A section of UPC members has vowed to cause the impeachment of their party president Jimmy Akena whom they accuse of violating the party constitution. Led by one Tom Omino, the members who addressed press at the Uganda Journalists Association(UJA) ofices in Kawempe today said Akena’s mandate expired in May this year and therefore his…
Repatriation of Ugandans stranded abroad due to COVID-19 is set to resume on Saturday the 18th of July 2020. This exercise had been halted by government for a period of two weeks to enable proper quarantining of returnees who had so far arrived in the country. According to a statement issued by the ministry of…
The ministry of health has received Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth over 220 million shillings from ChildFund Uganda to help protect health workers against COVID-19. The PPE will be distributed to 94 health facilities including 16 HC1Vs, 36 HC111s and 42 HC11s with in areas of ChildFund operation in Uganda. Speaking at a flag off…
The covid-19 pandemic has brought the world to its knees.Virtually all countries have taken a hard hit irrespective of the advancement of health systems, economic or political might. I don’t know about other countries, but here in Uganda, the ordinary person has suffered most. Businesses are at a standstill, there is uncertainty over the opening…
Media owners in Uganda have called for support from the Electoral Commission and other election players to be able to effectively deliver the 2020/2021 elections. The call was made during a meeting between members of the National Association of Broadcasters and the Electoral Commission held today at the commission headquarters in Kampala to discuss how to work together…
The minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has opened up on the viral pictures in which she is seen violating the COVID-19 social distancing rule. Contrary to social media reports where the minister was pinned for holding a political rally, Aceng says she was launching the distribution of face masks in Aromo Subcounty when…
With Jinja attaining a city status effective 1st July 2020, a number of people have come out to express interest in the various elective offices. The latest is former Kagoma county MP Dr. Wilberforce Frank Nabwiso who wants to contest for the new Mayoral seat on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket. Sources at…
MTN Uganda has today acquired a 12 year 2nd national operating license. This after the telecommunication company concluded the official signing of the License Renewal Agreement with Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) A joint press conference between MTN Uganda and the Regulatory body was held today at the UCC offices in Kampala to showcase the official signing…
Sanyu FM radio in Kampala has rewarded its employee who walked on foot from Buloba for 3 months to work in Kampala during the total lockdown due to Corona virus. Steven Kyaka a traffic controller at Sanyu FM has been walking about 20km on foot every morning to his workplace along Kampala road and back…
Uganda has so far spent over 14 million dollars on COVID-19 tests ever since the disease outbreak, the ministry of health has revealed. According to Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Director-General Health Services, the funds have been used on the over 216,000 COVID-19 tests that have so far been conducted in the country. Of these tests,…
