Christelle Jocquet, the Resident Representative of the Belgian Development Agency said at a handover event held at the Ministry of Health on Wednesday that the idea of making a contribution towards surveillance was arrived after an earlier meeting with Ministry revealed the need to revamp surveillance and risk communication with the onset of community transmission of the viral respiratory disease.
The committee chaired by Sabine Nölke reports to the President of the Assembly that due to COVID-19, an online interaction was conducted and of the 144 candidates who submitted applications for the job, only 89 candidates submitted supporting documents and now a final four have been shortlisted.
State House has said its former landlord at plot 10A, Nehru Road, overlooking the State House in Nakasero, Alexander Okello lost his property Okello House after he was duped to by individuals.
Speaking during an online discussion organized by Uganda Nation Bureau of Standards-UNBS under the theme “Ensuring Quality of products and services in e-commerce, Henry Mugabi, the Assistant Technical Officer in Uganda Communications Commission, said the frame work will act as standard procedure for all other member states.
Atwine who took over office in 2017 was in 2018 found to be unqualified for the position following an investigation by the parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises -COSASE.
Although police attributes crime reductions on among other things community sensitization, increased intelligence operations, extension of police services near citizens through building new stations, CCTVs are highlighted as one of the major security projects that are greatly helping in fighting and reducing crime.
As the country prepares to receive about 3,000 Ugandans that are stranded in the various countries, Nantege calls upon the authorities to review their quarantine policy and have coordinated interventions which do not put returnees into psychological distress.
The petition comes barely a week when the education ministry issued a circular ordering schools to stop conducting their own online teaching and charging parents fees for the service saying both actions are irregular. As a result, the ministry even forced the law development centre to suspend their online lesson
The report indicates that more than six percent of the adjusted net enrolment of boys in primary education between 2009 and 2018 never attended school compared to three percent for girls.
In his speech, Kasingye noted that the vehicle and motorcycles will help police to reach out to refugees in their settlement camps and thereby increase access to justice.
Despite the low number of recorded cases, health officials say that people should not think that the disease is being defeated. Dr Monica Musenero, an epidemiologist and a senior presidential advisor on epidemics says that the country is yet to feel the impact of the disease.
AIGP Balimwoyo who joined police in 1974 becomes the sixth high-ranking officer in police to retire in two years after their contracts were not renewed by President Museveni, and the third to quit in a space of one month.
Overall, while 88.4 per cent of the patients were satisfied with timeliness and helpfulness of service providers in the provision of health care and information as the majority acknowledged waiting for less than 15 minutes before being served. However, 71 per cent of the respondents were not satisfied with the cost of services at the various facilities complaining that they were too high when compared to their income.
Prof Freddie Ssengooba, a Public Health Specialist says that while Uganda is hailed for its ability to handle disease outbreaks, often, the country's response to epidemics is handled by unqualified people. He adds that often the people chosen to lead do not even know how the disease might look like.
