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Uganda Confirms More 11 Cases Of Coronavirus
Uganda Health Ministry has on Thursday April, 23, 2020 confirmed 11 cases of coronavirus, the highest record in a day since the testing of the pathogen that causes covid-19 began in East Africa. According to the ministry of health, they are all truckers, with six coming from Tanzania and 5 coming from Kenya. This brings…
Uganda Confirms 19th Covid-19 Death
Health Ministry has on Wednesday afternoon confirmed one case of COVID-19 death. The deceased is a 60-year old male Ugandan from Mbale district. Ministry of Health officials said that the patient was presented with signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19 before he was rushed to a private facility and put under isolation. He was then…
Uganda Coffee Exports Generates Record US$876.4 Million
Uganda’s coffee exports generated a record US$876.4million in revenues for the just concluded 2021/2022 coffee year that ended on September.30. This represents a 39% increase in revenues compared to the previous year despite a decline in export volumes. Latest statistics from the state-owned Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) shows that the East African nation exported…
Uganda Cinema Owners Petition Kadaga To Reopen
Cinema operators have petitioned Parliament asking Government to allow them resume their operations. Cinemas were some of the various entities closed as one way of preventing the community spread of Covid-19 in March this year. The operators, who presented their petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, asking the Government to allow them to…
Uganda Baati Launches E-commerce Platform To Ease Consumer Purchase
Uganda Baati Limited (UBL) today launched the first of its kind, e-commerce platform in the steel manufacturing sector (shop.ugandabaati.co.ug) that will enable customers shop, place an order and pay for their preferred roof sheets from anywhere and at any time. In a bid to improve the customer buying and procurement experience, Uganda Baati has developed…
Uganda Aviation Academy Teams Up With Miss Uganda For Blood Donation Campaign
Uganda Aviation Academy (UAA) on the 18th of August 2023 teamed up with Miss Uganda & Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) to mobilize blood amidst the growing demand in hospitals across the country. Recently, reports indicated that there is a blood shortage in major hospitals in the country, which has delayed, even halted life -…
Uganda At 61: The Fundamental Change That Defines Uganda’s Independence
The NRM government captured Power in 1986 after a protracted Liberation Struggle inheriting the post-independence Uganda characterized by turbulence and uncertainty. This was manifested through coups, short-lived regimes, and utter disregard for the rule of Law with state-inspired violence minted upon Civilians. The Colonial Setup of a country with a president and an executive prime…
Uganda Airlines To Increase Flights To Dubai From Four To Seven As Passenger Numbers Rise After Full Reopening
Asked about the category of passengers Uganda Airlines carries on the Dubai route, Rahim said they are mainly business travelers, traders, labor exports, tourists, and permanent residents of the UAE. She adds that the outbound goods range from main vegetables, coffee, and raw materials, among others, while the inbound ranges from machinery, manufactured goods, textile,…
Uganda Airlines To Acquire A220s/E2s Jets
Uganda Airlines is planning to acquire its first narrow-body jets, interim chief executive Jenifer Bamuturaki has disclosed. The state-owned airline currently operates four two A330-800s and four CRJ900s, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows, on flights that connect its Entebbe/Kampala base with Burundi, Tanzania, South Sudan, Kenya, the DRC, and Somalia regionally as well as South Africa and the United Arab Emirates…
Uganda Airlines Seeks Own AMO Certification To Reduce Expenditure On Foreign Contractors
Uganda Airlines has embarked on the process of getting Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) Certification from Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) so as to reduce dependence on foreign maintenance contractors, this website understands. It is a regulatory requirement that aircraft are maintained by maintenance organizations approved by Uganda Civil Aviation Authority. The Approved Maintenance Organisations (AMOs)…