Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health has embarked on the provision of free standby emergency medical services within Kampala Metropolitan area and high ways. The Ministry has deployed ten ambulances with emergency care providers at different points across Kampala. One of the ambulances is stationed at Kira police …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MultiChoice Uganda has unveiled its Back to School promotion to reward customers who renew their subscription during the festive season and on-going school holidays, with school fees. The promotion which will run until Jan. 31, 2020, was unveiled, by Colin Asiimwe, the Head of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of women who report to the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) with advanced cervical cancer has reduced from 90% five years ago to 50% now. This was revealed yesterday as the Institute and Uganda Cancer Society presented an annual update on the cancer situation …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is expecting to record Shs 26 billion as total revenue from its new Mbuya housing project. Dubbed Citadel Place, the project has 40-units and was opened by Gabriel Gadison Ajedra Aridru, the state minister of finance in charge of general …
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Beijing, China | AFP | Beijing will lower import tariffs on more than 850 products including frozen pork from next month, the finance ministry said Monday, as authorities battle a severe shortage of the meat staple. China’s pig industry has been hammered by African swine fever, which has led to the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Betty Aol Ocan, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Parliament has threw a Christmas party for more than 1,000 children in Gulu town. Accompanied by clergymen who conducted a brief mass, other local leaders and parents, Aol hosted the children to a sumptuous lunch after …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has re-appointed Prof. Ezra Suruma, Makerere University Chancellor ahead of the 70th graduation ceremony slated for January 2020. The former Finance and Economics Development Minister was first appointed Makerere University Chancellor in 2016. “I congratulate Professor Ezra Suruma upon his reappointment as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With only few days left to end this year, Inspector General of Police –IGP Okoth Ochola, has listed the major crime incidents that puzzled them in the 12 months’ period. Ochola, highlighted the mobile money shootings, strangulation of boda boda riders and home break-ins targeting …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hassan Male Mabirizi has filed an application seeking interim orders compelling the Electoral Commission chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama to step aside pending the disposal of his main application challenging his reign on the Commission. In his application filed before the Court Civil Division at Twed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Red Cross Society has launched a two weeks’ blood donation drive to collect up to 10,000 units of blood required over the Christmas season. The society says it is expecting many hospitals around the country to deplete their existing supplies of blood and plunge …
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