By Miriam Gathigah In 2013, Alice Wahome ran in her third attempt to win the hotly-contested Kandara constituency parliamentary seat in Murang’a County, Central Kenya. As is typical of rural politics, the field was male-dominated, with the stakes being high Read More …
Danish government has given Uganda additional financial support of $1,000,000 through World Health Organization (WHO), to support ministry of health’s efforts in containing Covid-19. Signing the funding agreement, Dr. Jane Ruth Acheng, Uganda’s minister of health hailed the support noting Read More …
With assistance of Dutch government aid, more than 200,000 school going children benefited from the school milk feeding program and more than 7300 jobs were created for Ugandans in Agriculture sector and Netherlands is funding several development programs with focus Read More …
Uganda has flagged off the exportation of its first batch of locally made mobile phones, to Morocco. The five-million U.S dollar firm, SIMI which is under Chinese electronics company Engo Holdings Group Limited, was launched by president Yoweri Museveni in Read More …
Uganda has launched two production lines of facemasks factory, a development that will greatly help the country’s efforts in fighting against Covid-19 pandemic. LIDA Packaging, a Chinese owned factory located in Mbalala Mukono with production capacity of 560,000 masks Read More …
The government of Ireland continues supporting Social Protection programs. Last week, Ireland’s ambassador to Uganda, H.E William Carlos signed a partnership agreement with World Food Program Country Director – Uganda, Elkhidir Daloum. Under the agreement, Ireland contributed €2 million to Read More …