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@chimpreports Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:26:23
Internet Access: Govt Moves to Digitize Entire Country
Government is on course to digitize the entire country, with every individual able to access the internet, the Minister of Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance, Chris Baryomunsi, has said. This plan will be achieved following Parliament’s approval of a government request to borrow US$150 million from the Export-Import Bank of China aimed at connecting …
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@chimpreports Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:34:22
Parliament Clears Govt to Borrow Shs 1.2 trillion to Modernize Agriculture
Parliament has authorized Government to borrow up to US$325 million (Shs1.23 trillion) from the International Development Association of the World Bank, to finance the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project. The loan will be topped up with a grant worth US$25 million (Shs94.5billion). The House approved the loan request in a plenary sitting held on …
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@chimpreports Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:44:01
UPPC unveils Plan to digitize Uganda Gazette
By Happy Christine n a strategic move aimed at modernizing its operations, the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC) has unveiled plans to digitize the longstanding Uganda Gazette. The Gazette, a legal cornerstone and official government newspaper for 120 years, is making the transition from traditional hard copy to the contemporary digital era with the …
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@sqoop Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:32:53
Kampala is now nasty, brutish and short
Kampala is a sinusoidal curve, it has crests and troughs. A WHOLE MAZE: If you make the mistake of driving within the city, you will be shocked at the maze. You could be driving innocently only for someone to stop you and inform you that you are driving in a National Park or some […]
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@kfm Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:45:33
40m women experience long-term childbirth health problems – Report
A new study published last evening in the Lancet Global Health journal has revealed that annually, at least 40 million women are likely to experience a long-term health problem caused by childbirth. The study shows a high burden of postnatal conditions that persist in the months or even years after giving birth. These include pain during sexual intercourse (dyspareunia), affecting more than a third (35%) of postpartum women, low back pain (32%), anal incontinence (19%), urinary incontinence (8-31%), anxiety (9-24%), depression (11-17%), perineal pain (11%), fear of childbirth (tokophobia) (6-15%) and secondary infertility (11%). The study titled, ‘Maternal Health in the perinatal period and Beyond’, calls for greater attention to the long-term health of women and girls after and also […]
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@kfm Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:59:30
KCCA to demolish buildings in Bunga slums ahead of NAM summit
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is set to demolish all buildings that were constructed in the slums of Soya Bunga in Makindye. While speaking to journalists in Soya Bunga, Makindye Division, Daniel Nuweabine, the KCCA spokesperson said they want to make Kampala clean ahead of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) summit scheduled for January 2024. Nuweabine says they have decided to demolish all buildings constructed in slums and advised the public especially those in such areas to vacate immediately. “However, people living in Soya Bunga told journalists that they would not vacate the are without compensation, explaining that they spent a lot of money to buy the land.
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