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MPs raise concerns as govt defends private labs in forensic law
KAMPALA, March 22, 2026 — Government has defended its decision to keep flexible controls in the proposed Forensic and Scientific Analytical Services Bill, 2025, despite concerns over the role of private laboratories,…
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MP Ssewungu Demands Action Over Market Fires
KAMPALA, March 21, 2026 — The Shadow Minister of Education, Joseph Gonzaga Ssewungu, has expressed concern over the rising cases of market fires in Kampala causing widespread losses. Reports indicate that a…
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Kawempe Hospital says maternal deaths drop by 140 as MPs question patient charges
KAMPALA, March 20, 2026 — Kawempe National Referral Hospital has reduced annual maternal deaths from 200 to 60 over the past three years, its Executive Director, Dr Emmanuel Byaruhanga, has told Parliament.…
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Smarter water use could feed 10bln and create nearly 250mln jobs-report
KAMPALA, March 20, 2026 — Rebalancing water use across the global food system will be crucial to meeting future food demand sustainably and could create 245 million long-term jobs, most of them…
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World Happiness Report 2026 shows complex global picture of social media and happiness as Uganda ranked 118
KAMPALA, March 19, 2026 — Heavy social media use appears to be contributing to the drop in wellbeing among young people in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, especially among girls, according to…
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Bank of Tanzania Joins AFC as equity shareholder, strengthening sovereign support and shareholder diversification
DAR ES SALAAM, March 19, 2026 — Africa Finance Corporation, the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, today announced that the Bank of Tanzania [BOT] has made an equity investment in the Corporation,…
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Afreximbank announces opening of registration for 2026 certificate of trade finance in Africa
CAIRO, March 19, 2026 — The Afreximbank Academy [AFRACAD] has announced the opening of registration for its 2026 Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa [COTFIA], one of its flagship programmes designed to…
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Butabika grapples with Shs 102bln funding gap amid rising mental illness
KAMPALA, March 17, 2026 — Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital is facing a funding shortfall of Shs 102 billion required to effectively meet its wage, non-wage and capital development needs, according to…
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Ethiopia unveils 15-year agroecology strategy to transform climate-vulnerable food systems
ADDIS ABABA, March 17, 2026 — Ethiopia has launched two complementary national strategies aimed at transforming the country’s agricultural sector: the National Agroecology Strategy for Food System Transformation [2026–2040] and the National…
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MTN Group reports strong 2025 results, unveils Ambition 2030 strategy
KAMPALA, March 16, 2026 — MTN Group has reported strong operational and financial results for 2025, marking the successful conclusion of its Ambition 2025 strategy while unveiling a new long-term roadmap aimed…
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