Hannington Mbabazi, Author at Thecapitaltimes

Health

Parliament Grants Leave To MP Opendi To Introduce Bill On Surrogacy

Tororo Woman Member of Parliament Sarah Opendi has secured leave of parliament to introduce the surrogacy bill. Surrogacy is an arrangement where a woman agrees to carry a pregnancy for another person who will or become the actual parent. The proposed law

November 10, 2021

East Africa

Uganda Needs To Work With DRC To Defeat ADF – Museveni

Uganda can work with the Democratic Republic of Congo to defeat the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels wrecking havoc in the expansive central African nation, President Yoweri Museveni has revealed. He was meeting a delegation from the United States of America led by

November 10, 2021

Business·East Africa

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

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