NEWVISION
GOVERNMENT UPGRADES 1,700 HEALTH CENTRES, 168,000 NEW MEDICS TO BE RECRUITED
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Summary: For Ugandans who have been travelling long distances to towns in search of laboratory and maternity services, these essential health services have now been brought closer, to parish level. On the other hand, emergency surgeries and blood transfusions will now be accessible at sub-county level. This development follows the upgrading of 1,704 Government-owned Health Centres II (HCII) to Health Centre III (HCIII) level.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI COMMISSIONS BUSEGA MARKET, BOOSTS LOCAL SACCOS
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Summary: President Yoweri Museveni yesterday commissioned the long-awaited Busega Market in Rubaga Division, Kampala, reaffirming the government’s commitment to supporting wealth creation through improved market infrastructure and support for small traders.
GOVERNMENT TO PUT 900,000 HOMES ON NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID
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Summary: Over 900,000 households across the country are set to be connected to the national electricity grid under the Electricity Scale up Project (EASP). This was after the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) on Friday signed two key agreements with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.
EACOP: INSTALLATION OF OIL PUMPS COMMENCES
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Summary: Kabalega Industrial Park in Buseruka, Hoima District, and the ground zero of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is a hive of activity with trucks transporting equipment to the site and workers busy with installations. The site, which was previously a bushland, has transformed significantly. The ground has been levelled and oil and gas structures are rising faster than expected.
SPORTS EDITION
UGANDA’S CHAN COUNTDOWN
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Summary: With just 19 days left until the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) finals kick off across Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, there remains a surprising lack of public awareness in Uganda about the continent’s second-largest football tournament.
DAILY MONITOR
GAVI GIVES UGANDA HEPATITIS B VACCINES FOR AUGUST ROLL-OUT
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Summary: The Government has announced a nationwide roll-out of Hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns, starting in August, using 200,000 doses donated by the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI)
