Two ministry of Health officials die in Kapchorwa accident
Two temporary officials from the ministry of Health have perished in a road accident that occurred in Kapchorwa on Sunday evening.The accident involving a Toyota Land Cruiser Reg No.UAM 049/E occurred...
View ArticlePeople Power supporters clash with Kamuli elders at burial
People Power supporters clashed with elders in from Bukakabila village in Kitayundwa sub-county, Kamuli district during the burial of their colleague, Charles Mutyabule. Mutyabule, 24, met his death in...
View ArticleMali opposition reject mediators plan to end political crisis
Mali’s main political opposition has rejected a plan by regional mediators aimed at ending an escalating political crisis in a country already dealing with a violent Islamic insurgency. The June 5...
View ArticleSweden pumps Shs 16bn into provision of lifesaving healthcare services in Uganda
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has received a cash boost of $4.4 million (about Shs 16 billion) from the Government of Sweden to support Uganda’s COVID-19 humanitarian response and efforts...
View ArticleNRM warns party candidates against cheating in 2021 elections
The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party is confident that it will win the next general election with a landslide, owing to the number of voters on its register.Speaking at the party...
View Article3 killed by own lovers in separate domestic brawls in Kampala
Three people were killed by their lovers in separate domestic brawls in Kampala Metropolitan area over the weekend. The deceased have been identified as Kassim Tumwine a resident of Kikaaya parish,...
View Article90-year-old sues Chinese company over stone quarrying activities
Dorotia Nakabuye, a 90-year-old resident of Nambi village, in Zirobwe sub-county in Luweero has sued a Chinese company, Bang Cheng Investments Limited for undertaking stone quarrying activities near...
View ArticlePolice fires bullets, tear gas to disperse Bobi Wine supporters in Kampala
Police on today Tuesday fired tear gas and live bullets in several parts of Kampala to disperse supporters of Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine.In Kamwokya, the headquarters of People...
View ArticleBoda bodas issued COVID-19 standard operating procedures
Boda bodas have been offered a ray of hope to resume operations after government issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs) to the cyclists. This was disclosed by the state minister for Transport...
View ArticleOxford COVID-19 vaccine induces immune response in early test
A coronavirus vaccine being developed by scientists at Oxford University has been shown to produce a strong immune response, according to early-stage clinical trials. The results, published Monday...
View ArticleIs Tanzania really free of coronavirus?
Today I decided to do my own coronavirus survey, here in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania. The reason is that I am trying to deal with my confusion. Two countries in the world don’t report cases of COVID-19...
View ArticleNational Medical Stores donates to flood victims
KASESE – National Medical Stores (NMS) has donated relief items worth Shs 731m to flood victims in the western districts of Kasese and Bundibugyo. The relief items including 80,000 kilogrammes of...
View ArticleI lost my teeth in LDU attack
After ugly incidents tainted their four-months’ stint in law enforcement, the Local Defence Unit men and women were withdrawn from checkpoints and night patrols last week, but most Ugandans in the...
View ArticleWill Buganda Kingdom deliver low-cost housing?
In the wake of the launching of the spacious high-end Mirembe Villas, Kigo project in 2015, the Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, tasked kingdom officials to think about his lower-rung subjects by building...
View ArticleArmy: Why LDUs are off the streets
To enforce the presidential lockdown restrictions, the army deployed its strategic auxiliary force; the Local Defence Unit, at most checkpoints and night foot patrols. Some LDU men and women often used...
View Article‘Shame on you rebel NRM MPs!’
They roared and protested loudly each time their party NRM strayed politically. They spent years fiercely opposing the NRM way of doing things. But surprisingly the NRM MPs “rebellion” collapsed...
View ArticleCOVID-19 buries Najjera Progressive School after 32 years of existence
The proprietors of Najjeera Progressive School have decided to close it after 32 years of service and contribution to the country's education sector.The school, located along the Kiwatule-Najjeera road...
View ArticlePatient with COVID-19 symptoms dies in Mbale
Tension is high in Mbale city, eastern Uganda following the death of a 34-year-old female patient with COVID-19 like symptoms. The patient was picked up from Mabyale sub-county in Namisindwa district...
View ArticleUgandan MP tests positive for coronavirus
One member of parliament tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the ministry of Health has confirmed. Although the ministry made no mention of the name of the legislator, officials told...
View ArticleBobi's People Power morphs into a political party
Presidential aspirant, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has announced that his People Power movement has morphed into a political party, the National Unity Party. Speaking at his People Power...
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