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Torture: Police okays DPP to sue officers
The wanton torture of suspects in custody has caused many disabilities to victims over the years, prompting growing public calls to ban the practice – and revived debate over its effectiveness in...
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69 more Ugandans recover from coronavirus, discharged
69 more people have been discharged from Ugandan hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The number of recoveries has now increased to 420 while the number of confirmed has...
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Besigye, Bobi Wine protest campaign leaves Kampalans puzzled
A section of Kampalans says they don't understand the new opposition protest campaign announced this week by former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president and Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanya...
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Coronavirus could spread through flush toilets - study
New research published in the Journal Physics of Fluids shows one could get infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) if they use a toilet used by an infected person. According to the study,...
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China imposes new COVID restrictions to control new outbreak
China’s capital imposed new coronavirus restrictions Wednesday to try to control a new outbreak, while Brazil reported a record daily increase in confirmed cases and the number of deaths in the United...
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Makerere, ministry of Health move to end 'COVID cash' fight
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has embarked on a process to mend the relationship between Makerere University and the ministry of Health whose officials are reportedly fighting over COVID-19...
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UK announce ‘major breakthrough’ in COVID-19 treatment
British scientists announced Tuesday a major coronavirus breakthrough, saying a cheap, readily-available steroid can prevent deaths from COVID-19. Scientists from Britain’s University of Oxford say in...
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Lukwago appoints FDC's Nyanjura Kampala deputy lord mayor
Kampala city lord mayor Erias Lukwago has appointed Makerere University Kampala Woman councillor Doreen Nyanjura as his deputy.Lukwago made the announcement this morning at the Lord Mayor's parlour at...
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'Presidential advisor' Buchaman arrested over NEMA meeting
Police have arrested local musician also self-claimed presidential advisor on ghetto matters, Mark Bugembe aka Buchaman. He was arrested for allegedly disrupting a meeting organized by the National...
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Entebbe hospital health workers decry unpaid COVID-19 allowances
Entebbe regional referral hospital has complained to the Health ministry over unpaid risk allowances for its health workers handling coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. Dr Moses Muwanga, the...
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Striking doctors in Nigeria demand COVID-19 PPE, hazard pay
A Nigerian doctors union is demanding that the government provide members with more personal protective equipment and hazard pay in treating patients infected with COVID-19, or they will escalate a...
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Honduras president tests positive for COVID-19
The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, is said to be in good condition after being admitted to a military hospital for pneumonia on Wednesday, a day after revealing he and his wife had...
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OPM officials charged with false accounting for refugee funds
The assistant settlement commandant in the Office of the Prime Minister Bruno Asiimwe has been arraigned before the Anti-Corruption court on eight charges of fraudulent false accounting.Asiimwe who is...
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USAID voucher policy ends after transforming vulnerable women
In January 2016, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Uganda Voucher Plus Activity, launched a free health programme whereby vulnerable poor women in rural areas...
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Uganda registers 14 more COVID-19 cases
Uganda has confirmed 14 more new cases of COVID-19 which pushes the country's caseload to 755. Nine of the confirmed cases were picked from alerts and contacts of already confirmed cases in the areas...
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Govt suspends LDC online classes citing segregation
The ministry of Education and Sports has temporarily halted Law Development Centre (LDC) bar online classes after receiving several complaints from students.LDC had opened up an online portal two weeks...
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Kenya wins UN Security Council seat by 2 votes
Kenya narrowly won an election for a non-permanent United Nations Security Council seat Thursday, in a vote impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway all won their bids in...
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UVRI yet to get COVID funds - Prof Kaleebu
In a surprising revelation, the government has not provided any funding to facilitate the activities of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The matter was...
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Uganda's COVID-19 cases rise to 763
Uganda's coronavirus cases have risen to 763 after another 8 people were confirmed positive from the 1,850 samples tested on Friday. Five of the confirmed cases are truck drivers who entered from...
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Soroti hospital successfully delivers baby implanted in liver
There was a double celebration at Soroti regional referral hospital following a successful operation of a mother whose baby was implanted in the liver.Naturally and ideally, the egg travels down the...
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