After months of national and global lockdowns, women have borne the brunt of disproportionate care burdens, disruptions in income and education, limited access to health and other essential services such as antenatal care and looming domestic violence cultivated by the stress, pressures and anxiety that came with lockdown. Juggling work, running a home and kids is a challenge that women face even outside of a global pandemic; and the pressure further intensifies when everyone at home is confined to four walls. For women already living in dire poverty, the situation presents a bigger barrier to socio economic stability and wellbeing…
Author: Entebbe News
dfcu Bank has today handed over fifty-one (51) refurbished desktop computers to the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affair’s to facilitate the operations of Veteran Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs). The donation is part of dfcu’s commitment to offering a broad range of financial solutions to retired servicemen, widows, and orphans through different Veteran SACCOs across the country. In February 2020, dfcu signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs to provide financial solutions as one of the ways of driving financial inclusion among the Veterans. The services include: free financial literacy sessions, business…
The Ministry of Health has on Tuesday revised the total number of COVID-19 recoveries in Uganda to 958. Although the Ministry has been publishing new COVID-19 confirmed cases daily, the recoveries were last published 3 days ago on Sunday July 18th 2020 and they were then at 1,048. However, the recoveries then included both Ugandans and foreigners. According to Dr Henry Mwebesa, the Director General Health Services in the Ministry of Health, the foreign truck drivers have now been excluded from the cumulative total number of COVID-19 recoveries dropping the number to 958. “The Ministry of Health would like to…
The Local Defence Unit personnel have kicked off a refresher course after being recalled by the UPDF to train in human rights and law enforcement. The training was launched on Monday by Deputy Commander Land Forces, Maj Gen Sam Kavuma, starting with personnel at Lubaga battalion. The training whose launch happened on Monday will take place at the First Division headquarters in Kakiri Barracks where all the personnel of the 10 Battalions of the LDUs operating in Kampala Metropolitan Policing (KMP) Area will undergo weeks of the refresher course. Speaking to the LDUs, Maj.Gen.Kavuma applauded them for reversing the undesirable…
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Uganda (Century Bottling Company) hosted Uganda Police Fire Rescue Services Trainees at the Namanve Plant on a bench marking visit for the security and safety teams to pick learnings from for use nationwide. The team, led by AIP Apollo Okolong, Officer-in-Charge of Fire and Rescue Services at the Kampala Industrial Business Park, appreciated CCBA’s well-established systems and procedures for safety at the workplace even before the onset of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic The team commended CCBA for prioritizing the safety of its employees at all times and for its ‘People First’…
Airtel Africa has signed a deal with WorldRemit to allow customers of both companies to enjoy instant money transfers across the continent. Airtel Africa is currently operating mobile money services in fourteen African countries, including in DRC, Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi and Niger and this will help Africans in the diaspora use WorldRemit to send money back home. “The connection to more mobile money accounts through Airtel Africa allows us to expand our payout network and options available to customers across the continent,” Andrew Stewart, the managing director of WorldRemit in the Middle East & Africa, was quoted as saying.…
For Investment Clubs, there has never been a better time to re-evaluate, realign and create practical strategies for the success of your group’s finances. While the ability of your members to keep up with their regular savings might have been affected in one way or another, it is possible to both salvage and make the most of your current situation. How an Investment Club decides to do this is core to their survival now and in the future. As a leader, there are a number of ways you can ensure a smooth navigation for the members of your Club. Understand…
Ugandans who had been stranded in Canada due to grounding of passenger flights are expected to arrive at the Entebbe International Airport today, Sunday. The ministry of foreign affairs says left Lester B Pearson International Airport Toronto on Saturday. Their departure was overseen by the High Commissioner of Uganda to Canada Joy Ruth Acheng. The activity to repatriate Ugandans had commenced on May 18 but was suspended for two weeks from July 4 to allow the Ministry of Health “to efficiently manage the numbers in the quarantine”, officials say. The exercise resumed on July 18, with arrivals from USA, South…
Due to the Covid 19 aka Corona Virus Pandemic, Many have considered the possibility of Exams being done online Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) says it has not issued any statement about plans to conduct national exams online. The board says the message is being circulated by a fake Facebook account that was created in its name. “It has come to the attention of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) that there are some unscrupulous people operating a fake social media account in the name of UNEB, and are circulating fake information to the effect that UNEB is likely to…
NRM Members of Parliament who defied and voted against several party positions have met the party chairman and President, Yoweri Museveni, and asked for forgiveness. The group, named “Rebel MPs” for opposing key party positions, like the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2017, which among others amended Article 102 of the Constitution, said they were seeking forgiveness. “We are here as your sons and daughters. We request you to forgive us and we move on,” said Kumi Woman MP, Monica Amoding, on behalf of her 16 colleagues. This was at meeting with the NRM Party Chairman on Wednesday at State House Entebbe.…