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President Yoweri Museveni will today at 4pm adress the nation following a confirmed coronavirus case in Uganda. “In light of confirmation of a COVID-19 case in Uganda, I will today, at 4pm, address the country on what more we should do to curb the possible spread of this disease. Thank you,” Museveni said on his…
Earlier this year, when the first reports of the coronavirus started to come out of China, global health officials said they were very worried about what would happen if the virus started spreading in Africa, where many health systems are already struggling. Well, now the coronavirus is spreading in Africa. The Uganda ministry of health …
The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) is seeking shs16 billion to combat the current rise in new HIV infections. The chairperson of UAC, Eddy Mukooyo says the new trend of HIV infections is worrying and there is need to curb them before the country slips back into a crisis. “Uganda currently has 53,000 new HIV infections…
The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga on Friday said she was “hurt” by the lack of empathy by police and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) leaders over the shooting of a senior six student recently. Ms Lowena Rachael Nankya, a student of Lugazi Mixed School (Naalya) was shot in the mouth by policemen…
All court hearings and appearances have been suspended for 32 days according to a circular issued by the chief justice Bart Katureebe. Katureebe says the suspension is in line with the directives issued by President Yoweri Museveni yesterday Wednesday on the prevention and mitigation of coronavirus (COVID-19). Museveni announced a ban on mass gatherings…
|A day after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni issued 14 directives on preventing coronavirus (COVID-19), the Inspector General of Police – IGP Martin Ochola, has summoned directors and commanders to deliberate on the strategy for implementation. Museveni on Wednesday issued guidelines to cub the pandemic caused by the coronavirus which has so far infected 200000 leading…
Parliament has rolled out a number of measures restricting and limiting access to the Building, and curtailing MPs’ activities in the constituencies intended to stem the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19). In her communication on Thursday to Parliament, Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, said that access to the precincts of Parliament and all activities within will be scaled…
The Ministry of Health together with World Health Organization (WHO) has trained Chiefs of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) and top officials from the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs about Corona Virus (COVID-19) at Mbuya hill. The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. David Muhoozi in his remarks thanked the Ministry of Health…
Kampala central member of parliament Muhammad Nsereko has challenged President Yoweri Kaguta after he ordered the closure of schools and suspended religious gatherings across the country in attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Although there has not been any confirmed case of coronavirus as today, Mr Museveni said all primary and secondary schools, university…
Mtn Uganda has proposed to waive fees on its on-net mobile money transactions below Shs. 30,000 Thursday, 19th March 2020. This comes amid the looming coronavirus pandemic which has ravaged most of the neighbouring countries among them; Kenya, DR Congo and Tanzania. MTN CEO Wim Vanhellepute says the decision that will last 30 days follows…
