Two people (a mother and her child) have died following last evening downpour in Kitswamba Subcounty Kasese district. The two were swept away by River Hima yesterday at around 7:30 pm during the downpour. “Last evening we got information from the community that a mother and her child had been swept away by river Hima…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has tasked all media persons who have been cleared to physically attend and cover the nomination exercise to present a 72-hr PCR negative test for COVID19, which will be taken at their own cost. This has been revealed by the EC spokesperson Paul Bukenya in a statement issued this morning in…
The Minister of State for Disability and Elderly Affairs, Hon. Sarah Kanyike has vowed to ensure that priority points of service for vulnerable persons are established in public spaces. The Minister who took over office recently noted that a number of Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons are keeping away from some service points because…
Opposition Democratic Party (DP) has reaffirmed its commitment to fronting a presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections despite delaying to submit supporter forms to the Electoral Commission (EC) for verification. Section 10(b) of the Presidential Elections Act provides that a presidential candidate’s nomination shall be supported by not less than 100 persons who are registered…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has eulogised the fallen deputy executive director Uganda Media Center Col Shaban Bantariza who passed on this morning. Col Bantariza who was also the deputy government spokesperson died at Mulago National Referral Hospital where he had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. According to a tweet by the Uganda…
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential flag bearer Patrick Amuriat Oboi has vowed not to abide by Electoral Commission (EC)’s restriction on the number of people supposed to accompany an aspiring candidate to the nomination center for presidential nominations. Last week, the EC issued a number of guidelines for nomination of presidential candidates scheduled…
Celebrated media personality Sir Simon Muyanga Lutaaya has resigned from the Ntinda based Radio 4 to concertrate on his member of parliament bid for Bulamoji county in Kaliro district. The FDC stalwart joined Balam’s Radio in June this year where he has been hosting a show dubbed ‘Gwe Nsonga’ which airs from Monday to Friday…
Police in Old Kampala have shot and killed a rape suspect as he resisted arrest and attempted to disarm officers, who were effecting an arrest. The suspect is alleged to have raped a woman on Wednesday 21/10/2020 in Lugala, Rubaga Division, Kampala Capital City. “The rape victim, whose name we will not disclose for privacy,…
Ugandan government has launched the National Community Engagement Strategy for COVID-19 response to curtail the spread of the pandemic among communities. Uganda is currently experiencing phase four of COVID-19 outbreak with widespread community transmission in virtually all the districts in the country. In response to this, government directed that the Community Engagement Strategy (CES) Sub…
Korea: On October 18th,2020 religious members who cooperate with Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Right (HWPL) in 4 countries held an online religious meeting in the hopes of overcoming COVID-19. About 40 people representing various beliefs such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity participated at ‘2020 religious meeting for the end of COVID-19…
