The Office of the President has secured an office at the Entebbe International Airport to handle migrant workers. This is intended to facilitate the fight against the illegal recruitment of workers that are taken abroad to work. It will also provide an access hub for Ugandans leaving the country for work and returning home after working in the diaspora.Amb. Abbey ...
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Sources in the Health Ministry have revealed the government’s plans to put quinine back in the main malaria treatment medicines. It will also bring back Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), a pesticide to kill mosquitoes. This is due to the continued increase in malaria cases in the country. However, the ministry said the increase is due to the new species of mosquitoes and ...
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The government has pointed its guns towards the reconstruction of Masindi Hospital. This is according to Eng. George Otim, the commissioner health infrastructure in the Ministry of Health. Ministry of Health stakeholders held a meeting last week during which they presented the new hospital plan. Eng. George enlightened the stakeholders about the cost of reconstruction which will be shs50b. He ...
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Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has said the country might be headed for a third wave of Covid 19. This has followed a spike in the spread of the virus lately. Omricon variant is fast spreading among the citizens. Almost everyone knows someone who has flue and cough right now. Twitter has been going wild due to the current flu rate ...
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Democratic Party, DP has said that it is illegal to deny unvaccinated people access to public places. Apparently, there is no legal framework to back this move. Luyimbazi Nalukoola, DP national legal advisor said that if government intends to use this strategy to encourage people to take up vaccination, then they should seek to back it up with the law. ...
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