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Army MPs Return Controversial Shs 20m, Commit Donation of Shs 120M to Covid-19 Fight

Ten soldiers who represent the army in Parliament on Tuesday returned the controversial Shs20 million each received from Parliament, purportedly to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. The MPs handed over Shs200 million to the Coronavirus Task Force at the Office of

May 5, 2020

Health·News

US Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 70,000 As Uganda Registers 55 Recoveries

The United States leads the world in the number of reported COVID-19 deaths and confirmed cases. There are more than 3.6 million COVID-19 cases worldwide and more than 253,000 deaths, according to the data. The death toll in the United States from COVID-19 has

May 5, 2020

Crime·News

Police, City Spare Parts Shopkeepers Lock Horns Over Presidential Directive

Uganda Police Force with assistance from sister security agencies have on Tuesday morning closed Spare parts shops in Kisekka market. The closure came hours after president Yoweri Museveni’s address where he allowed reopening of wholesale shops, hardware shops, garages, restaurants and warehouses

May 5, 2020

News·Politics

Hon. Balyeku Betrayed Me – RDC Sakwa Weeps

The Jinja Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Eric Sakwa, has accused Jinja West Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Moses Grace Balyeku, of having engineered his arrest. Mr Sakwa, 38, was on April 24, arrested and charged with manslaughter, a crime of killing

May 5, 2020

Crime·News

Nakalema Arrests Police Boss, 6 Others Over Murder Case

The officer-in-charge of Wakiso Police Division has been arrested for allegedly obstructing investigations and protecting suspects in a murder case of a boda boda cyclist. Detectives from the State House Anti-corruption Unit led by Lt Col Edith Nakalema and the police Criminal

May 4, 2020

Health·News

Tension In Masindi As Police Frees Suspects Over Coronavirus

Police in Masindi District have released suspects in custody on police bond after one of the officers tested positive of coronavirus. Julius Hakiza the Albertine Police mouthpiece has confirmed that all suspects made statements before they left and were given police bond

May 4, 2020

Health·News

M7 ‘Expected’ To Ease Lockdown As Gen. Tumwine Meets Starving K’la Residents

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is expected ease in a phased manner the lockdown which started on April 1 aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Uganda. This follows a report presented by a Cabinet committe and the security Minister

May 3, 2020

Crime·News

Grief As UPDF Major Is Shot Dead In Nakasongola Barracks

A UPDF soldier at the rank of Major has Sunday been killed by a colleague who also injured a junior officer who tried to arrest him at Nakasongola Army Barracks The shooter is still at large. “There has been a shooting incident

May 3, 2020

Crime·Health·News

Magufuli Says Donated Covid-19 Testing Kits Fake, Claims Paw paw, Quail And Goat Samples Tested Positive

Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is now casting aspersions on the COVID-19 testing kits donated to Africa by donors. In a viral video, President Magufuli claimed samples taken from a paw paw, qail and goat and sneaked in the country’s laboratory tasked with carrying out coronavirus test

May 3, 2020

Health·News

In Uganda: Gov’t Tests Over 180 Street Children For Covid-19

Samples from at least 180 street children encamped at Nakivubo Blue Primary School during the lockdown following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country have been taken for testing. Officials at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) on Friday said this will enable

May 3, 2020

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