By Atugonza Gorett on February 22, 2017
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Job Title: Occupational Health and Safety Officer Organisation: Movit Products Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda Reports to: Occupational Health and Safety Manager About US: Movit Products Limited (MPL) is a leading Quality Cosmetics Manufacturer in Africa with operations in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Movit Products Limited manufactures […]
By Samuel Wamuttu on February 14, 2017
according to the latest Food Price Monitoring and Analysis Bulletin (FPMA), and some 6.2 million people, crucial for local growing seasons, drought that is hammering the sub-region, East Africa, Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), is denting farm output, Kenya, livestock, livestock sciences, Local prices of maize, Mario Zappacosta, more than half of the country's total population, now face acute food insecurity, pastoralists in the region, Poor and erratic rainfall in recent months, Somalia, Somalia's maize and sorghum harvests are estimated to be 75 percent down from their usual level, sorghum and other cereals are near or at record levels in swathes of Ethiopia, South Sudan, stand in marked contrast to the stable trend of FAO's Food Price Index, town markets, uganda, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, united republic of tanzania, where food stocks were already depleted by the strong El Niño weather, which measures the monthly change in international prices of a basket of traded food commodities, with the majority of those most affected living in rural areasArusha
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The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has raised an alarm over the current ravaging d rought throughout East Africa that has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special risks for pastoralists in the […]
By Atugonza Gorett on February 13, 2017
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Job Title: Administrative Assistant Organisation: Bioversity International Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda Reports to: Country Office Manager About US: Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization. We have a vision – that agricultural biodiversity nourishes people and sustains the planet. We deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural biodiversity to […]
By Atugonza Gorett on February 13, 2017
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Job Title: Operations Officer Organization: Busara Center for Behavioral Economics Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda Reports to: Director of Operations About Us: The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics is an advisory and research organization focused on evaluation and implementation of behavioral interventions in understudied countries and populations. Busara’s mission is to work with researchers and organizations […]
By Atugonza Gorett on February 10, 2017
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Job Title: Telecoms Operator Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Position No.: TMP016 Vacancy Notice: 007/2017 Duty Station: Uganda Post Grade: GL4 About UNHCR: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations […]
By Paul Kisembo on February 2, 2017
Africa Cup of Nations, Aristide Bance, Banou Diawara, Bertrand Traore, burkina faso, Cameroon, Charles Kabore, Egypt, Essam El Hadary, Ghana, Mohamed Salah, Prejuce Nakoulma
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Egypt managed a record-equaling ninth Africa Cup of Nations final after defeating Burkina Faso 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary was the hero for Egypt after saving Bertrand Traore’s spot-kick to secure victory. Mohamed Salah put Egypt in the lead in the 66th minute when he curled a superb […]
By Samuel Wamuttu on September 30, 2016
000 coming from the countries such as Burundi, 000 refugees for six months with safe water, 000 US dollars to support the Uganda Red Cross Society’s efforts to assist 40, According to reports, and health care, and in need of shelter. With more families arriving daily, Andreas Sandin, as well as curb outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases., Bidi- bidi reception Centre in Yumbe district, deployed the first Red Cross unmanned aerial vehicle – a drone – in Africa to monitor the situation at a vast refugee camp on the border with South Sudan, DR Congo, drone footage from northern Uganda revealed that a swathe of countryside is becoming home for the hundreds of people crossing the border each day, emergency shelter, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gracious Kyagaba, hungry, hygiene promotion, IFRC operations coordinator for East Africa. “Having travelled more than 400 kilometres from Juba, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched an emergency appeal for 700, Kenya and Rwanda among others, President Museveni called on world leaders to respect the rights of refugees in their countries, Regional leaders in the Greater Horn of Africa has also raised concern over unending wars that often leads to emergency situations that majorly affects women and children, said: “The appeal launched by the IFRC will support us to address issues related to inadequate supply of water and limited access to health facilities, sanitation, Somalia, South Sudan, they arrive exhausted, Uganda currently has a refugee population of 690, Uganda Red Cross Society, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Water and Sanitation Coordinator at the Uganda Red Cross Society, we need to ramp up our activities quickly, While addressing leaders at a recent world leaders' summit on Refugees in New York during the ongoing United Nations General Assembly
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Uganda Red Cross Society recently deployed the first Red Cross unmanned aerial vehicle – a drone – in Africa to monitor the situation at a vast refugee camp on the border with South Sudan. The drone footage from northern Uganda revealed that a swathe of countryside is becoming home for the hundreds of people crossing […]
By Isaac Senabulya on September 21, 2016
Chinese Ambassador to promote Ugandan tourism when he returns home after his tenure ends later this month, Chinese Government is supporting some of this infrastructure development as seen by the four major projects being undertaken, construction of the Isimba Dam, construction of the Kampala-Entebbe expressway, Kadaga made this call while bidding farewell to H.E. Zhao Yali who will be leaving Uganda after serving as the Chinese Ambassador for the past five years, Rebecca Kadaga, Speaker of Parliament, the Speaker expressed disappointment with the unfairness exhibited by the contractor where the agreement of having the project shared between Busoga and Buganda has not been followed., the upgrade of the Airport and the building of the two dams at Karuma and Isimba will make Uganda a good destination for tourism and investments
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has urged the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to promote Ugandan tourism when he returns home after his tenure ends later this month. Kadaga made this call while bidding farewell to H.E. Zhao Yali who will be leaving Uganda after serving as the Chinese Ambassador for the past five years. Ambassador Yali […]
By Isaac Senabulya on September 14, 2016
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Dairy Development Authority is to extend the ban of transporting loose milk to upcountry areas as a measure of selling unprocessed milk which could be harmful to the consumer. In 2014 DDA banned the transportation of loose milk especially in Jerry cans they could easily be contaminated by germs because of being unprocessed. The Acting Manager […]
By Isaac Senabulya on July 22, 2016
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Uganda Investment Authority has cancelled the lease of 125 Investors in the last one year for failure to kick off the construction process within the period of 18 months after the allocation of the land. Under the terms and conditions of Uganda Investment Authority, an investor is mandated to start the construction of the factories […]
