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Uganda’s Prime Minister Nabbanja clarifies on Mulago kidney transplant charges

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Views: 0 Government has allowed only five kidney transplant procedures to be conducted at the Mulago National Referral Hospital, as the country concludes plans to operationalise the Organ Transplant facility. The procedure will be offered at no cost to patients with severe kidney disease, undergoing dialysis. The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, revealed this during the […]

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Industrial parks require Shs160bn for direct access to electricity

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Views: 0 The Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation has called on the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to allocate a subsidy worth Shs160.34 billion to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, for direct electricity connections to industrial parks. This is in line with a presidential directive of 04 June 2022 to

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Uganda’s Govt urged to support extensive research on nodding syndrome

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Views: 0 The House Committee on Health has appealed to government to continue funding scientific research studies on nodding syndrome in order to ascertain its causes. The Chairperson of the Committee, Hon. Charles Ayume, said that the first case of nodding syndrome was reported more than 15 years ago, but available literature does not point

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Kampala,Uganda:Members of the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA Executive) today met the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa to consolidate the good working relationship between his office and Parliamentary reporters

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Views: 0 Members of the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA Executive) today met the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa and the discussions centered on consolidating the good working relationship between his office and Parliamentary reporters. The two sides also shared ideas on avenues to improve the quality of  services we journalists offer to the

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Uganda’s Parliament lauds out-going Japanese ambassador

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Views: 0 Members of Parliament have lauded the out-going Japan Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Fukuzawa Hidemoto, for contributing towards the socio-economic transformation of the country, through the Japanese Embassy. H.E. Hidemoto, together with the Deputy Ambassador, Tomotaka Yoshimura, attended plenary to observe proceedings in the visitors’ gallery on Tuesday, 13 February 2024. Deputy Speaker, Thomas

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Ugandan MPs make case for Shs10 billion supplementary for blood bank

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Views: 0 Lawmakers have tasked the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to avail a supplementary request of Shs10 billion to the National Drug Authority (NDA) to facilitate the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services to carry out blood donation activities. Members of Parliament (MPs) were responding to a call from the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa,

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Foreign Affairs Committee recommends review of atomic energy law

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Views: 1 Hon. Boniface Okot presenting the committee report on nuclear weapons on Tuesday, 13 February 2024 Government has been urged to amend the Atomic Energy Act, 2008 to provide for nuclear safety, security, safeguards and liability in light of the prohibition of nuclear weapons. The recommendation was made by the Committee on Foreign Affairs,

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Police SACCO directed to stop compulsory deductions

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Views: 0 MPs on The Government side attending the plenary session in which the Police was direccted on SACCO deductions Parliament has directed the Uganda Police Forces’ Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) to stop mandatory deduction of personnel salaries as savings. The Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs discovered that the SACCO’s management is

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Uganda’s government announces date and costs for renewal of expiring National IDs

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Views: 0 Kampala, (UGANDA):- The Ministry of Internal Affairs has revealed that registration for the renewal of expiring Identity Cards (IDs) will start in June this year as the government looks to beat the deadline of the expiry of current IDs in May 2025. The development was Tuesday revealed by the Minister of State in the

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Identity at the core of Zero Trust: becoming cyber secure in education

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Views: 2 JOHANNESBURG – February 13, 2024 – In an age marked by an unprecedented surge in cyberthreats and data breaches, the importance of cybersecurity has reached new heights. Organisations worldwide are grappling with a mounting tide of cybercrime, with estimates from Cybersecurity Ventures projecting that cybercrime would cost the world a staggering $8 trillion in 2023; a

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