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Katumba shooting exposes gaps in emergency response services
Sunday June 13 2021
Health workers help a pregnant mother to disembark from motorcycle ambulance at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital where she was referred from Ntoroko District in Apirl. PHOTO | ALEX ASHABA
Summary
Analysts say given that a boda boda was the only means by which a high-profile person such as a minister and former Chief of Defence Forces could access a medical facility, says a lot about the country’s ambulance system.
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On the morning of June 1, unknown assailants riding on two motorcycles attacked the former Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, spraying his vehicle with bullets in what police said was a “targeted drive-by shooting”.
IT Innovations , Financial 09:35 am
Airtel Uganda, The Smartphone Network with the most affordable and reliable mobile financials services has been recognized and awarded for its continuous innovation under the Airtel Money services that has accelerated financial inclusion in Uganda.
Airtel Uganda scooped the 2021
FinTech Innovation Award at the prestigious 18
th Annual East Africa Com Virtual Awards, 2021 Awards ceremony held recently in Nairobi - Kenya together with
Comviva, the global leader in mobile solutions catering to digital financial services, customer value management, messaging and broadband solution and digital lifestyle services.
According to East Africa Com, the awards organizer, The Fintech Innovation Award honours top companies and products leading in Financial Technology (FinTech) innovations in East Africa. Airtel Money is one of Uganda’s top financial inclusion drivers that enable mobile phone subscribers, especially the financially unders
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