Medicare Advantage Costs Soar in 2025 with Big Changes Ahead
Seniors across the nation are bracing for significant changes to their Medicare Advantage costs in 2025 as major updates are on the horizon for prescription plans. New Co...
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Govt targets to triple tourism arrivals to 3.8 million in 10 years
Government, under the Tourism Policy for Uganda, will seek to more than triple annual tourism earnings in the next 10 years. The policy, which forms the bedrock of govern...
Teachers appeal for govt scholarships to pursue degrees
Teachers in Namutumba District are appealing to the government for scholarships to pursue degrees. In 2019, the government introduced a transformative teacher policy that...
Vandals, inside theft and ageing grid damn UETCL
The amount of money that the Uganda Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (UETCL) spends to transmit electricity has significantly risen due to an ageing grid, a 2023 value-for...
Proposed five new cities to come with a hefty price tag
The Ugandan government is proposing to create more new cities amid concerns that the nine cities, which were created in 2020, are already crippling financially and operat...
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No hand-held phones at school without a policy, says govt
Hand-held devices such as tablets and phones will not be permitted for use by learners in schools until policy guidelines are established, according to the Ministry of Ed...
Parliament wants review of salary enhancements for security forces
Minister Muruli Mukasa said the salary enhancements were being guided by a 2017 Cabinet decisionParliament has advised Cabinet to rethink salary enhancements for security...
Salaries of police and prisons chiefs doubled
The monthly salaries of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abbas Byakagaba, and Commissioner General of Prisons (CGP) Johnson Byabashaija and those of their deputies h...
I was terrified to give birth, so I hired Meghan Markle’s doula
Anya Meyerowitz didn’t know if she wanted children, primarily out of fear about what would happen during her delivery. But an experience with a world-renowned childbir...
MTN seeks to separate mobile money business from listed company
MTN Uganda has indicated it has sought approval from its board to separate the Fintech business, which includes mobile money, from its stock portfolio. The separation, w...