Budding TV journalist dies hours after giving birth
Monday May 17 2021
This screen-grab from Kampala based NBS television shows deceased Sheila Nakabuye during a live broadcast on an unspecified date during Uganda s 2020-21 electoral season. PHOTO/FILE
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Nakabuye s twitter handle indicates that she last posted yesterday (May 16) at 10.36am reacting to an NBS story about an Israeli airstrike which destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of Al-Jazeera, Associated Press, and other offices and residential apartments.
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Sheila Nakabuye, 32, was pronounced dead by doctors at Mbarara Regional Referral hospital at around 8am.
According to friends and family members, the NBS TV s south western Uganda bureau chief gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday through a C-section at Cedus Clinic in Rwebikoona Mbarara where she had been admitted.
Daily Monitor
Thursday February 25 2021
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Employees in the formal sector will be subjected to a 4 per cent deduction from their salaries while their employers will contribute 1 per cent to the health scheme. Individuals in the informal sector will pay a proposed Shs100, 000 annually.
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Government is set to withdraw the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) 2019 following disagreements between various stakeholders.
Dr Moriku Kaducu, the State minister of Health for Primary Healthcare, yesterday said following a meeting with the President and other stakeholders, it was established that there were disagreements on contribution and benefits of the Bill, which are core objectives of the scheme.