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By Alex Esagala Kampala: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament RT. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Government to implement public private partnerships with local investors who are venturing in vaccine manufacturing to ensure availability of stock at any given time. Tayebwa who toured the Vaccine Access Initiative (VAI) plant and stores run by local investors…
The National Coordinator of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) (Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – YKM – Team Thorough), Eng Idiri Kamuntu has passed on. The Capital Times have learnt that Eng Kamuntu died at about 1am on Thursday, June 02, at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The top Museveni mobilizer had been rushed to Mulago in…
The deputy speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has called for increased investment in sexual reproductive health to prevent child marriages and teenage pregnancies among girls. According to Tayebwa, focus should be put on prevention of teenage pregnancies among girls, as opposed to handling pregnancies. “More investments should be made in prevention than handling a pregnancy.…
A prominent businessman in Masaka City, Atanansi Bazzeketta is dead. Bazzeketta, the proprietor of Maria Flo Hotel, one of the traditional hotels Masaka town and the sub region was found dead in one of his hotels. Bazzeketta’s body was discovered on Saturday morning in one of the rooms at Maria Flo Hotel after his staff…
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated the need for Busoga University to teach marine engineering and related courses. He made the statement after commissioning 12 marine ambulances at the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF marine base in Entebbe. The event took place on Friday, May 20th. Museveni says he is concerned that none…
The Ministry of health will start vaccinating children against COVID-19 next month, health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has said. The vaccination will start with secondary school children when the school term commences on May 9, she told the media last week. “The Pfizer vaccine approved for use in children will be deployed to vaccinate…
The Ministry of Health is asking for an additional Shs652 billion to, among others, buy Covid-19 vaccines when it has failed to administer more than 24.8 million donated doses already in the country, has exposed it to a tighter scrutiny. Line minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, usually a level-headed bureaucrat, yesterday christened as “stupid” journalists…
The International Specialised Hospital of Uganda (ISHU) does not have a contractor on its 32-hectare piece of land at Lubowa. Contractors either provide materials or labour to do a job. The revelation was made yesterday by Mr George Otim, a Commissioner for Infrastructure at the Health ministry while interfacing with members of Parliament’s Health Committee,…
Government is in need of an additional Shillings 652 billion to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 pandemic in the financial year 2022/2023, but the item remains as unfunded priority, the health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has said. As of April 15, 2022, statistics available from the Ministry of Health indicate that there have been…
Members of Parliament have demanded for a status report of the International Specialised Hospital in Lubowa. The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has directed the Prime Minister to give government’s position on the status of construction of the International Specialised Hospital in Lubowa, Wakiso district along the Kampala-Entebbe Road. “A team went to the construction…
