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It was tears and mourning week in the family of a superlative first-class female graduand who perished in a nasty road accident shortly after her university graduation ceremony. The deceased identified as Isha Senga had graduated with distinction at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST). The area police spokesperson Hastings Chigalu, confirmed the…
Victoria University (VU) Kampala continues to keep the community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The key focus is always the safety, health and wellbeing of their students, staff and their families. As the University welcome increase in on-campus activity, VU is ensuring this is done in a COVIDSafe way while delivering a rich and rewarding…
Property Mogul and businessman Dr Sudhir Ruparelia have today received his second shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine from UMC Victoria Hospital, which is one of the designated vaccination sites in Kampala and the first private hospital to be accredited by the Ministry of Health to administer the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccines. Billionaire Sudhir, 65, was…
The Ministry of Health has said only travellers that have been fully vaccinated will not need to under go a Covid-19 tests on arrival into the country. The confirmation was made through a statement released by the Health Ministry today. Only people who are fully vaccinated will not have to pay for PCR test on…
Joint Security Agencies in Uganda have heightened enforcement of the Covid-19 measures including the nightly curfews to due to the emergency of a dangerous and more transmissible strain of Covid-19, similar to that in India. Fred Enanga,police spokesperson revealed that the Ministry of Health, has evidence of the new Covid-19 strain in the country, and…
Members of parliament on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have pinned the National Medical Stores (NMS) over mismanagement of procurements and distribution of health supplies and drugs. This was revealed after the Auditor General’s report on the Health Sector for year ended 30 June 2018 that pinned NMS for overcharging Government hospitals and health units.…
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…
