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The Government of Uganda through the Health Ministry has announced a two-month jail sentence for anyone who flouts COVID-19 SOPs including appearing in public places without a face mask. This comes after some Ugandans have increasingly continued to violate the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) despite rising cases of coronavirus as the country battles the second…
Former Ministry of Public Service principal accountant in the pensions department, Mr Christopher Obey has died, Uganda prisons spokesperson, Mr Frank Baine said on Friday. Mr. Baine said Obey died on Friday from pneumonia-related complications. “He died today. He had a history of pneumonia which has been disturbing him. It worsened yesterday (Thursday) and we…
As promised, Youthful city businessman Ham real name Hamis Kiggundu has on Friday, July 2, 2021, delivered his donation of Shs530m for the purchase of 15000 doses of covid-19 vaccines. The donations were received by the Prime Minister of Uganda Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kampala. https://twitter.com/RobinahNabbanja/status/1410927451492990977?s=20 Last…
The Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Acheng has landed into trouble after the Parliamentary Committee on COVID-19 summoned her to explain circumstances under which 800 people were vaccinated with fake vaccines in Kampala. We’ve learnt that the Minister and her team are expected to meet the legislators on Friday. Abdu Katuntu, who is the leader…
As Uganda’s position on licensing individuals and companies for production of Cannabis is, however, still unclear, the government of Rwanda has approved cultivation, processing and exportation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Rwanda becomes the latest African country to legalise, and pass laws on the growing of marijuana for medical purposes, as it seeks to establish…
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Non-Government Organizations and Uganda Police have rescued at least 170 street kids from the slums of Kampala and taken them for quarantine and rehabilitation. According to Ms Eunice Tumwebaze, the Manager for Children and Youths at KCCA, children have been settled at Nakivubo Blue Primary School where they are being…
Police in Kibaale District is investigating circumstances under which a 25-year-old man reportedly committed suicide after testing positive for COVID-19. This website has learnt the deceased as Joseph Ahaisibwe, a resident of Kibingo village, Bwamiramira Sub County in Kibaale district. He reportedly committed suicide by hanging. According to the deceased relatives, he tested positive for…
The Delta COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological update on Wednesday. The Delta variant, also referred to as a “double mutant” because it carries two mutations, is 55 percent more transmissible than the…
Simon Peter Kandole, the Chief Administrative Officer of Kapchorwa district has succumbed to COVID-19. We’ve learnt that Kandole breathed his last in the wee hours of Monday June 28, 2021 at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital where he was admitted in intensive care in critical condition on Friday. Kapchorwa district LC V chairperson, Evelyn Kubalika said…
The officer in charge of Kyera police post, in Kyera Sub-county, Lwemiyaga County, Sembabule district survived being lynched by an angry mob after he badly beat a woman in the area. We’ve learnt that Gaston Bogere narrowly survived lynching on Thursday evening after he pounced on Juliet Tumwesigye, a resident of Kyera cell A, in…
