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COVID-19 Vaccination of Minors Without Parental Consent Not Right – Kabuleta Exposes Health Ministry

By Hannington MbabaziJune 7, 2022 0

The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) leader Joseph Kizza Kabuleta has warned Ugandans about Ministry of Health’s plot to vaccinate all school going children without their consent. The journalist turned politician made remarks while addressing the media at the political movement’s headquarters in Kampala on Tuesday, June 07, 2022 where he said they got information…

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Panic As Covid-19 Cases Surge Again In Uganda

By Hannington MbabaziJune 6, 2022 0

The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that Uganda is currently experiencing another horrible surge in the daily cases of COVID-19 infections. “We have started experiencing an increase in the daily number of COVID-19 cases compared to the stable trends we observed since January 2022,” says Aceng. She says the increase is…

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Kawempe Hospital Management In Hot Soup Over Unlawful Diversion Of Funds

By Hannington MbabaziJune 3, 2022 0

Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee-PAC have faulted Kawempe National Referral Hospital management for unlawfully reallocating 36.870 million Shillings. The anomaly was confirmed by Dr. Nehemiah Katusiime Arwanire, the Executive Director of the hospital while appearing on Wednesday before the MPs who are scrutinizing queries raised in the Auditor General’s report for the…

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Deputy Speaker Tayebwa Calls On Gov’t To Support Local Vaccine Manufacturers

By adminJune 3, 2022 0

By Alex Esagala Kampala: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament RT. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Government to implement public private partnerships with local investors who are venturing in vaccine manufacturing to ensure availability of stock at any given time. Tayebwa who toured the Vaccine Access Initiative (VAI) plant and stores run by local investors…

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‘YKM Team Thorough’ Coordinator Dies

By adminJune 2, 2022 0

The National Coordinator of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) (Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – YKM – Team Thorough), Eng Idiri Kamuntu has passed on. The Capital Times have learnt that Eng Kamuntu died at about 1am on Thursday, June 02, at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The top Museveni mobilizer had been rushed to Mulago in…

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Rt. Hon. Tayebwa Calls For Increased Funding Towards Sexual Reproductive Health

By Hannington MbabaziMay 30, 2022 0

The deputy speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has called for increased investment in sexual reproductive health to prevent child marriages and teenage pregnancies among girls. According to Tayebwa, focus should be put on prevention of teenage pregnancies among girls, as opposed to handling pregnancies. “More investments should be made in prevention than handling a pregnancy.…

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Maria Flo Hotel Proprietor Found Dead In Hotel

By Our ReporterMay 22, 2022 0

A prominent businessman in Masaka City, Atanansi Bazzeketta is dead. Bazzeketta, the proprietor of Maria Flo Hotel, one of the traditional hotels Masaka town and the sub region was found dead in one of his hotels. Bazzeketta’s body was discovered on Saturday morning in one of the rooms at Maria Flo Hotel after his staff…

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Museveni Flags Off Uganda’s First Marine Ambulances, Calls For Training Of More Naval Engineers

By Hannington MbabaziMay 21, 2022 0

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated the need for Busoga University to teach marine engineering and related courses. He made the statement after commissioning 12 marine ambulances at the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF marine base in Entebbe. The event took place on Friday, May 20th. Museveni says he is concerned that none…

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Health Ministry To Vaccinate Children Against COVID-19 This Month

By Hannington MbabaziMay 3, 2022 0

The Ministry of health will start vaccinating children against COVID-19 next month, health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has said. The vaccination will start with secondary school children when the school term commences on May 9, she told the media last week. “The Pfizer vaccine approved for use in children will be deployed to vaccinate…

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Stuck With 24m Doses, Health Ministry Seeks More UGX 652Bn For Covid Jabs

By Our ReporterApril 21, 2022 0

The Ministry of Health is asking for an additional Shs652 billion to, among others, buy Covid-19 vaccines when it has failed to administer more than 24.8 million donated doses already in the country, has exposed it to a tighter scrutiny. Line minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, usually a level-headed bureaucrat, yesterday christened as “stupid” journalists…

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