Rubaga Hospital is in the spotlight after it was sued for alleged negligence of a former employee of Kampala Capital City Authority’s daughter, who died while she allegedly procured an abortion from the facility. Ms Betty Nambuya, whose daughter, Linda Nambuya, died at the hospital, is seeking Ugx. 70 million in compensation over alleged negligence. She sued the hospital before the High Court on July 18. Ms Nambuya accuses the hospital of having carried out an abortion on her 21-year-old daughter, on the night of February 1, 2012. She contends that Nambuya was neglected leading to her death. She claims…

Uganda has received a high end laboratory that will test rock samples to determine the potential of a given area for hydrocarbons (oil and gas). The lab, the first of its kind in the country, will study sample rocks from potential areas to establish their permeability, porosity, conductivity, fluid content and geologic age – for presence of hydrocarbons, through a process known as Core sampling. Core sampling is a process used in mining by taking a solid core of rock from a reservoir to determine the potentiality of a mineral. Mr Sriniras Reddy, the lab’s operations manager, said yesterday, the…