The Covid-19 National Task Force on Tuesday April 21,202 intercepted a group of 8 people that had brought a dead body into Uganda using a private cargo plane. According to the permanent secretary for ministry of health Dr. Diana Atwine, the dead body was being transported to Kayunga district for burial. “Today our team intercepted…
Up to 17,000 People have signed an online petition challenging the allocation of 10 billion Shillings to members of parliament, to allegedly fight the spread of Coronavirus Disease-COVID-19. The petition, initiated by former minister Sarah Kiyingi, said that whereas she does not doubt the important role that MPs can play in the fight against the…
As a way of mitigating the disastrous effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown on the economy and several business ventures, the Bank of Uganda has directed all commercial banks and supervised financial institutions to suspend repayment of loans for 12 months. The Central Bank announced credit relief measures to help mitigate the adverse effects of…
The Ministry of ICT and National Guidance through its project dubbed National ICT Initiatives Support Programme (NIISP) is calling innovators to submit proposals if they have digital solutions that can help support the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. According to Vincent Waiswa Bagiire, the permanent secretary at the ministry, NIISP is looking for digital solutions…
A section of Ugandan advocates led by Counsel Isaac Ssemakadde the Executive Director of Legal Brains Trust has launched a campaign to collect relief fund for lawyers who are struggling and yet they have no one to run or turn to amidst Covid-19 unprecedented times. In a statement this website has landed on, Counsel Ssemakadde…
The Parliament of Uganda recently allocated Shs 10bn, from the COVID-19 supplementary budget, to facilitate Members of Parliament in the committees, discreetly. It is alleged that Members of Parliament secretly chopped off a percentage of the supplementary budget money meant for Ministry Of Health towards coronavirus to themselves to facilitate committees established by Parliament to…
The Covid-19 pandemic is putting government officials to test on their degree of commitment to serve Ugandans. While some have shown unparalleled devotion and will emerge as heroes, others will, no doubt, be dragged down whether legitimately or illegitimately. Reports recently emerged that the relief food distribution had been temporarily suspended. Lots of reasons were…
The government of Uganda has terminated it’s relief food supply contract with businessman Apollo Nyegamahe popularly known as Aponye after it was established that the quality of his food was poor and prices in the contract executed with the Office of the Prime Minister’s officials was way too high, leaving him with no option but…
The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has warned financial institutions against levying extra charges or fees when restructuring loans for borrowers as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. In the guidelines issued by the acting Deputy Governor, Dr Adam Mugume, on Tuesday, April 14, the banks must also desist from demanding that some borrowers clear…
In a way of emphasis on bank loans, President Yoweri Museveni has said banks must not count days when people have not been working to service active loans. Millions of Ugandans in both the formal and informal sectors are currently not working as a result of the government’s measures to control the spread of coronavirus-COVID-19.…
