President Museveni is apparently expected to receive his first jab of the covid vaccine today. Dr Atwiine informed the media about this development. This has come after a lot of criticism from the public who have accused the president of letting them down. In many countries where the vaccine was received, presidents were the first people to receive the jab. ...
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New Coronavirus Strain Confirmed In Uganda
The Government of Uganda has confirmed that there is a new case of the coronavirus strain first detected in South Africa. They further said there is also a case of the variant detected first in Nigeria. The World Health Organization said the South African B1.351 first came on its radar in South Africa and has now spread across at least ...
Read More »Nation Media To Lay Off Some Employees Due To The Covid Effect
Nation Media Group is set to lose some of its employees due to the Covid effect. This was stated in a letter that was published on 25th March 2021. Nation Media comprises of Daily Monitor, Enyanda, NTV, Spark TV among others. One of their reasons besides the pandemic is that they want to take the digital route further. “During this ...
Read More »The Tour Of Chinese Ambassador To Uganda Comes To An End
After four years, the ’s tour of duty has finally come to an end. The retiring Chinese Ambassador paid a farewell call on the State Minister For Foreign Affairs in charge of international cooperation on Thursday. During the visit, Chinese ambassador Zhuqiang expressed gratitude towards the ministry of Foreign affairs and the Ugandan government at large. He thanked them for ...
Read More »Access To Customary Land Ownership Still A Challenge To Women
Although the land is a factor of production and source of empowerment, access to customary land ownership is still a challenge to most women in rural areas to acquire customary land ownership, Oxfam Uganda new report has indicated. They unveiled the report titled ‘Are Certificates of Customary Ownership Working?’ Officials also noted that despite various interventions by the government to ...
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