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Kampala Signs €250M Deal with UK Firm COLAS to Upgrade Over 100 City Roads
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 10, 2025
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has signed a landmark agreement with UK-based global infrastructure firm COLAS to kick-start the Kampala City Roads and Bridges Upgrading Project (KCRBUP) a major infrastructure initiative that will...
Africa Focuses on Local Production for Pharma Growth
News Central TV
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July 11, 2025
Africa is building a new vaccine future through strategic investments, skilled workforce development, and local manufacturing. From Kenya to Rwanda, deals for new facilities and skills development promise to reduce reliance on foreign pharma...
World Bank defends decision to resume funding to Uganda
Erasing 76 Crimes
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July 11, 2025
World Bank says its mitigation measures ensure it won’t discriminate against LGBTQ Ugandans World Bank President Ajay Banga (left) and Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist Pepe Onziema (right) The World Bank has played down claims that its decision to...
Fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024
Media Monitors Network
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July 10, 2025
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee (Committee) regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024, held on...
Uganda hosts high-level Chinese delegation, seeks to balance trade with China
Independent (Uganda)
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July 9, 2025
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has praised China’s growing partnership with Uganda, hailing it as historic and transformative. Parliament on Tuesday 08, July 2025 welcomed the high-level...
Henning Larsen breaks ground on rammed earth campus in Uganda
Archinect - California
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anchor Image credit: Æstetica The first phase of a new modular campus designed by Henning Larsen in partnership with local practice Siimi Design Studio has begun construction in Masaka, Uganda. Developed for El Cambia Academy, a youth football and...
Uganda might have to go through a 2007-08 Kenya to rebuild
Observer
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July 9, 2025
Kenyan protestors mocking Uganda Writing on boastfulness around torture recently, comrade Dr Busingye Kabumba noted that one cannot miss the arrogance of our security and political leadership when they chest-thump and ask, “what will you do?” This...
Ex-Mulago surgeon Segujja fined Shs 4m after forging medical report for embattled Balondemu
Observer
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July 10, 2025
Former Mulago hospital orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Hassan Segujja, has been fined Shs 4 million after admitting to forging medical documents to aid the bail application of embattled Kampala District Land Board chairperson, David Balondemu. Balondemu,...
NCBA launches inaugural parent & child golf tournament at Uganda Golf Club
Independent (Uganda)
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July 10, 2025
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NCBA Bank Uganda hosted its inaugural Parent and Child Golf Tournament at the Uganda Golf Club last weekend, bringing together parents and their aspiring young golfers for a memorable fun day filled with...
Mbarara Referral Hospital Boss Health Condition Worsens, fights for his life at home
Red Pepper
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July 10, 2025
A recent visitor to the upcountry home of once-respected Executive Director of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Dr. Celestine Barigye, in Bushenyi District is worried that the country may lose the latter if nothing is done in the coming days....
BRICS+ Series: Uganda Leads the African Union on Refugee and Migration Policy
IOL
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Uganda stands out for its progressive refugee policy, a cornerstone of its leadership in refugee affairs. This policy, which has been carefully crafted through legal and institutional frameworks championed by Kampala and endorsed by AU assemblies,...
IUCN and Uganda renew conservation partnership with new MoU
IUCN
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This agreement comes at a critical time, as Uganda faces increasing pressure on its fragile ecosystems. The urgency is clear: the country is losing an estimated 122,000 hectares of forest cover annually, according to the National State of the...
How Dutch student vanished in Ugandan park 10 years ago
GhanaWeb
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July 9, 2025
The mother of Sophia Koetsier, the Dutch medical student who disappeared in Murchison Falls National Park in 2015, broke down in court as she gave harrowing testimony about her daughter’s last known days and the painful aftermath of her...
Yapita Health Expands Medical Mission with Free Expert-Led Camps Across 18 African Regions
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 10, 2025
VMPL New Delhi [India], July 10: Continuing its mission to make quality healthcare accessible to underserved populations, Yapita Health, India's leading medical tourism company, has announced the expansion of its free medical camp initiative...
Going without food, water to avoid using toilet due to fear of safety continues among urban women, impacting health, study finds
The Hindu
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July 10, 2025
Withholding water when away from home - 33% in Kampala and 12.8% in Tiruchi - was the most common withholding scenario compared with withholding food when away from home or withholding food or water at home. Photograph used for representational...
AI Is Powering a New Healthcare Vision for South Africa
IT News Africa
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July 10, 2025
South African healthcare leaders are outpacing their global counterparts when it comes to adopting artificial intelligence, particularly in clinical decision-making and exploring the potential of generative AI. Nearly two-thirds of these leaders...
Ggoobi: A messy Uganda won’t achieve $500 billion economy target
Independent (Uganda)
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July 10, 2025
PS Ramathan Ggoobi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has the ability to grow the size of its economy 10 times in the next 15 years, but things have to be done differently, including clearing the mess that characterizes all corners,...
“In the fight of our lives” – health sector urged to step up for gender justice
Croakey Health Media
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July 10, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: The health sector, in Australia and globally, has been urged to step up advocacy and action for gender justice in the wake of wide-ranging attacks on gender and LGBTQIA+ rights around the world. “We are in the fight of our...
IGG’s Swift Action Saves Uganda UGX13.3 Billion from Land Fraud Scam
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 10, 2025
By David Mwanje In a decisive blow against corruption, Uganda’s Inspector General of Government (IGG), Hon. Beti Kamya Turwomwe, has thwarted a fraudulent attempt to siphon UGX13.355 billion from public coffers. The scam, centered on a land...
Detained and Indebted: How World Bank Funding for Kenyan Healthcare Failed the Patients It Was Meant to Help
Africa Uncensored
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July 9, 2025
A surge in private equity funding for hospitals left a trail of crushing debts, patient detentions and broken promises. By Ben Dooley and Micah Reddy This story was produced in partnership with the International Consortium of Investigative...