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Kadaga justifies Shs 10bn allocated to MPs to fight COVID-19
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has justified the allocation of Shs 10 billion to MPs to carry out 'supervision and advocacy' against the spread of coronavirus. Parliament has come under heavy...
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Uganda's recovered COVID-19 cases rise to 20
Uganda's recovered coronavirus cases have increased to 20 cases after 8 more cases were discharged today. Mulago national referral hospital discharged seven more patients (3 females, 4 males) today,...
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Businessman Abid Alam remanded to prison until May 8
Businessman Abid Alam has been remanded to Kitalya prison until May 8. Abid who is facing charges of conspiracy to defeat the course of justice was earlier caught by the State House Anti-corruption...
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Tanzania cancels national holiday celebration over COVID-19
Tanzania has canceled this year's April 26 national holiday celebration commemorating the 1964 merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to become Tanzania as the country's coronavirus tally rises. Prime...
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500 displaced as Lake Victoria submerges Kisitu island
More than 500 residents of Kisitu island in Mukono district have taken refuge in Kisitu forest reserve after their homes were submerged by flooding from Lake Victoria on Tuesday. The affected...
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Why COVID-19 has hit high-income countries harder
After the novel coronavirus burst out of China in January, experts have been fearing catastrophic impacts on developing nations with weak health care systems. So far, though, the highest death tolls...
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Attorney General appeals POMA judgment
Government through the attorney general has appealed last month’s Constitutional court judgment that nullified section 8 of the Public Order Management Act (POMA). Constitutional court justices...
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Kenyan Catholic priest charged with spreading coronavirus
A Catholic priest was charged in Kenyan court on Thursday with spreading the coronavirus, the second person to face such charges in Kenya. Kenya, which has 234 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 11...
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Uganda's registers no new coronavirus cases on Thursday
Uganda’s coronavirus cases remain at 55 after all 1,162 samples tested negative on Thursday. That is the second day in a row that the country is not reporting any new coronavirus cases. This week, only...
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10 S.Sudanese nationals arrested for entering Uganda illegally
Amuru police are holding 10 South Sudanese nationals for illegally entering into Uganda. The suspects are locked up at Elegu police station on charges of illegal entry. Patrick Jimmy Okema, the Aswa...
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Ugandan embassies start registering Ugandans stuck abroad
Ugandan embassies and high commissions abroad have started the process of registering and verifying Ugandans who are stranded due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for possible evacuation and...
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Magufuli declares 3 days of prayer to defeat COVID-19 in Tanzania
Tanzania began observing three-days of national prayers Friday as COVID-19 infections increased. President John Magufuli made the declaration for nationwide prayer Thursday, urging Tanzanians to pray...
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Kawempe hospital imposes mandatory face mask wearing
Vendors are making a quick kill at Kawempe national referral hospital after management imposed mandatory face mask-wearing for all visitors and patients. Those without face masks are being turned away...
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Tanzanian truck driver tests positive for coronavirus in Uganda
Uganda's coronavirus confirmed cases remain at 55. Although there was a positive case, ministry of Health, which, had announced an increment to 56 cases, moments later revised the numbers by one less -...
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WHO reports surge in coronavirus cases, deaths in Africa
The World Health Organization said Friday that it was increasing aid to Africa to try to contain the spread of COVID-19 amid a big spike in the cases and deaths across the continent. Compared with...
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Kenya to start mass testing for COVID-19
Kenya's Health minister says the country has received masks, tubes, and other medical equipment from China that will enable the country to conduct wider testing for the coronavirus. Earlier this week,...
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COVID-19 positive Tanzanian driver hospitalised in Mulago
The 34-year-old Tanzanian national who tested positive for COVID-19 has been relocated to Mulago hospital for treatment. The driver was intercepted on Friday night at the Karuma bridge in...
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All 1,126 samples test negative for coronavirus
For the fourth day running, Uganda has registered no new positive coronavirus case. Confirmed cases still remain at 55 with 0 deaths and 22 recoveries. On Saturday, 1,126 samples tested negative. Of...
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NAS lays off redundant staff following Entebbe airport closure
The National Aviation Services Uganda, formerly Entebbe Handling Services (ENHAS) is laying off staff who have become redundant as a result of measures to combat the spread of coronavirus disease...
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NRM donates Shs 380m towards COVID-19 fight
The ruling party, National Resistance Movement has donated Shs 380 million towards the provision of relief support to persons affected by anti-coronavirus measures.The dummy cheque containing was...
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