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Media Personality, Kayima Shafic has disagreed with the demand of doctors to use Entebbe Express way for free. Recently, doctors came out and said they should also be exempted from paying for Entebbe Express way road. Their argument is that most of the times, they are running medical errands. So according to them, it wouldn’t be fair to pay for ...

Fruits and vegetable farmers have demonstrated worry that the increased use of chemical pesticides may affect the export viability of their products. They also said these chemicals coils as well affect and harm those who buy these fruits in terms of health. The farmers said in an interview that the lack of food safety laws leaves a lot to be ...

The row between news publication, New Vision and Kamwokya-based political party the National Unity Platform (NUP) seems to be widening daily with the latest being the party’s principle, Bobi Wine blasting the newspaper. The New Vision has over the past few days run headlines allegedly exposing the wrangles in NUP. At first the newspaper ran a headline saying that ‘NUP ...

Ugandan ambassadors and their deputies that President Museveni appointed are still waiting for their vetting by Parliament, ahead of being sent to their stations abroad. In December 2021, President Museveni appointed new ambassadors and their deputies. While he appointed them, he retained some old ones but also replaced a number of them across the world. The permanent secretary at the ...

Makerere University has asked for shs 300 billion to build a teaching hospital for their students. The request is contained in its Budget Framework Paper for the Financial year 2022/2023 which it tabled before Parliament. Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, Vice Chancellor, said this will relieve their students from Mulago Hospital. This is where most universities have their students trained from. On ...