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Errant Bodaboda Rider Shot In Buttocks for Defying Curfew

Police in Wakiso District shot and injured a defiant motor cyclist in Kisimbiri trading centre for riding during quarantine hours. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango only identified the injured Boda boda rider is 30-year-old Vincent. According to a statement dated

April 1, 2020

Health·News

Shock As Security Gets More Money Than Health Ministry For Corona Virus Fight

Government has proposed to allocate the security sector more money compared to the Health Sector as it seeks Shillings 284 billion in supplementary funding to deal with the Corona virus pandemic. Although the Finance Ministry is seeking Shillings 284 billion to mitigate

April 1, 2020

Health·News

COVID-19 Crisis: Choir Didn’t Mix With Congregation – Watoto Church

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

April 1, 2020

Health·News

M7’s Directives On Coronavirus, Government LockDown Are Sheer Illegality,Must Be Challenged In Court-Lawyer Gawaya Tegulle

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

April 1, 2020

Kampala·News

Fighting Erupts At KCCA As Recruitment Of New Staff Kicks Off

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

March 31, 2020

Crime·News·Security

Distributing Food To A Group Of People Equates To Attempted Murder, Museveni

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

March 31, 2020

Africa·News

Former Congo’s President Yhombi-Opango Dies Of Coronavirus In France

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

March 31, 2020

Health·News

Kadaga Orders Defiant Parliament Staff To Vacate Offices Over Coronavirus Pandemic

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

March 31, 2020

Health·News

France, FDA Approve Drug After 78 Of 80 Patients Recover From COVID-19 Within Five Days

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

March 31, 2020

News·Politics

Trouble Looms As District LCV Slaps RDC Over Gov’t Vehicle

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

March 31, 2020

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