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Dr Spire, other quarantineers, and how states coerce consent
When governments successfully securitise our lives, it becomes legal and normal to abuse them. This abuse is justified in the language of safety and security. The state declares one’s basic rights such...
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Lawyer petitions minister to discharge cartoonist Spire from quarantine
City lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde has petitioned the minister of Health to discharge renowned The Observer cartoonist and columnist Dr Jimspire Ssentongo from institutional quarantine. Ssentongo has under...
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Museveni bans outdoor exercise as COVID-19 cases rise to 53
Uganda has registered one new case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to take its national tally to 53 cases. While addressing the nation yet again on Wednesday, President Yoweri Museveni said 214 were...
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OPM officials arrested for inflating relief food prices by Shs 4bn
Several senior officials from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) have been arrested by the State House Anti-corruption unit for allegedly inflating prices relief food. The officers, arrested...
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Ministry of Health vehicle impounded for flouting social distancing
Police in Kireka impounded a van belonging to the Health ministry for violating the social distancing guidelines to fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).The van that was at the time...
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Botswana president, cabinet quarantined after COVID-19 contact
A special Botswana parliamentary session called to discuss an extension of a state of emergency ended with all National Assembly members and the country’s president being quarantined. All had contact...
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No new coronavirus cases today as Museveni video breaks internet
Uganda has recorded no new coronavirus cases on Thursday after all the 338 samples tested negative at the Uganda Virus Research Institute according to a press statement from the ministry of Health....
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Patients denied treatment in Buhehe over lack of national IDs
Several patients are being denied health services at Buhehe health center III in Busia district in eastern Uganda due to lack of national identity cards. Dr Florence Mugala, the Buhehe health center...
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56% of sanitiser brands in Uganda fail NDA efficacy test
Only 20 out of 45 (44 per cent) sanitiser brands tested by the National Drug Authority (NDA) had an alcohol content of 60 per cent or above, with a capability to kill bacteria and other micro-organisms...
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4 Congolese nationals arrested for illegal entry into Uganda
Four Congolese nationals from DR Congo have been arrested in Kikuube district in western Uganda for illegal entry into Uganda.The Congolese whose identities have since been concealed by security...
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KCCA speaker: Why FDC lost
To win the speaker’s crown at Kampala Capital City Authority earlier in March, ABUBAKER KAWALYA struggled to navigate two conflicting political obligations–to his party FDC, which supported a different...
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COVID-19 phone calls overwhelm police
With the on-going lockdown to stem the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, a great deal of attention has been focussed on the police force and its efforts to implement the presidential directives on...
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Why judges quashed police powers to block gatherings
Since its passage in 2013, the Public Order Management Act, POMA, has stood up against undiminished opposition. But in a 4-1 majority judgment late February, 2020, the Constitutional court justices...
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China sued over coronavirus pandemic
In less than a month, more than 5,000 Americans have joined a class-action lawsuit in Florida seeking reparations from the Chinese government for COVID-19 damages. The plaintiffs claim to have suffered...
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Stampede in Kenya as slum residents surge for food aid
Thousands of people surged for food aid in a brief stampede Friday in Kenya's capital, leading police to fire tear gas and injure several people, witnesses said. Desperate for help as...
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Global coronavirus deaths surpass 100,000
Coronavirus deaths have passed the 100,000 mark worldwide. As of April 11, confirmed deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic stood at 102,288 with the numbers increasing every hour. The number of...
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Entebbe hospital discharges 3 COVID-19 patients
Uganda has today discharged 3 patients who have totally recovered from COVID-19 disease after spending 21 days in Entebbe Grade B hospital. 15 more patients are set to be discharged on Easter Sunday...
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Six escape from quarantine in Namisindwa citing hunger
Six people have escaped from quarantine at Magale health centre in Magale town council in Namisindwa district citing hard living conditions. The six were quarantined following their return from Kenya...
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All today's suspected COVID-19 samples test negative
No new coronavirus cases have been registered in Uganda for the third day running. According to ministry of Health, all the 555 samples tested negative at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in...
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Astronauts returning to a changed Earth amid COVID-19
Two US astronauts say it’s hard to comprehend the changes on Earth that have occurred due to the coronavirus pandemic, as they prepare to return from the International Space Station. The astronauts,...
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