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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 had contact with a person who tested positive of the virus. Baine said…
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 on Saturday wrote to relevant authorities including the Minister of Kampala Betty Amongi…
Disgruntled Sacked Sanyu Employees Resort To Malice, Hack Station’s Twitter Account
Former Sanyu FM Employees who were recently fired by the station’s management after they protested a 25% salary cut, have confiscated the official Twitter handle for Sanyu FM and are using it to pass their grievances claiming they were unfairly dismissed by the management when they staged a seat down strike since last week. The…
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 staff at Sanyu FM to reapply for their jobs. Management had on On…
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 1, 2020 however, the searchers found the body of Rafiki in Hakato area…
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 daily security briefing on Friday. Enanga, appealed to Ugandans to follow Ministry Of…
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, a physician and the head of case management at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital…
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 12 recovered patients comes days after the hospital management stopped admitting more patients…
In Mbarara: Health Workers Have Petitioned RDC Over Harassment During Curfew Hours
Health workers in the Ankole region under the Uganda Medical Association-UMA have petitioned the office of the Chairperson Covid-19 Taskforce over repeated incidents of arrests and harassment by security personnel during curfew hours. In a petition letter dated June, 11, 2020 signed by the UMA President Ankole region Doctor David Agaba Collins and addressed to…
Steven Masiga: Nkuruzinza’s Cause Of Death Not Known In African Culture
By Steven Masiga Whenever somebody has passed on, many conspiracy theories will be manufactured to explain what have caused the death and mourners to the deceased will engage into random accusations and the first casualties to be implicated will be the neighbors the deceased had quarreled with. In the case of the death of the…