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Breaking! Uganda Registers Second Death Of Covid-19 Patient
Uganda has registered it’s Second COVID-19 death. We’ve learnt that the deceased was an 80-year-old female resident of Mengo, Kisenyi, Zone III, in Kampala. Sources at the Ministry Of Health have also confirmed that the deceased presented with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 which included difficulty in breathing, cough, fever and chest pain. She was first admitted…
Gov’t Issues Strict Guidelines Limiting Boda-boda Operations In Kampala
Following the recent National address on Covid-19 by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda, Boda Bodas are to resume carrying passengers and luggage on July, 27, 2020. However, a set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all the Boda Bodas operators nationwide have been issued by Government through Ministry of Works &…
Sanjay Sweats Plasma As Tycoon Sudhir Backs Capt. Mukula For NRM Vice Chairman Eastern Region
City businessman Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has put his weight behind Capt Mike Mukula for the post of NRM Vice Chairman for Eastern region. Mukula who has held the position for years, is up against struggling former MP Tororo municipality Hon Sanjay Tanna. Dr. Ruparelia told this website that he is fully behind Capt. Mukula to…
Scandal: Tycoon Karim Hirji, AG Byaruhanga, Lawyer Masembe Cited In Charm Ziba’s Property Wrangles
Children of Nanyonga Ziba best known as Charm and deceased wife to property Mogul Karim Hirji have rushed to the speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, seeking her intervention in a property row with their father Karim Hirji. The children are accusing AG Byaruhanga William, and Lawyer Masembe Kanyerezi (MMAKS Advocates) of colluding with their father…
Barcelona FC Legend Xavi Tests Positive For Covid-19
Xavi Hernandez has tested positive for COVID-19. It was the coach himself who confirmed the news through his Instagram account. However, Xavi wanted to reassure everyone that he is “in perfect condition”, asymptomatic, but that he is isolated due to the protocol to be followed with the virus. “I will not be able to accompany the…
Frustration: Kazo Bodaboda Rider Sets Self Ablaze After Police Seizing His Bike
Another frustrated youth in Kazo District, is nursing severe wounds after setting himself on fire protesting impounding of his motorcycle by Uganda Police Traffic Officers. We’ve learnt that Mugisha Akora 23, a soap vendor from Umoja village Nyakasanga ward Nyamwamba division Kasese district is nursing burns at Kazo health centre IV in Kazo district. It…
In Masaka: Four Suspended Police Chiefs Replaced
Uganda Police Force leadership has replaced the Suspended four senior police officers in Masaka sub region over bribery allegations and the gruesome incident where a boda-boda rider set himself on fire at the Police Station. The affected officers are; Masaka District Police Commander, Mr Bosco Bakashaba; Masaka Regional Criminal Investigations Officer, Mr Elias Bairuka; Mr…
Singer Eddy Kenzo Finally Returns From Ivory Coast Covid-19 Lockdown
Musician Edrisah Musuuza, commonly known as Eddy Kenzo, who has been stranded in Ivory Coast for several months following a coronavirus-induced lockdown is finally to return home. Kenzo jetted in aboard Uganda Airlines plane along with several other Ugandans and legal residents who were stranded in Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and other parts of West…
Dissatisfied Pader Sub-County Leaders Reject Shs 7 million Covid-19 Funds
Sub-county leaders in Pader district have rejected 7.9 million shillings allocated for Covid-19 activities. Twelve sub-counties in the district were allocated the money in April this year by the district task-force to facilitate COVID-19 related activities. The money is part of the 165 million shillings the district received from the government for COVID-19 fight. Each…
Health Ministry Confirms 10 New Covid-19 Cases, Number Rise To 1,089
Ministry of Health has registered 10 new COVID-19 infections as Uganda’s total confirmed cases shoot to 1,089 with 975 total recoveries and one death case. This was revealed by Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director general Health Services on Friday whi said, the confirmed cases include truck drivers (four), a contact of a confirmed case, a…