activities were suspended last year. In June, 2022, President

July 6, 2022

Uganda

Govt Launches Campaign To Give Out Gas Cylinders To 1 Million Households

The Government has launched the distribution of Liquified Petroleum Gas – LPG cylinders targeting one million households in a bid to promote safe and clean cooking. Launched Tuesday by Ruth Nankabirwa, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Bugo Zone, Busabala

July 6, 2022

Education·Uganda

Uganda Adopts Kiswahili As Official Language

Uganda has adopted Kiswahili as an official language, a top government official said on Tuesday. Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister of Information Communication Technology and National Guidance told reporters that the Cabinet on Monday approved the implementation of a directive by the

July 6, 2022

Business

INFLATION: Stranded BoU Raises CBR To 8.5 Percent

Bank of Uganda has decided to raise the Central Bank Rate by a percentage point to 8.5 percent as part of emergency measures against the spiraling inflation. This was decided at Tuesday’s emergency Monetary Policy Committee meeting called by the Central Bank Deputy

July 6, 2022

Business

It’s a Lucrative Business Which Only Few Ugandans Know About: Tycoon Rajiv On Pet Business In Uganda

Visionary tycoon Rajiv Ruparelia who many describe as Uganda’s economy explorer for his lucrative investments in various sectors has bemoaned the fact that only a few Ugandans have tested on profits from animal (pets) business opportunity. A pet, or companion animal, is

July 6, 2022

Business·Crime

Inside Sudhir’s Legal Team Against BoU: Meet The KAA Lawyers That Have Triumphantly Floored Bank Of Uganda – The Most Ruthless Regulator

Every case is as good as its legal strategy and every legal strategy is as good as the team on it. To defend himself against a UGX397 billion (USD106 million) suit from Bank of Uganda, arguably one of Uganda’s most feared, ruthless

July 5, 2022

News

UPDF Officer Col. Nyakaisiki Carol In Trouble For Allegedly Conniving With Judicial Officers To Frustrate Widow, Grab Late Brother’s Property As Widow, Orphans Languish

Lt. Col. Nyakaisiki Carol Basalisa, who is involved in a bitter property wrangle with her relatives, has landed in hot soup after it emerged that she is using her position as a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) officer to intimate and take

July 5, 2022

Business·Uganda·World·World News

World Bank: Russia-Ukraine War Dampens Uganda’s Economic Growth

New global shocks and the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war has dampened Uganda’s economic growth prospects amidst the waning coronavirus pandemic and full re-opening of the economy and a clearer outlook for oil production following signing of the Final Investment Decision in

July 5, 2022