President Yoweri Museveni has said his decision lift many lockdown measures was based on the advice and modelling by the Uganda Planning Authority (NPA). In his address to the nation Friday night, he said NPA predicted that if the country fully opens up, there will be 500 new cases per day averaging 2,000 cases per…
President Yoweri Museveni on Friday evening announced fresh guidelines to follow allowing public transport to reopen at half capacity as one of the measures aimed at stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Uganda. On June 18, 2021, Museveni imposed a 42-day lockdown barring inter-district movements, public transport, public gatherings, and institutions (including…
The High Court in Kampala presided over by Justice Susan Abinyo has on Friday, August 30 dismissed with costs, an application in which the proprietors of Simbamanyo Estates Limited had sought to halt the transfer of it’s prime properties in Kampala which was meant for Equity Bank Ltd to recover outstanding loans worth $10.8 million…
The Uganda Cancer Institute has received funding worth 7.3 billion Shillings to equip its laboratory to become the reference entity for both research and diagnosis of tumours across East Africa. The Institute’s Executive Director Dr Jackson Orem said they are revamping the lab using money acquired from the government of Uganda to cut down on…
The Rt Hon Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, made an appearance in Parliament Thursday, 29 July 2021 after a break, urging its leaders to set aside their different political shades for the greater good of the institution. Oulanyah spoke at the retreat of opposition legislators, who are on a two-day induction on best Parliament practices.…
Following a call by government through Prime Minister,Rt.Hon.Robina Nabbanja Musafiri to the private sector to support its fight against the current global pandemic,Bidco Uganda Limited (BUL), an FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) company with a modern edible oil processing complex in Masese village,Jinja has today responded with a whopping $100000 donation. According to Kampala Metropolitan…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan received her Covid-19 jab Wednesday as the country launched its vaccination campaign. She led members of her Cabinet in receiving Johnson&Johnson’s vaccine that was donated by the US government. The vaccine rollout was broadcast live from the State House in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania received 1,058,400 doses of the Janssen…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have arrested its serving army officer after a video of him slapping a civilian went viral on social media. “UPDF has noted with concern a circulating video of one of our soldiers acting out of order against a civilian,” said army spokesperson Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso on Thursday. https://twitter.com/OgwangChaudry/status/1420658727842160641?s=20…
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has on Wednesday, July 28, presided over the swearing-in of three more Ministers. These are; Hon. Wilson Muruli Mukasa Minister of Public Service, Hon. Sam Mangusho Cheptoris, Minister of Water and Environment, Hon. Kyakulaga Fred Bwino Minister of State for Agriculture. “The issue of getting the 39% of the population…
The newly appointed Security Minister Maj. Gen Jim Muhwezi has finally broken silence on reports making rounds that he was among the key signatories to the insolvent ‘Ghost’ Russian firm recently hired to install digital trackers in all vehicles in Uganda. The government of Uganda had last week on Friday signed a 10-year agreement with…
