The workers at the United Nations (UN) base at Entebbe in East Africa have threatened to stage a sit down strike soon over what they term as ‘serious’ exploitation by their employees. The UN staff members attached to the cleaning department wants to protest UN’s recent decision to tender out the cleaning services at […]
Several sex workers in East Africa are still ignoring the use of condoms despite the increasing HIV/Aids awareness campaigns in the country. Perhaps this could explain current HIV high infection rates in Uganda, Tanzania and East Africa in general. The Tanzanian National Statistics of 2007/2008 show that the country’s infection rate was over 6.5 […]
Shift workers who get too little sleep at the wrong time of the day may be increasing their risk of getting diabetes and obesity. According to researchers in American Universities, this is because during night sugar levels in blood increases. Therefore shift workers who stay awake at night are much more likely to progress […]
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaning independent candidate in Butambala parliamentary by elections, who is also Butambala district Deputy Speaker, Faridah Nakiboneka has withdrawn from the race after president Museveni reportedly telephoned her today morning telling her to stand down for Kikulukunyu. Sources privy to this information told us that Museveni promised her to […]
Obese women and those with type II diabetes could increase their chances of having a child with Autism or another development disorder, according to recent US studies. Researches at the University of California show that the high glucose levels during pregnancy could affect brain development in foetus. The paediatrics study looked at 1,000 children and […]
The critics of president Museveni’s regime may wonder why the world doesn’t condemn the increasing cases of violence on civilians in Uganda. When video footage a couple of years back showed the US marines urinating on dead Taliban soldiers, millions of people around the world came up and condemned the act. According to an article […]
A new frontier in the fight against HIV/AIDS in millions of new born children in Uganda has been launched in Kampala on Tuesday. The new frontier (read plan) has been code named ‘Option B+’ plan. Under option B+ plan, pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS will receive treatment early enough in order to prolong their […]
The Bank of Uganda has announced that Stanbic bank Uganda Limited was the best performing primary dealer in Uganda government securities during the month of August 2012. The governor bank of Uganda, Tumusiime Mutebile also announces that for the previous 12 months the best performing primary dealers in Uganda security exchange were: August 2011 […]
The governor bank of Uganda, Tumusiime Mutebile has announced that annual headline and core inflation fell sharply to 11.9% and 11.5% respectively in August this year from 14.3% and 15.4% in July. There was also a sharp fall in annual non food inflation from 19.1% in July to 16.0% in August which in previous […]
The Uganda manufacturers association (UMA) has announced its 20th Uganda international trade fair. The bazaar will run from 4th to 10th October 2012 at Lugogo show grounds in Kampala. The trade fair will run under the theme “50 years of creating wealth in Uganda.” According to the press release the management of UMA sent […]