Government is set to distribute a total of 27.5 million long-lasting, insecticide-treated mosquito nets throughout the country in a bid to mitigate the malaria burden in the country. According to the state minister of health in charge of primary health care, Dr. Joyce Kaducu, this is to be conducted under the third universal coverage campaign…
Senior Presidential Advisor on ICT Hon Ham Mulira has commended Victoria University for putting in place early measures to help students continue with their classes uninterrupted during the COVID 19 pandemic. Hon Mulira while addressing the media at Victoria University in Kampala said that such early initiatives like giving each new student a laptop will…
The speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has challenged leaders of the new Jinja city to make it a technological city of Uganda. Jinja is one of the new cities in Uganda that have come into effect today 1st July 2020. The others are Arua, Gulu, Mbarara, Fort Portal, Masaka, and Mbale. While officiating at the inauguration…
The ministry of health has clarified that the higher number of active cases on admission vis-a-vie confirmed cases is largely due to the fact that there are a number of non-nationals (truck drivers and refugees) who are receiving treatment for COVID-19. The ministry has on several occasions been tasked to explain the anomaly in the statistics…
In a bid to prepare Ugandans for the oil and gas sector, government has invested over 20 billion shillings towards the upgrade of Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba and Uganda Technical College Kichwamba into centers of excellence for oil and gas training. This morning, the ministry of education and sports on behalf of government signed two…
President Yoweri Museveni has lifted the lockdown on transport in border districts without COVID-19 cases and increased the number of private car occupants from three to four. These were some of the key issues highlighted by the president during his 16th address on COVID-19 pandemic on Monday night. Below is the summary of the presidential…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has met online publishers and asked them to support it’s work owing to their wide and fast growing audiences. EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi told online editors and media owners that the Electoral body is alive to its constitutional obligation and the new phenomenon of protecting lives in the wake…
The ministry of foreign affairs has issued guidelines for return of Ugandans who are stranded abroad on account of closure of Entebbe international airport and boarders following the out break of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, the ministry of health announced that the first group of Ugandan returnees would arrive on 13th June 2020. However,…
THE residents of Kakyanga/Kavenyanja Island in Wakiso district have asked the central government to establish a health center on their Island for easy access of medical services. The residents made their lamentations recently to Wakiso district authorities headed by the district LC5 chair man Matia Lwanga Bwanika who took some relief items to the people…
Celebrated media personality and FDC stalwart Sir. Simon Muyanga Lutaaya is set to start work at Balam’s Radio 4 103.3 FM starting Monday 1st June 2020. Muyanga’s show dubbed ‘Gwe Nsonga’ will air on Ntinda based Radio 4 Ensunsuzi from Monday to Friday between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm where he will host popular analysts…
