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Uganda Registers 318 Covid-19 Cases, It’s Highest Number In One Day
Uganda has registered the highest number COVID-19 cases at 318 in a single day. According to the Ministry of Health, Amuru Prisons has 154 (153 inmates, 1 prison staff) cases, the contacts and Alerts in Kampala were Kampala 65. In other places, the registered cases include Kiryandongo-14, Gulu-9, Mbarara-9, Kitgum-8, Arua-8, Wakiso-7, Mbale-4, Buikwe-4, Masaka-2,…
90% Of Kampala Covid-19 Cases Used A taxi Before Infection
Up to 90% of Kampala’s record 175 COVID-19 cases have reported using public transport and the taxi park. The other key of source of infection, according to a statement from Kampala Capital City Authority, are offices and workshops and Arcades due to noncompliance to simple preventive measures. The KCCA Public Health Directorate has issued notices to…
Several Feared Dead As Plane Crashes After Takeoff From Juba Airport
By Agencies Juba: Several people have been feared dead after a cargo plane crashed in South Sudan shortly after taking off from the airport in the country’s capital, authorities said. The cargo plane owned by South West Aviation came down in a suburb called Hai Referendum. This area is located a short distance from the…
Bobi Wine Is A Lier & Unfit To Stand For Presidency – Mabirizi
City lawyer Male Mabirizi has vowed to drag Presidential hopeful Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine to court for allegedly providing wrong information concerning his age. According to a press statement authored by Mabirizi, Kyagulanyi was not born in 1982 as he claims but rather in 1980. With few days remaining to the nomination of the…
Lt Gen.Elwelu Sends Off Seventh UN Guard Unit To Somalia
The Commander Land Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Lt Gen Peter Elwelu, has flagged off the seventh United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU VII) to Somalia. The Guard Unit comprising of over 600 peacekeepers is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Francis Odikiro. The function took place at UPDF’s Peace Support Operations and Training Center…
UPDF Conducts Air Force Defence Cadet Course
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has started conducting Air Force Cadet Training in its Uganda Air Force College located at Nakasongola Military Cantonment. The Deputy Commander of UPDF Air Forces (D/CAF), Maj Gen Katsigazi Tumusiime, has presided over the course opening of the first intake of the Cadet Course. Some of the trainees Maj…
LOLC Finance Uganda Launches Digital APP
The threat of economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has forced companies to devise means of survival. One of such company is Light Over Light Capital (LOLC) Finance Uganda which has gone into launching phone applications to alleviate the difficulties faced by farmers and business people in rural areas. The Company yesterday launched this…
Only 15 Students Per Classroom! Education Ministry Draws Strategies For Re-opening Schools Amid Covid-19 Crisis
The Ministry of Education and Sports has drawn strategies to ensure effective implementation of specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the phased reopening of the educational institutions. The reopening will mainly focus on finalists and candidate classes. The academic year was prematurely cut short on March 18, 2020, as a precautionary measure to control the…
Do Not Dare: FDC Warns Ingrid Turinawe Against Contesting As Independent For Rukungiri Parliamentary Seat
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi has warned the party’s Secretary for national mobilisation Ingrid Turinawe not to dare contest as an independent for the Rukungiri Municipality parliamentary seat come 2021 general elections. On Tuesday Turinawe lost in the FDC party primaries to Dr Warren Tumwine Nuwagaba. Nuwagaba polled 130 votes…
UHRC Asks Gov’t To Scrap ‘Failed’ Social Media Tax Ahead Of 2021 Elections
The Uganda Human Rights Commission has asked government to amend the law introducing Over the Top tax and suspend it during the electoral period in order to make internet more affordable and accessible. Dr. Katebalirwa Amooti Irumba, the acting chairman of the commission told journalists today that it is necessary to scrap the tax in…