Intern Doctors have said the people who have failed to fulfill the presidential directives are the ones who have forced them to strike. The president had said interns should be paid half of the salary the practicing doctors are receiving. Up until now though, they have never realized this. “The President directed that we get half what our seniors get. ...
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Medical interns have announced a sit-down strike that kicks off today contrary to their previous announcement that it would start on Sunday 6th. The announcement of the strike came on Thursday last week. The interns were asking the government to increase their salaries amongst other issues. The medical interns including doctors, pharmacists, nurses and intern midwives claim they have gone ...
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Legislator and chairperson nutrition forum, Hon. Pentagon Kamusiime, has said Uganda has not reached the level of having political parties yet. According to him, there is so much to do in the country and political parties are only costing the country a lot. “Uganda hasn’t reached a stage of having political parties. Let’s go back to the movement system before ...
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Ugandan satellite called PEARL AFRICA SAT-1 is set to go into space today after NASA announced the launch postponement yesterday. NASA revealed that the launch scheduled for 6th November had to be rescheduled due to a fire alarm. Dr. Monica Musenero, the state for Science, Technology and Innovation confirmed that the launch will be happening today. She said it will ...
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On Sunday evening, sources in the security forces revealed that two pilots, a Russian and Ugandan were killed in a plane crash in DR Congo. This happened after a private business plane they flew crashed in a forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo in South Kivu. Jackson Ninsiima and his fellow pilot from Russia only identified as Peter were ...
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