Hannington Mbabazi, Author at The Capital Times

Good Move: 12 Covid-19 Patients Discharged From Entebbe Hospital

Twelve patients who have recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have today been discharged from Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. All the recovered patients are long-distance truck drivers who had spent an average of 21 days at the hospital The discharge of the

June 13, 2020

Health·News

Covid-19 Update: Relief As 34 Covid-19 Patients Are Discharged From Gulu Hospital

Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has discharged 34 patients who recovered from COVID-19. Of the 34, 26 are Ugandan truck drivers while eight are foreign truck drivers. They tested positive for the virus from Elegu border point in Amuru district. Dr Paska Apiyo,

June 13, 2020

Crime·News

Security Vows To Crackdown Traders In Downtown For Flouting COVID-19 Guidelines

The Joint Security Taskforce has said they are going to crackdown traders in Kikuubo and other densely populated areas in Kampala and other towns. This was revealed by the Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala during the

June 13, 2020

Crime·News

Officials Arrest Four Alleged Poachers In Gruesome Murder Of Ugandan Silverback Gorilla Rafiki

Uganda Wildlife officials have arrested four people over the alleged poaching death of Rafiki, a well-known silverback whose name means “friend” in Swahili. Rafiki, a member of the Nkuringo gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, was first reported missing on June

June 13, 2020

Business·News

Tycoon Sudhir Pardons Sacked Sanyu FM Employees, Asks Them To Reapply For Jobs

Property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia on Thursday pardoned employees of radio Sanyu FM who had all been sacked after they staged a sit-down strike to protest a Management decision to reduce their salaries due to the COVID-19 lock down asked all the sacked

June 13, 2020

Business·News

As Simple As That: Dr. Sudhir Tasks Fatboy To Name Manager Who Incited Strike!

East Africa’s Billionaire, Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has tasked James Onen, popularly known as Fatboy, to name the Sanyu FM Manager who allegedly incited him to lead a staff sit-down strike. This came hours after Onen revealing that Sanyu FM staff did not

June 12, 2020

News·Uganda

Museveni With An Axe: Fires KCCA ED Kitaka Moves Akullo & 3 Top Officials

President Yoweri Museveni has fired the acting Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Eng. Andrew Kitaka, his Deputy Samuel Sserunkuma and 3 other top KCCA officials fired with immediate effect. The source further told us that, the Ministry of Public Service

June 12, 2020

Health·News

Trouble Looms: Prison Confirms First Coronavirus case

The Uganda Prisons Services has recorded its first coronavirus case in Kayiti prison, Namutumba district. Addressing a daily security briefing at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of Prisons said that the case is a suspect who had previously

June 12, 2020

News·Politics

Burundi Court Orders Swearing In Of President Elect Ndayishimiye

Burundi’s constitutional court on Friday ruled that the country’s newly elected leader Evariste Ndayishimiye be sworn in as soon as possible following the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza earlier this week. “No interim necessary, the president-elect …. must be sworn in

June 12, 2020

Business·News

Counsel Galisonga’s Analysis On Dr. Sudhir’s Sacked Sanyu FM Presenters

As a child, whenever my dad used to give me less pocket money or cancelled some items off shopping list, I viewed him as unreasonable. Sometimes he’d pull out a huge bundle of cash and just pull out a little, much less

June 12, 2020