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Daily Monitor Thursday December 31 2020 Advertisement Tempers are high, especially between the ruling party and the two largest Opposition configurations, NUP and FDC. Covid-19 has imposed a situation where Uganda is registering a very high level of Covid infections and deaths. According to Prof Rhoda Wanyenze, School of Public Health Dean, fatalities may jump to 100,000 by April 2021. Of course, this data has its limitations as Uganda has a relatively insignificant amount of testing. It is the well-to-do who can afford the tests partly due to specific exigencies such as the need to travel. D...

Entrepreneur taking on ‘big petroleum boys’ Tuesday December 22 2020 By DENNIS LUBANGA Collins Kibet started his petroleum business in 1996 with two small containers of fuel. Many years down the road, he is now taking on the big boys in the industry. Diesel Power with its roots in Kaptagat, has grown rapidly and now runs operations in Uasin Gishu, Baringo, Bungoma counties, among others. Collins Kibet started his petroleum business in 1996 with two small containers of fuel. Many years down the road, he is now taking on the big boys in the industry. Diesel Power with its roots in Kaptagat,...

Daily Monitor The Director of Public Prosecutions, in 2014, filed an appeal to the Criminal Division of High Court of Uganda at Kampala challenging the decision by the Chief Magistrate’s Court of Buganda Road to acquit Dr Edward Tamale Ssali.  Dr Tamale had been jointly charged with an anaesthetist for causing the death of a patient by rash or negligent act. Dr Tamale was the patient’s primary doctor and the proprietor of the hospital where the patient died. It was alleged that the anesthetist wrongly inserted the tube to supply oxygen to the patient during the operation. The patient die...