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Two month ago, Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality leadership gave occupants of the roadside of the Entebbe – Kampala road an ultimatum of one week to vacate it saying they had orders from the central government as an implementation of the trade licensing act as well as cleaning up the ahead of the forthcoming Non Aligned Movement […]
Antenatal care is one service pregnant women struggle to seek. Many expectant mothers actually wait to first get a pregnancy complication to go for antenatal monitoring. They just hate the inconvenience of visiting the hospital every now and then. But what if this service was digitized? When Divinah Twinomujuni was pregnant last year, she went […]
HiPipo has announced that registration for the fourth edition of the HiPipo 40 Days 40 FinTechs has opened. Without a doubt, the HiPipo 40 Days 40 FinTechs initiative has put the Innovation and Financial Inclusion bar very high; particularly showcasing both the time and lifesaving abilities of Financial Technology. Although the 2020 and 2021 seasons […]
Malaria is the leading cause of ill health/morbidity in Uganda and is responsible for up to 40% of all outpatients’ visits, 20% of all hospital admissions, and 10% of all hospital deaths. It costs a family at least 32,000(US$9) per episode of malaria. 95% of the Ugandan population is at risk, with Malaria killing between […]
Thousands of Youth in Nwoya district, Northern Uganda have had their lives transformed from unemployment and poverty to employment and self-dependence thanks to the Delight with the Youth project. The Youth-focused project that started in 2020 and has already created meaningful and dignified employment opportunities for more than 6,000 young women and men is being […]
As the world celebrates International Women’s day, Namugwanya Gurtude, 61, a resident of Seguku cell B in Makindye Sabagabo in Wakiso district is in tears following threats from her co-wife. Gertrude who argues that she moved into a clear piece of land with her husband in 1985 says that she put up the rentals situated […]
Residents of Mirimu zone in Makindye Sabagabo, Wakiso district have protested the installation of a telephone mast saying it is dangerous to their health. While in the meeting with NTC(the company responsible for installing the mast) yesterday chaired by the village Vice Chairman, Dumba Elisha, the residents expressed their fear of being exposed to diseases […]
Makindye Ssabagabo Deputy RDC, Muhoozi Michael has asked his municipal councilors to mobilize their communities and ensure that all kids go back to school. Speaking to the councilors in the municipal council meeting chaired by speaker Kaddu Mukasa George, yesterday, Muhoozi said that all children should first go back to school then the government will […]
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has opened its 2nd Food Safety Laboratory in Mbale City to provide Conformity Assessment and Quality Assurance of products manufactured in Eastern Uganda. According to Mr. David Livingstone Ebiru, the Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), this is part of the Bureau’s Strategic Plan to […]
The Uganda Meteorology Authority has warned Ugandans that throughout this month (August) different parts of the country will receive persistent rainfalls. These say that the rains are more likely to be extraordinary in Eastern part of the country, Northern Uganda and Midwest. Farmers have been advised to grow water resistant crops currently, and those in […]