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Moderna: Covid-19 Vaccine Shows Nearly 95% Protection
By Agencies Another COVID-19 vaccine has shown exciting results, potentially adding millions of doses to the supply of vaccines that could be available this year. The vaccine from biotech firm Moderna was 94.5% effective, according to an early analysis of clinical trial results that the company released Monday. The news follows drug maker Pfizer’s announcement last Monday that…
Mobile Banking Threatened To Its Knees, How Safe Is Your Money?
“With the advancement of information technology will come more sophisticated crime”. This and other related statements are commonly used by even those who advance the need for a digitally-led society. This, therefore, means that the advancement in IT is a necessary evil, which will always be taken advantage of by cyber-fraud, robbery or kidnap and…
Mixed Reactions! Was Masaka Road Construction Money Swindled?
Engineers have pointed to poor construction and delayed maintenance as the likely causes of the defects being experienced on Masaka-Kampala highway barely six years after its reconstruction. This comes barely hours after a nasty experience involving travelers plying the western route, most of those returning from the countryside after celebrating Christmas. On Saturday night, hundreds…
Mixed Reactions As Uganda Deports Celebrated Musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka
Ugandan Police Force have confirmed South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been deported from the country. The artist was due to perform in the country at the ongoing Enkuka yomwaka show happening at Mengo palace in Kampala. “Wow what a welcome Kampala. Webalanyo. Thank you Abitex promotions Tomorrow At Enkuuka Yomwaka at Lubiri ….This…
Mixed Reactions As State House Breaks Silence On Museveni Resignation Rumours
Netizens have been shocked by a circulating audio circulating on social media platforms alleging that president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is soon resigning from the top office. According to the storyteller in the circulating audio, he alleges that Museveni said that he doesn’t own Uganda and that has done enough for the nation, so he will…
Mixed Reactions As Some DP Top Leaders Defect To Kyagulanyi’s NUP
Democratic Party (DP) leaders in Masaka district have chosen to transfer their party structures into mobilization units for the National Unity Platform-NUP, a new political party that formed a coalition with MP Robert Kyagulanyi’s People Power pressure group. Leaders of the revival DP faction in Masaka district have embraced the new political formation and resolved…
Mixed Reactions As Kampala Minister Amongi Approves New Allowances For KCCA executives
The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Betty Amongi has approved additional allowances for the newly created authority and division executive members under the 2020 Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Amendment Act. The allowances communicated in a December 10th letter by the minister to the executive director and the deputy executive director of the authority are…
Mixed Reactions As Covid-19 Taskforce Petitions Companies To Donate By Deducting Money From Workers’ Salary
Managers of the Covid-19 Response Fund have written to chief executives of companies in Uganda urging them to request their employees to donate at least Shs10,000 to the fund. “We are writing to make an appeal to chief executives of private sector organizations to join our efforts in mobilizing to raise funds for the much-needed…
Mixed Reactions As Cabinet Okays Bail Reforms
Lawmakers and human rights defenders have condemned ministers for backing what they have called “draconian laws” that seek to curtail freedoms and take away the discretion of judicial officers to grant or deny bail. Those against the Executive decision to tinker with bail for capital offenders have warned that when the dust finally settles, “the…
Mixed Reactions As 8 People From Dubai Are Intercepted At Entebbe Airport With Dead Body In Cargo Plane
The Covid-19 National Task Force on Tuesday April 21,202 intercepted a group of 8 people that had brought a dead body into Uganda using a private cargo plane. According to the permanent secretary for ministry of health Dr. Diana Atwine, the dead body was being transported to Kayunga district for burial. “Today our team intercepted…