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All teachers ordered to take Covid-19 jabs
Tuesday April 27 2021
A teachers conducts a class session. Teaching usually involves direct contact thus highly exposing parties involved to potential spreaders of the Covid-19 virus. PHOTO/FILE
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The country is struggling with low uptake of the vaccines with hesitancy among some frontline workers who include teachers.
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Government has issued a directive, asking all teachers to go for the Covid-19 vaccination as a requirement to stop the pandemic spread in schools, amid resistance from the teachers.
Of the 260,717 teachers in the country, who are eligible for the Covid-19 jabs, only 8,517 (3 per cent) had been vaccinated by April 13, according to government statistics.
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Wednesday February 17 2021
An artistic impression of the Kibuli Muslim Tower whose construction will take one year. PHOTO/ALEX ESAGALA
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The titular head of the Muslim community in Uganda, Prince Kassim Nakibinge, has flagged off the construction of Kibuli Muslim Tower for the Uganda Muslim Education Association (Umea).
“The building is going to cost Shs38b and will provide for both residential houses and a commercial complex. The project is funded by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) from Saudi Arabia under the supervision of Dolsar Limited, the Turkish consultant company,” Mr Nakibinge said at the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the contractors Vcon Construction Uganda Limited and Ambitious Construction Limited at his residence in Kibuli yesterday.