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Cohance Lifesciences appoints Umang Vohra as Executive Chairman and Group CEO

India, April 27 -- Hyderabad-based Cohance Lifesciences, a technology-driven, integrated CDMO platform specialising in complex chemistry, ADCs, o... Read More


Fix SHA woes frustrating civil servants, teachers

Nairobi, April 27 -- A supposedly well-meaning decision to establish the Social Health Authority (SHA) to replace the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) is proving to be a painful move.  The ... Read More


Uganda opens sandbox to attract fintech founders

Uganda, April 27 -- There is a particular kind of frustration that haunts regulators across emerging capital markets in sub-Saharan Africa.  It is not a lack of innovation. Entrepreneurs are eve... Read More


Hormisdallen proprietor Mukalazi eulogised as visionary, job creator

Uganda, April 27 -- The State Minister for Primary Education, Dr. Joyce Kaducu, has described the deceased proprietor of Hormisdallen Nursery and Primary Schools, Mukalazi Kizito, as a visionary ... Read More


Inside govt's plan to offer early childhood care, education

Uganda, April 27 -- The government, through the Ministry of Education and Sports is expected to officially launch the long awaited Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy this week at Nakivub... Read More


Busoga grapples with child labour

Uganda, April 27 -- The fight against child labour in the Busoga Sub-region remains a major challenge, with officials and researchers warning that the practice has reached appalling levels.  Lab... Read More


Sugarcane farmers decry market crisis as factory plan stalls over license

Uganda, April 27 -- Sugarcane farmers and leaders across Kagadi, Kibaale, and Kakumiro districts in Greater Kibaale, Bunyoro sub-region, are increasingly frustrated as continued delays in licensing a ... Read More


Gen Barigye among four senior UPDF officers remanded over theft of 270,000 litres of fuel

Uganda, April 27 -- Four senior Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) officers have been remanded to Makindye Military Barracks on charges of misusing operational fuel for their personal gain. Brig G... Read More


Kampala hotel staff remanded over theft of $12,000 gift for South Sudan president

Uganda, April 27 -- A staff at a hotel in Kampala has been remanded to Luzira prison on allegations of stealing $12,000 (about Shs45 million), which money had reportedly been earmarked by a soldier to... Read More


Businessman accuses MP-elect Nkeretanyi of Shs3.7b curtain theft

Uganda, April 27 -- A Kampala-based textile trader has accused Kalungu East Member of Parliament-elect, Yusuf Kiruluuta Junior Nkeretanyi, of masterminding a scheme to steal curtain materials worth Sh... Read More