National Resistance Movement ‘NRM’ is mourning the passing of one of their member, Christopher Ronald Kaweesi. Kaweesi had just been nominated by the NRM to contest as Local Council III councilor for Banda 4, 5, 6 and 7 to Nakawa Division when he succumbed to Covid-19 last Saturday. As of yesterday, Uganda had recorded 7,530…
Most of the public transport users in Kampala Metropolitan area have been left stranded as only few registered number of commuter taxis are allowed to operate. Government allowed resumption of public transport on June 4th after two months of partial coronavirus lockdown in selected districts which are not nearing Uganda borders. Public Service vehicles like…
Ministry of Health officials in Masindi district are hunting for two Somali Nationals who escaped from Masindi hospital COVID-19 quarantine center. The couple Ibrahim Muhamed and his wife Shamula Muhamed escaped from the center on Monday. Dr Rogers Musinguzi, the head of COVID-19 case management team in Masindi district explained that the two were picked…
Nine construction workers are feared dead after a building caved in Lukuli-Nanganda Village, Makindye division. Under construction three-storied building on Soweto Road collapsed Saturday night trapping scores of workers in the rubble. The construction workers have been staying on-site following a presidential directive which restricted movement of people in a bid to stop further spread…
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, according to government officials. Johnson, 55, asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Monday. Johnson was admitted to hospital on Sunday night and had been undergoing tests after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms for more than 10 days,…
