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Health

Breaking! Vision Group Staff Tests Positive For Covid-19

An employee of Vision Group tested positive for Covid19 over the weekend, Robert Kabushenga, the Group’s chief executive said in a Monday statement. In a memo sent to all staff, Mr Kabushenga said the employee tested positive on Sunday and that his contacts

August 17, 2020

Health

Uganda Records 66 New Covid-19 Cases

Uganda has recorded 66 new cases of COVID-19, the highest figure ever to be recorded in a single day since the first patient was registered in March. The Ministry of Health announced Sunday that results from tests done on Saturday indicated that

August 17, 2020

Education

Covid-19 Crisis: Museveni Breaks Silence On Reopening Schools, Political Rallies

President Yoweri Museveni has defended the holding of campaigns on radios, saying they will be more effective because politicians will reach out to more people than they would have reached through physical rallies. “When you speak on radio, you reach out to

August 17, 2020

Politics

Museveni Flags Off Over 68,000 Bicycles For NRM Village Chairpersons

President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off 68,000 bicycles to aid the mobilization activities by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in villages across the country. Museveni said that the bicycles were procured from contributions by party members and added that they

August 16, 2020

Crime

Another Notorious Bodaboda Thief Arrested In Wakiso

The Uganda Police Force together with sister security operatives have arrested one suspect in connection to rampant theft of Boda Bodas around the metropolitan area. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesman Patrick Onyango, Bujunju Henry a resident of Nansana Municipality in Wakiso

August 16, 2020

Sports

Joshua Cheptegei Returns Home After Breaking 5000m World Record

The new 5000m World record holder Joshua Cheptegei is expected back home today from Monaco. The new 5000m World record holder, Stephen Kissa, Halima Nakaayi and Winnie Nanyondo arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya at 3am aboard a Turkish

August 16, 2020

Sports

Manchester City Out Of Champions League: Different Year, Same Stuff!

Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne said “we need to learn” after their third consecutive Champions League quarter-final exit. Moussa Dembele scored two late goals as Lyon beat City 3-1 to set up a semi-final with Bayern Munich. “It’s a different year, same stuff,”

August 16, 2020

Crime

On Spot! How Does The NRM Solve A Disastrous Problem Like Evelyn Anite?

Around the 20th of April 2020, about a month into the most stringent part of the Covid-19 lockdown, Mr Francis Zzake, the Honourable Member of Parliament from Mityana Municipality held a food drive in his constituency. Not long afterwards, the junior minister

August 15, 2020

Health

Hard Times: Uganda Records 49 New Covid-19 Cases As Deaths Rise To 13

Uganda has on August 15 registered 49 new COVID-19 cases, the highest number of cases recorded in a single day ever since the outbreak was reported in the country. The cumulative total confirmed cases of Ugandans are now 1,434 and 13 deaths

August 15, 2020

Crime

Watch Video: Somali President and Vice Exchange James Bond Blows

In a rather unpopular turn of events, Somalia president and his deputy exchanged James Bond kind of blows to the point of wrestling to the ground. The duo were sitted next and close to each other in what seemed like a press

August 15, 2020

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