Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the number of COVID-19 deaths in Africa and the East African community continues to rise, Uganda has not recorded any deaths. In the East African community only, Uganda and Rwanda have not reported any deaths. The highest deaths in the region have been recorded …
Read More »OC arrested for violating public transport ban
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sergeant Joseph Otema, the Officer in Charge of Madi Opei Police Post in Lamwo district is locked up for violating the ban on public transport as part of the COVID-19 preventive measures. He was locked up together with five others at Madi Opei Police Post …
Read More »A world redrawn: pop can keep us together, says star DJ David Guetta
New York, United States | AFP | Pandemic confinement has electronic dance music titan David Guetta looking inward, and he said he’s emerging “extremely inspired” ahead of a New York benefit set for this weekend. A key EDM architect who’s heavily influenced the pop of recent decades, the 52-year-old Grammy-winning French …
Read More »Expect no direct financial stimulus – Kasaija
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has said that the government does not have a provision for any fiscal stimulus for businesses that have been affected by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several economists and players within the private sector have been calling upon the …
Read More »‘Water is life’: COVID-19 exposes chronic crisis in Navajo Nation
Thoreau, United States | AFP | Amanda Larson pulls up at a water station a few miles from her home in the Navajo Nation and her three children get to work filling up large bottles lying on the bed of her pickup truck. The 66 gallons will be used by her …
Read More »Security closes general merchandise shops in Masaka
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies have engaged in running battles with traders in Masaka Municipality over a decision to close all general merchandise shops despite President Museveni’s clearance. Several traders had reopened their shops in response to a move by President Yoweri Museveni to ease COVID-19 restrictions with …
Read More »Gulu university final year students to undergo COVID-19 tests
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University Faculty of Medicine is considering subjecting it’s final year students to COVID-19 ahead of the opening of final year semester in June. At least 1,500 finalists from Uganda and beyond are expected to report for their final year semester after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni …
Read More »36 new cases of COVID-19 Confirmed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country now stands at 317 after 36 new cases were recorded from tests conducted on Thursday. The new cases comprise 24 truck drivers who entered the country through the Elegu, Malaba and Lia points of entry. At …
Read More »FUFA to receive sh800 million virus relief fund from CAF
Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa soccer governing body CAF will distribute $200,000 to each of its members to support the management of football at the domestic levels hugely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. At its meeting on Thursday via video-conference, the CAF Emergency Committee has approved the immediate distribution …
Read More »U.S Mission offers direct cash transfers to most vulnerable Ugandans
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Mission in Uganda has provided additional funding of USD 10 million (37.8 billion Shillings) towards the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris Krafft, the Head of the U.S. Mission in Uganda said that the U.S Agency for International Development awarded the …
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