Inside Makerere University fire report
Friday April 23 2021
Summary
The report says the wrong system in the Main Building could have been the source of fire.
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An investigation into the fire that gutted the Main Building at Makerere University last year has established there were no functional cameras at the country’s oldest premier education institution, making it difficult to ascertain the cause of the inferno.
However, investigators in the report titled ‘Investigation into the Cause of Fire at Makerere University Main Building’ were of the opinion that because the building’s electrical wiring was more than 30 years old, there is a possibility that this could have been the source of fire.
Daily Monitor
Thursday April 22 2021
Solar panels in Kuru market, Yumbe District, in March 2019. Government has announced a crackdown on fake solar products. PHOTO | RACHEL MABALA
Summary
Background. Some of the requirements in the new standards for solar products include truth in advertising, health and safety, lumen maintenance (lamp brightness) quality and durability, and customer information must be provided. Government says substandard solar products on the market are derailing the government’s Vision 2040 target of achieving universal access to electricity.
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Traders dealing in solar products have appealed to the government to compensate them for the substandard products it has banned from the market.
Traders smuggle tonnes of Uganda maize into Kenya
Thursday April 22 2021
Men use bicycles to smuggle maize through Sofia porous border point into Kenya last week. PHOTO | DAVID AWORI
Summary
Issue. “We are overstretched by the nature of our porous border and lack of the necessary manpower to make a wall along our border with Uganda. However, we continue to do all we can to ensure maize is not smuggled here,” John Nyoike, Busia-Kenya County Police Commander.
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Following Kenya’s lifting of the ban on importation of maize from Uganda, the cereal, listed as the most traded in the region, according to the East African Community (EAC) trade protocols, has turned into an illicit commodity.
What to know about the new driving licence
Thursday April 22 2021
People wait in the lounge at the Uganda Driver Licensing offices in Kampala during the launch of the new management on March 1. PHOTO/RACHEL MABALA
Summary
The new driving licence comes with a number of features that drivers need to familiarise themselves with. We look at them in detail.
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The contract for Face Technologies that issued computerised driving licences on behalf of the government, ended in May 2020. It was only extended to February 28, 2021 to give the new service provider sufficient time to prepare for the takeover, given the Covid-19 challenges.
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