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Item Government to start taxing imported drugs in August.(New Vision, 2017-07-11) Agaba, John; Akanshumbusha, JillThe health ministry yesterday said the planned 12% levy on the importation of essential medicines such as dewormer albendazole and malaria drug artemether, which are also locally manufactured, would go into effect on August 1. The move to tax importation of essential medicines is aimed at boosting domestic drug makers, as per the BUBU policy.Item KCCA to take over centenary park(New Vision, 2017-01-05) Agaba, John; Waiswa, JulietIn a new stand off, the Kampala Capital City Authority announced yesterday that it plans to evict the managers of Centenary Park, Malongo Estates, and assume control of the block and buildings there in, after the contract binding the estates company to the park expired.Item Refugees in Uganda pay price amid funding gaps.(New Vision, 2018-01-03) Agaba, JohnThe continued influx of refugees and a funding gap greater than 60% pose difficulties to the immigrants, the Uganda Refugee Respond on South Sudan by a UN agency for refugees (UNHCR), has said. There is probably no other time in history when Uganda hosted refugees and asylum seekers close to the 1.4 million it currently shelters, as highlighted in the UNHCR situation report.Item Women miners suffer 'shocking injustices'(New Vision, 2017-11-28) Agaba, JohnA new report by Development Research and Social Policy Analysis Centre reveals shocking injustices women miners persevere under the tunnels - from being rejected by men after they have fathered children with them to being told day and night that they are not "home makers" and to earning very little compared to their male counterparts.