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Doctors to MPs, ‘strike will not end until our demands are met’

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Views: 4 Doctors under their umbrella body Uganda Medical Association appearing before Parliament’s Health Committee. Attempts by lawmakers to convince medical workers in government hospitals and health centres to review their industrial action were futile, with the medical workers vowing to continue the strike until their demands are met. Medical workers countrywide took to industrial […]

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Budget cuts crippling legislative business

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Views: 0 Hon. Solomon Silwany Legislators have asked the Central Government to revise the budget cuts it imposed during the budgeting cycle due to the austerity measures occasioned by the COVID 19 pandemic. The call was made following the Deputy Speaker, Anita Among, instructing committee chairpersons to speed up their work in processing bills because

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Gov’t urged to expedite hand-hoe distribution

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Views: 1 The Government Chief Whip, Hon Thomas Tayebwa, informed Parliament that government was distributing the hoes in a phased manner. Posted on: 08 Dec 2021 Parliament has asked the government to extend the roll-out of hand-held hoes to parts of the country that did not benefit from the previous roll-out. Honourable Roland Ndyomugyenyi (Ind.

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Two wins and a draw for Uganda in Day 2 of EAC games

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Views: 3 Uganda playing EALA in basketball. Uganda started the day with a decisive victory against the East African Legislative Assembly in netball on Wednesday, 8 December 2021. The EALA team was humbled 46:22 but that was before the football match between Kenya and Uganda, cheekily dubbed the ‘Migingo Derby’, in relation to the silent

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LAUNCH OF SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENTARY INSTITUTE

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Views: 0 Parliament, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 – The South African Legislative Sector (SALS) under the leadership of the Speakers’ Forum will on Thursday, 9 December, launch the South African Parliamentary Institute (SAPI). SAPI is intended to enhance the functioning of Parliament and the nine legislatures. Its role will include the provision of capacity development programmes, and

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Uganda registers first seven cases of Omicron variant says official

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Views: 2 Uganda has its first seven cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, a health official confirmed Tuesday. The director of clinical services, Charles Olaro, said the variant was detected in travelers from South Africa and Nigeria who arrived in Uganda on November 29. “We have already notified them about their status and

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MTN Share Price Soars after Listing

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Views: 0 File Photo caption: Wim Vanhelleputte, MTN Uganda CEO smiles with triumph after successfully onboarding the telecom onto the Uganda Securities Exchange. The CEO spearheaded a robust roadshow and marketing campaign involving over 300 town halls, hundreds of media engagements in Uganda and Kenya, managing to raise $150million. The goal of the IPO, which was

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Mob vandalise vehicles as truck crushes 10 Lagos students, police declare two dead

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Views: 4   Amazon Web Services outage hits sites and apps such as IMDb and Tinder There was pandemonium on Tuesday when a truck driver reportedly crushed no fewer than 10 students on Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School Bus-Stop, Lagos State.It was learnt that the students were going home after closing from school around 2pm when

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World Bank says its funding helped deliver 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

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Views: 1 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank on Monday said its funding had helped deliver 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines around the world and it would reach the 150-million mark by the end of the month, if doses arrive as expected. © Reuters/SUMAYA HISHAM Healthcare worker administers the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a

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