Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amidst the fears of increased coronavirus cases as Uganda eases the nationwide lockdown, the Public Service Ministry has asked key groups to stay away from office. In a circular dubbed the post lockdown Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ministries, departments and local governments, the …
Read More »West Nile MPs want borders opened for refugees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament from the West Nile region want the government to allow in refugees from neighbouring countries despite the COVID-19 lockdown. The MPs say that the uncontrolled movement of refugees is likely to have an even greater risk for the …
Read More »Two arrested for selling purported COVID-19 herbal cure
Fort Portal, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT | Two men in Fort Portal municipality are in trouble for selling a purported cure for coronavirus disease- Covid-19. The suspects have been identified as William Isingoma and Abdullah Gumisiriza, both residents of Hakibaale sub county in Kabarole district. The Rwenzori West region police spokesperson, Vincent …
Read More »Priest orders families to plant bananas as precondition for baptism
Kasese, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT | Parents in Nsenyi Parish, Kasese district who do not have at least 20 banana plants in their homestead will not have their children baptized. This was announced by Rev. Fr. Modest Masereka Kasenyankwe, the Parish Priest who described it as a new move to boost food …
Read More »Do not blame me for any COVID-19 deaths – Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that he has played his part in containing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying due to “carelessness”. Museveni said people have not died in Uganda because initially, …
Read More »Six Gombe hospital health workers quarantined
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six health workers of Gombe Hospital have been quarantined after getting into contact with a COVID-19 positive patient at Buyiga island in Mpigi district. The health workers who have been quarantined at the staff quarters include a clinical officer, a midwife and four nurses. …
Read More »Tanzania’s COVID-19 response
It puts Magufuli’s leadership style in sharp relief as he polarises the nation and consolidates power in the presidency | AIKANDE CLEMENT KWAYU | One of the main points of discussion around the various responses to the COVID-19 pandemic is governance. Different countries have reacted to the pandemic in different …
Read More »Why the US is experiencing a coronavirus plateau
Washington, United States | AFP | When epidemiologists talked about “flattening the curve,” they probably didn’t mean it this way: the US hit its peak coronavirus caseload in April, but since that time the graph has been on a seemingly unending plateau. That’s unlike several other hard-hit countries which have successfully …
Read More »Officials trace 26 contacts of COVID-19 positive patient in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum District COVID-19 taskforce has embarked on a drive to trace all contacts of a 34-year-old male resident of Pandwong Cell in Pandwong Division who tested positive for COVID-19. The man, whose results were released on Friday, had reportedly been in the community …
Read More »Prisons ready to release violators of COVID-19 regulations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services have said that they have forwarded all the particulars of all the people in their custody for the violations of the guidelines on the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking today at the Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Biane, the …
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