Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is planning to move people quarantined in district COVID-19 centers to regional sites with piling complaints of poor management. Dr. Richard Mugahi, the head of COVID-19 quarantine and assistant commissioner of health services at the Ministry told Uganda Radio Network-URN …
Read More »African countries cautioned against rushing to reopen airspace
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | African countries have been urged to take extra precaution as they open airports for commercial flights. The caution from the World Health Organisation comes after governments that had closed cross-border travel as a means to forestall the spread of COVID-19 started opening their airspace’s …
Read More »Parliament urges investigation of Makerere’s internship programs
Kampala, Uganda | PROSSY NANSUBUGA | Parliament has urged the Ministry of Education to investigate Makerere University’s ongoing internship programs and field attachments, following a complaint raised by Kanungu MP James Kaberuka. According to Kaberuka, Makerere’s Senate recently resolved that the 2019/20 internship and field attachment activities would continue …
Read More »President’s Office returns unspent sh2.9 billion COVID-19 cash to treasury
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the President has returned sh2.9 billion to the treasury after failing to spend it on activities for which it was allocated. The money is part of an allocation of sh16.8 billion which the office received to facilitate COVID-19 response activities in …
Read More »Gov’t seeks to suspend delegates conferences ahead of 2021 polls
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has proposed that political parties waive the requirement of holding delegates conferences to determine it’s official candidates for different leadership positions. Instead, the parties have been advised to allow their top organs to handpick the candidates. This and other proposals are carried …
Read More »IPOD members engage EC on conducting an election with integrity
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political parties under the Interparty Organization for Dialogue-IPOD have asked the Electoral Commission-EC to engage various political players to harmonise the revised electoral roadmap as the country battles COVID 19. The matter came up during a discussion between the parties and EC held at …
Read More »U.S. buys nearly all available supplies of Remdesivir for next three months
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. health authorities have said that the country is buying nearly all the global supplies of Remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment for the next three months, which could mean that no other country will be able to buy it in the period. The U.S. Department of …
Read More »UN chief calls for sense of shared fate in face of COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a sense of shared fate and collective compassion in face of COVID-19. “This sense of shared fate and collective compassion is both the spirit of the Buddha and the animating force of the Charter of the United …
Read More »Security might kill more Ugandans than COVID-19, warns MPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want government to prevail on errant security officials saying many Ugandans may die as a result of security brutality than the coronavirus (COVID-19). With only 902 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 837 recovered persons, about 10 Ugandans have now died according …
Read More »Last COVID-19 patients discharged from Hoima Regional Referral Hospital
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima Regional Referral hospital no longer has any Covid-19 patients after the last three were discharged on Thursday. The three patients include one man from Buliisa district and two women from Kyankwanzi district. The women tested positive for the disease on June 8, 2020, …
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