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Nurses and midwives leaders across the country under their umbrella body, the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union have threatened to lay down their tools over government’s failure to fulfill various promises. Among other issues, they say government has failed to fulfil its promise of increasing their lunch allowances from Shs 2200 to Shs15000 per day.…
Police have intensified and reinstated their operations to enforce curfew around Kampala metropolitan and other parts of the country after new covid-19 hit South Africa,Brazil and India killing thousands of people. This comes after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Saturday,while celebrating international labour held at State house Entebbe told Ugandans that curfew will be eased…
The COVID-19 risk and communication committee is seeking 186 Million Shillings funding to intensify public sensitization campaigns against the epidemic in the wake of the infections surge. A survey conducted by the committee reveals that only 15 per cent of Gulu’s 500,000 population put on a facemask, and only 10 per cent observe social distancing…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has donated 100 heads of cattle from Ngoma Government Farm to Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (COVAD) which is leading efforts of manufacturing an anti-tick vaccine, to aid trials. The President offered the cattle to Dr. Margaret Saimo-Kahwa, the lead investigator of the project while closing…
Massage sessions when done together provide an opportunity for couples to bond and rejuvenate their relationship. To respond to this need, Calabash Spa & Salon, Kampala’s luxurious spa and salon has introduced massage rooms for couples. “Our couple’s massage room is ready and waiting. Let everything pair up. Waiting for you and your favorite person,”…
The battle against the coronavirus pandemic looks increasingly like a game of cat and mouse between vaccine rollout and the virus’s mutation. Another a highly infectious COVID-19 way has hit Lacor Hospital which has put medical workers and residents into tenterhooks. This has forced the Minister of state for Primary Healthcare, Hon Joyce Moriku Kaducu…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has revealed her plans to meet the Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga over the Kabaka’s health. She disclosed this while meeting the newly elected Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA councillors at Parliament. During the meeting, Jeremiah Keeya Mwanje, the Kasubi councillor, who read a statement on behalf of…
The Ministry of Health is optimistic that Uganda will get the second consignment of COVID-19 vaccines on time despite the shortages experienced globally. Uganda has so far vaccinated 239,617 people out of the 964,000 dozes of vaccines that were received earlier. Although the government had initially said that the doses would cover 482,000 People, with…
Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno, who has been in power for 30 years has died of injuries suffered on the frontline, the army spokesman announced on state television. Deby, 68, “has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield” over the weekend, General Azem Bermandoa Agouna said in a statement read out…
The second wave of COVID-19 in Uganda has begun, according to scientists. Scientists say the wave begun last week and has so far been characterized by an increase in reported cases of the disease. In the last week of March and the first week of April, a total of 130 cases were reported. Since last…
