Uganda

The hospital complex will sit on 60 acres of land in Nakawa reclaimed from 160 acre Nakawa-Naguru land which was in 2005 given to an investor, Opec Prime property, for redevelopment into a mega satellite city. The hospital is one of the several investments by the AKDN. “Over the years the AKDN has employed a uniquely diverse approach to its work here in Uganda. It consists of development agencies, each bringing a different kind of intervention; some focusing on economic, social and cultural development,” Dr Rugunda added.

Eleven journalists Tuesday graduated from the Nation Media Group’s training school, the Media Lab. The 11 drawn from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania graduated after a rigorous three-month training programme at the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications in Nairobi.

Serena Hotels has taken the title of Africa’s leading hotel brand, during the World Travel Awards Africa and Indian Ocean gala ceremony 2016.

The Aga Khan University Hospital said it would do all it could to help and encouraged others to do the same. The breakdown of the machine in Uganda has left thousands at risk of missing potential life-saving treatment.