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A delayed share purchase cost Cipla Quality Chemicals close to Shs20b in just six months. This is according to a disclosure published together with the company’s financial results. Cipla and Africa Capitalworks had planned to complete the share purchase in a Shs94.5b ($25m) deal by May 31. However, mandatory approvals from Capital Markets Authority and Comesa delayed for months, with the ...

The Mbarara University of Science and Technology community is in mourning at the moment. This follows the unfortunate demise of one of the students. The deceased has been identified as Rukiga Abura, a third-year student in the department of Anesthesia. This is in the Faculty of Medicine. The Dean of Students at the University made the somber announcement which confirmed ...

Tanzania football team (Taifa Stars) head coach Adel Amrouche has said the team still has chances to perform in the World Cup qualifiers. This came after a 2-0 defeat by Morocco, one of Africa’s giants in football on Tuesday night. The game happened at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam. Hakim Ziyech scored Morocco’s opening goal in the ...

Staff at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital in Soroti City have asked the government to expand the neonatal intensive care unit. This request follows the overwhelming number of pre-mature babies receiving treatment at the facility. Dr Florence Alaroker, a senior consultant paediatrician at the Soroti City hospital, said the unit, which has a capacity of about 10 beds, receives between two ...

Lira city is in a state of shock after a prominent businessman shot his son dead. Haji Joe Ogwang, a resident of Ireda Estate in Lira City East Division is accused of killing his son, Aaron Okello. The incident happened during a heated altercation at Tipper stage in Kamuswahili Cell on Tuesday. Reports indicate that a confrontation arose when Okello ...