Police have arrested Elizabeth Kyosimire, a worker at dfcu Bank, following reports that she had been involved in fraudulent transfer of funds from accounts of customers. Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed the arrest and said the suspect was arrested on May 13 on charges of embezzlement of funds totalling to Shs28 million…
Ministry Of Health has on May 16, 2020 announced 24 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from 2,044 samples of truck drivers. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 227 in Uganda. The new cases were from Elegu border where 3 Ugandans and 2 Kenyans tested positive. At Mutukula border, 6 Tanzanians and 1 Ugandan…
Weeks after President Yoweri Museveni castigated Parliament for allocating itself Shs 10 billion to support individual MPs’ initiatives against COVID-19, his ruling NRM party is spending more than Shs 12.6 billion on the 317 MPs that supported the lifting of the constitutional presidential age limit. According to insiders, the ongoing payments are in phase one…
The Government of Uganda will not allow any truck driver without a ‘negative Coronavirus certificate’ to enter the country. While Ugandan medical services have been treating COVID-19 cases after being detected, the new instructions provide that such patients must be ordered to return to their respective countries. Regional leaders recently mooted the idea of a …
Ministry Of Health has on 15 May, 2020 confirmed 43 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda from 1,838 samples of truck drivers. According to the health Ministry, the total number of COVID-19 cases is now 203. The confirmed cases came through Elegu border post: 15 Ugandans, 9 Kenyans, and 4 Eritreans Mutukula border post: 5 Tanzanians,…
