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Chinese Firms, Gen Saleh Donate Shs 98m To Nakaseke District For COVID-19 Fight
Nakaseke district has received a boost of Shillings 98 million from Chinese firms in Kapeeka Town council to finance the activities of the Corona Virus Task Force. The money was handed over to Nakaseke district by General Salim Saleh, the Chairperson of the 16 Chinese firms under Namunkekera Rural Industrial Center to help operationalise the…
Errant Bodaboda Rider Shot In Buttocks for Defying Curfew
Police in Wakiso District shot and injured a defiant motor cyclist in Kisimbiri trading centre for riding during quarantine hours. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango only identified the injured Boda boda rider is 30-year-old Vincent. According to a statement dated April 1, 2020, the boda boda rider identified as Vicent who is suspected…
Shock As Security Gets More Money Than Health Ministry For Corona Virus Fight
Government has proposed to allocate the security sector more money compared to the Health Sector as it seeks Shillings 284 billion in supplementary funding to deal with the Corona virus pandemic. Although the Finance Ministry is seeking Shillings 284 billion to mitigate the corona virus pandemic impact, Shillings 81 billion is going to security while…
COVID-19 Crisis: Choir Didn’t Mix With Congregation – Watoto Church
Leading Pentecostal based Watoto church has refuted allegations that choir members who returned from UK and Canada mixed with Congregation upon arrival. According to Church, its congregation is safe in the wake of the news of 11 of the choir members returning from a trip in the UK and Canada testing positive for the Coronavirus.…
M7’s Directives On Coronavirus, Government LockDown Are Sheer Illegality,Must Be Challenged In Court-Lawyer Gawaya Tegulle
On March 30, 2020, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni delivered yet another COVID-19 address, declaring ‘total lock-down’. Everybody must stay indoors, except a few ‘essential’ service providers. And that would have probably have been okay, till you begin raising issues of law and strategy. And basic human decency. The following day, bankers, medical workers and journalists…
Fighting Erupts At KCCA As Recruitment Of New Staff Kicks Off
Power wrangles, Corner quarrels and ideological differences has erupted in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) after the Human Resource directorate internally advertised over 200 Jobs which some staff have protested the criteria of recruitment. TheCapitaltimes has established that the advert which was sent to all staff on June 6, followed a directive from the Public…
Distributing Food To A Group Of People Equates To Attempted Murder, Museveni
President Yoweri has sternly warned local leaders and politicians against giving out food items to people during the two-week lockdown. The President said that much as it may be a good act, some politicians are simply taking advantage of the current delicate situation to play what he termed as “cheap politics”. He noted that this…
Former Congo’s President Yhombi-Opango Dies Of Coronavirus In France
Congo’s ex-president Yhombi-Opango dies of coronavirus Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. He died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He was 81. He led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979, being ousted by the country’s current leader, Denis…
Kadaga Orders Defiant Parliament Staff To Vacate Offices Over Coronavirus Pandemic
Speaker of Parliament Hon.Rebecca Kadaga has ordered staff to vacate all their offices and stay home until the situation normalises due to corona virus pandemic. Ms.Kadaga has also directed for continuity of Parliamentary business without any interruption until further notice.Hon.Kadaga also directed that few professional and most essential staff will remain working to make sure…
France, FDA Approve Drug After 78 Of 80 Patients Recover From COVID-19 Within Five Days
The French government has officially sanctioned the malaria drug chloroquine to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus, France 24 English reported. “This ensures continued treatment of patients who have been treated for several years for a chronic condition with this drug, but also allows a temporary authorization to allow certain patients with coronavirus to benefit from this…