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Museveni advises banks to relax loan repayments

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a way of emphasis on bank loans, President Yoweri Museveni has said banks must not count days when people have not been working to service active loans. Millions of Ugandans in both the formal and informal sectors are currently not working as a result …

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Families urged to form COVID-19 task forces

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has urged heads of families to form family task forces to control the spread of COVID-19. The Gender and Culture State Minister, Peace Mutuuzo, says there is need for parents or guardians to form task forces comprising of about three people. She says the …

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Women sleeping in markets at risk of sexual violence-Activists

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women activists have criticized the move by women to sleep in markets. President Yoweri Museveni in his directives advised vendors to sleep in markets to halt further spread of COVID-19. In a webinar organized by Civil Society Organization, Reach a Hand Uganda, Tina Musaya, the …

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Speaker commends frontline health workers in coronavirus fight

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has this afternoon commended the health workers who are at the frontline in the fight against coronavirus COVID-19. While delivering her communication to MPs in the plenary session, Kadaga commended the health workers on the progress so far made …

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Russia’s small businesses buckling under virus restrictions

Moscow, Russia | AFP |  When President Vladimir Putin announced a paid holiday for the month of April to keep Russians home and prevent the coronavirus from spreading, many small business owners braced themselves. How would they keep to the president’s promise of paying employees while they were shut down? The …

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North Korea’s Kim reshuffles top governing body

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has carried out a major reshuffle of his State Affairs Commission, official media reported Monday, replacing more than a third of its members. Kim has established an iron grip on the levers of authority in his nuclear-armed country since …

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