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Real Stars Awards Nominees Announced: Celebrating Excellence on Uganda’s Sports Scene

Real Stars Awards nominees of April 2023 have been released, the awards ceremony will be held at Lazio Restaurant in Naguru on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. These monthly awards are sponsored by Jude Colour Solutions and the betting company Fortebet. On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, the Fortebet Real Stars monthly awards presentation will honour the […]

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Protecting Investments through Project Agreements with Host States

Investors in developing countries are faced with political sovereign risks that can jeopardize the viability of their projects through policy changes, civil unrest, or asset expropriation. To mitigate these risks, investors negotiate project implementation agreements or equivalent with host states that include stabilization clauses, providing guarantees and protections. Additionally, investors may invest from countries with […]

MORE UGANDANS REPATRIATED FROM SUDAN AMIDIST FIGHT BETWEEN RSF AND NATIONAL ARMY

A total of 10 more Ugandans were received by Uganda’s ambassador to Sudan H.E Ambassador Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu and his deputy Dickson Ogwang at Entebbe airport on Thursday evening 4th May 2023. H.E Rashid Yahaya, who is an Ambassador of Uganda to Sudan said this at Entebbe International Airport as he received a group of […]

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Government wants Shs 852bn loan to refurbish Kampala – Malaba railway

The Ugandan government has proposed to borrow Shs852 billion to rehabilitate the Kampala-Malaba meter gauge railway, with the loan offer from the African Development Bank (ADB) and the Corporate Internationalisation Fund of Spain including a Shs221 billion grant. In a letter to Speaker Anita Among, Acting Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Hon. Henry […]

Marijuana Use Now Legal in Uganda.

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, 2015, which among other things forbade the sale and use of various narcotic drugs in the nation, has been abolished by the Constitutional Court in Kampala. “In the premises, I would declare the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, 2015 null and void for lack of […]

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SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICERS STRIKE OVER PROMOTION AND PAY RISE

Senior medical officers in Uganda have threatened to lay down their tools to push for a pay rise and an acceleration in their promotion process to senior consultant level. The move follows a similar industrial action by Senior House Officers (SHO) and Medical Interns, who are seeking better salaries and deployment to different medical centres. […]

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Kabale-Kisoro Road Closed Due to mudslides

In the past few weeks, torrential downpours have left a path of devastation in their wake, breaking riverbanks and triggering devastating landslides, particularly in the western Ugandan region of Kisoro. Six people have died in the most recent landslides in Kisoro, according to the Uganda Red Cross Society, whose teams are performing relief work alongside […]

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High Number of Caesarean Deliveries Recorded at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in April

A high number of caesarean deliveries were recorded at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda, with at least 240 out of 560 deliveries in April being performed by C-section. The hospital director said that most of the cases were due to complications arising from referrals, but some expectant mothers were also demanding C-sections as opposed […]

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Uganda Government to Refurbish Airstrips in Strategic Locations to Boost Tourism

As part of efforts to boost tourism, government of Uganda intends to refurbish four airstrips across the nation. By using the airstrips, travelers won’t have to go through Entebbe International Airport to reach their vacation destinations. This directive was given by President Museveni to the Minister of Works and Transport and his tourism counterpart during […]

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Victoria University launches Career Readiness and Employability Program Tailored towards innovativeness and current job market demands

Uganda’s traditional education system faces imminent revolutionalisation as Victoria University takes a precedent, with the launch of the Career Readiness and Employability Program (CR&EP). The high-precision study program which is effectively tailored towards innovativeness and current job market demands was launched 3rd May 2023 in the University main auditorium, Kampala campus. Among other merits, the […]