Bio-protection portal reduce farmers’ reliance on chemical pesticides – MAAIF
Wednesday March 03 2021
Permanent secretary MAAIF Mr Pius Wakabi Kasajja launches the bio-protection portal at their offices in Entebbe on Monday. Photo | Eve Muganga
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The Permanent Secretary MAAIF, Mr Pius Wakabi, said this portal will help farmers, traders to go and search for their available biocontrol measures in the country, per district, and per area.
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The government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) in partnership with the Centre for Agricultural Biosciences International (CABI) has launched the bio-protection portal to help farmers reduce reliance on chemical pesticides.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday March 03 2021
Qatar Airways boeing 777 which started its operations to Entebbe and Kigali landed at Entebbe International Airport on March 01, 2021. Photo | Eve Muganga
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Qatar Airways has become the first global airline in the world to achieve the prestigious 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating by the international air transport rating organization, Skytrax.
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Qatar Airways continues demonstrating its commitment in Africa and in response to strong demand, has operated its largest twin-engine aircraft, the Boeing 777 to Entebbe and Kigali for the first time.
“This aircraft will be operating on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Its official flights started Monday this week due to an increase in the number of passengers from 200 passengers on average over 400 passengers per day,” the Qatar Airways Vice President Africa, Mr Hendrik Du Preez, said in a statement released on Monday a few hours after the aircraft landed from Doha to
Daily Monitor
Monday February 22 2021
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At least seven local air operators are scheduled to defend the renewal of their air service licenses before the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA).
According to a statement issued UCAA on their twitter account and website, seven companies will defend their applications on March 5, 2021 before the UCAA board in a virtual public hearing open to members of the public.
“Notice is hereby given that the following firms have applied for the grant/renewal of an Air Service License,” the statement reads in part.
The management has also invited the public to attend this half day virtual event and advised them to send in their confirmation of participation by email before February 27, 2021.
Schools get computers to facilitate e-learning
Monday February 22 2021
Mr Issa Kararira, the Executive Director NHDA handing over computers to Hon Rosemary Sseninde. Right is Mr Joseph Luswata, the head teacher of Kitala SS. Photo | Eve Muganga
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According to the project coordinator Mr Hashim Kapere, providing ICT units to students will positively impact not only the students but also the entire communities.
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Ten government-aided secondary schools have received computers to promote e-learning during this Covid-19 period.
Embrace Relief, a United States NGO in partnership with Nile Humanitarian Development Agency and other partners donated 156 computers to 10 schools under the Accessible Computer Technology (ACT-US) project to improve the educational outcomes in regions of Uganda with limited access to the internet.
Daily Monitor
Thursday February 18 2021
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NMS’ mandate is to procure, warehouse, and distribute essential medicines and medical supplies, primarily to government health facilities.
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The National Medical Stores (NMS) has called upon all government health facilities to submit their medicine requests within the set deadlines according to the Store’s delivery schedule to enhance the availability of medicines in the country.
“Currently, we serve over 3,000 health facilities across the country and while a great number of them submit their requests on time, we still face challenges in some places where requests are submitted outside the set submission deadlines and this, therefore, affects the availability of medicines in these particular places,” said NMS Public Relations Officer, Mr James Odong.