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NSAMBYA — Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala has today, December 21, 2022, celebrated his 65th priestly anniversary and also commemorated his 96th birthday which happened last week. The day was celebrated in style after the Cardinal’s longtime friend, city tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia held for him a luncheon at his residence in Nsambya, Kampala, with members of his…
Members of the Uganda Medical Association -UMA have voted to suspend their president Dr Samuel Oledo for four years and have voted to replace him with Dr Edith Nakku-Joloba. Oledo was on the spot for leading a group of intern doctors to publicly endorse President Yoweri Museveni who has been in power for nearly 37…
It is very emotional moment when you lose someone who has been part and parcel of your life for long time and has been very integral in the success of your organization. That is exactly the state of atmosphere in Rushere, Kiruhura district when the state house staff headed by Ms Jane Barekye, were…
City businessman Peter Kamya who owned Simbamanyo building has Friday passed on. Details of his demise remain scanty. Media reports a fortnight ago suggested that the professional architect was bedridden. His sickness remained a top secret. ‘We have established that Mzee Kamya started feeling weak about four weeks ago. He was complaining about heavy stomach,…
Uganda will now be able to test a whole range of pharmaceutical drugs following the opening of a sh3-billion shillings modern National Drug Authority (NDA) microbiology laboratory at Mulago. Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng launched the Pharmaceutical Microbiology Laboratory on Wednesday and said it was an important milestone towards safeguarding the public from…
The former Democratic Party President Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere is dead. The 90+ year old man breathed his last at his home. According to Wakiso District Chairman Mr Bwanika, Ssemogerere died in the wee hours of November 18, 2022. “Dr. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere : (11 February 1932- November 18, 2022). KITALO NNYO,” reads a message…
Fort-Portal: The National Drug Authority (NDA) and Tooro Kingdom have joined hands to clamp down on illegal traders of medicines in the Rwenzori region. Dr. Merdard Bitekyerezo, the chairperson of NDA says while the authority has previously been using surveillance, arrests, and raids on pharmacies and drug shops to curb illegal drug use, they have…
Hours after Ebola was confirmed in Jinja, Uganda’s State House has announced that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will make his fourth Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) status address. In a statement released by the Presidential Press Unit (PPU) under the State House Department of Press and Public Relations on Monday, November 14, 2022, “The Presidential Press…
Gov’t on Saturday extended a three-week lockdown on two districts at the centre of an Ebola outbreak which has claimed over 50 lives, curbing travel and closing public places. Since the outbreak was declared in the central district of Mubende on September 20, the disease has spread across the East African nation, including the capital…
The body of former Ugandan president Idi Amin Dada’s son, Abdul Nasser Alemi Mwanga Amin, has been from back home for burial. Amin’s family disclosed that their kin died recently in one of the hospitals in Egypt. After arriving in Uganda, a requiem mass was held at a mosque in Kibuli before the final sendoff in Kawempe. Details…
