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National Drug Authority has ordered all private pharmacies located in government premises to vacate immediately. In a letter dated February 8, 2022, President Museveni directed the closure of all private pharmacies operating inside government hospitals. Subsequently, the Minister for Health has directed NDA to implement the said directive. Accordingly, NDA requested the pharmacists in charge of the affected pharmacies to ...

A group of six child rights NGOs under their umbrella consortium, have joined forces to fight violence against children. This is going to be a nine-month multimedia campaign. It will target parents and caregivers to enable them to adopt non-violent parenting methods. Last year 27% of all cases reported to the Uganda Child Helpline were related to physical violence. “These ...

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has yet bagged another achievement in mending the relationship between neighboring countries Uganda and Rwanda. Despite performing a role that does not fall in his jurisdiction as the Commander of the Land Forces, Muhoozi has been a key player in mending the seemingly broken relationship between the two East African countries. The new achievement will see Rwanda ...

Former Aruu County MP, Hon Odonga Otto has become the latest political figure to attack the National Unity Platform. Otoo went ahead to brand the Kamwokya-based party tribalistic. Otto said that Besigye was able to poll 37% of the vote in 2006 while Bobi Wine polled 35% of the vote in 2021. This all happened despite the massive vote rigging ...

The Commander of the Land Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has come out to liken the late Cuban president and revolutionary Fidel Castro to Jesus Christ. Muhoozi says that after the man born in Bethlehem, Fidel Castro is the most dangerous man to have walked the earth. This is because he united both black and white races in the struggle against ...