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Coronavirus: NITA tips those working from home

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. This designation signifies that we are in the midst of a global disease outbreak, which occurs...

UNCDF partners with private sector players to reach last mile with Digital Services

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) announced partnerships with digital services providers aimed at increasing access to and usage of digital services in the North and West Nile regions of Uganda....

Coronavirus Update: About 780,000 to swim into poverty, warns minister

The Finance minister Matia Kasaija has said that projection for economic growth in FY 2019/20 has been revised downwards from 6.0% to between 5.2% to 5.7% depending on the severity of Coronavirus...

Airtel: Scraps mobile money charges over coronavirus

Telecommunication giants, Airtel Uganda have scrapped all charges on mobile money transactions in a bid to encourage cashless transactions as a way of preventing the spread of coronavirus. In a statement by...

Basalirwa: “Who will enforce presidential directives on Covid19 measures?”

Justice Forum president Asuman Basalirwa has called into question some of the preventive and containment measures against a possible Coronavirus outbreak announced by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. President Museveni ordered the closure...

Over 170 police officers graduate in Basic Counter Terrorism course

About 177 Police officers were on Wednesday, March 17, 2020 passed out after months of undergoing a Basic Counter Terrorism course at the Police Training School, Olilim in Katakwi district. The trainees...

GreenHill headteacher says modern approach key to careers

Mr. Benon Takirambudde, the Headteacher at Green hill Academy, Buwaate has on Wednesday March 18, encouraged the use of modern education techniques including the parent-teacher partnerships so as to guide pupils and...

Coronavirus: A guide table to the pandemic analyisis

Coronavirus has spread to more than 150 countries and claimed more than 8,000 lives. There are now more than 200,000 confirmed cases, the majority outside China where the virus originated. Europe is...

Traders want Banks to go easy on affected borrowers

Traders in Kampala want banks to ease loan repayment conditions to borrowers whose income streams have been affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The chairperson of Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), Mr...

Returning Ugandans stranded at Entebbe airport, unable to pay quarantine fees

Sharon Namugerwa (not real name) arrived at the Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 10pm and to her shock, it wasn’t business as usual. Namugerwa and all other travelers...

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