Leading Pentecostal based Watoto church has refuted allegations that choir members who returned from UK and Canada mixed with Congregation upon arrival. According to Church, its congregation is safe in the wake of the news of 11 of the choir members returning from a trip in the UK and Canada testing positive for the Coronavirus.…
On March 30, 2020, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni delivered yet another COVID-19 address, declaring ‘total lock-down’. Everybody must stay indoors, except a few ‘essential’ service providers. And that would have probably have been okay, till you begin raising issues of law and strategy. And basic human decency. The following day, bankers, medical workers and journalists…
Power wrangles, Corner quarrels and ideological differences has erupted in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) after the Human Resource directorate internally advertised over 200 Jobs which some staff have protested the criteria of recruitment. TheCapitaltimes has established that the advert which was sent to all staff on June 6, followed a directive from the Public…
President Yoweri has sternly warned local leaders and politicians against giving out food items to people during the two-week lockdown. The President said that much as it may be a good act, some politicians are simply taking advantage of the current delicate situation to play what he termed as “cheap politics”. He noted that this…
Congo’s ex-president Yhombi-Opango dies of coronavirus Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. He died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He was 81. He led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979, being ousted by the country’s current leader, Denis…
Speaker of Parliament Hon.Rebecca Kadaga has ordered staff to vacate all their offices and stay home until the situation normalises due to corona virus pandemic. Ms.Kadaga has also directed for continuity of Parliamentary business without any interruption until further notice.Hon.Kadaga also directed that few professional and most essential staff will remain working to make sure…
The French government has officially sanctioned the malaria drug chloroquine to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus, France 24 English reported. “This ensures continued treatment of patients who have been treated for several years for a chronic condition with this drug, but also allows a temporary authorization to allow certain patients with coronavirus to benefit from this…
Police in Bunyangabu District arrested and detained the area LC V Chairperson James Ategeka Mugarama after disciplining the area Resident District Commissioner Jane Asiimwe Muhindo with deadly slaps over a government double cabin. According to reports, Ms Muhindo had gone to pick the Chairman’s official car, which is a government given vehicle, as per presidential…
Kyadondo East Member Of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobiwine,leader of People Power pressure group,has trashed president Museveni’s directives to police banning politicians, business persons from distributing relief items like ambulances, face masks, sanitizers , food and drugs saying such restrictions put in place will make lives of most Ugandans unbearable due to high poverty…
The President Of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has on Monday March, 30, 2020 evening announced more deterrent measures against the spread of COVID-19 in Uganda after three more people tested positive for coronavirus. This has been Mr Museveni’s sixth address since the outbreak of the virus was reported in Uganda. Below are key highlights from…
