Tag Archives: COVID-19

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Musa Khalil, the Khadi of the Acholi Muslim district has called for the protection of young girls against teenage pregnancies and early marriages during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Khadi decried the rampant cases of sexual abuses that were and are being meted on young …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Investment Authority, UIA, has intervened to promote the herbal treatment solution Covidex, an innovation by Mbarara University of Science and Technology Professor, Patrick Engeu Ogwang. Ogwang caught the eye of the public, the government and the international community last month following testimonies about …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The fake COVID-19 vaccines that were given to over 800 people were 99 percent water, according to the State House Health Monitoring Unit. According to analytical results from the Government Analytical Laboratory and the National Drug Authority, the water that was put in the vials …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mufti of Uganda, His Eminence Sheikh Shaban Ramathan Mubajje has criticized the distribution of the Covid-19 relief cash by the government. This was carried in his address during Eid Aduha prayers at Gaddafi National Mosque in Kampala. Moslems today across the world celebrate Eid …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Arua District Police Commander and Members of Parliament on Covid-19 committee clashed over operation of night discos in Arua city in total disregard of the presidential directive and Ministry of Health guidelines. The MPs who are on a fact finding mission on management of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have arrested a truck driver for flouting the Covid-19 guidelines. Hassan Lubega was arrested on Monday in Nabingo along the Kampala-Masaka highway. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that Lubega who was driving a truck registration number UBJ 803P was intercepted …

London, UK | Xinhua | England has lifted almost all its remaining COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, according to its roadmap out of lockdown. As the number of daily infections continues to rapidly increase, the final stage of easing coronavirus restrictions came with a note of caution. FREEDOM DAY This Monday is …

  The taxman is optimistic about future performance Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Commissioner General for Uganda Revenue Authority, John Rujoki Musinguzi, has an uphill task of collecting taxes from businesses and individuals that continue to face the COVID-19 pandemic hit. His supervisors at the Ministry of Finance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sexual reproduction health experts want adolescents taught self-coping mechanisms during the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike the first wave where Covid-19 infections among young people were low, the second wave has registered a 12% increase in infections among ages 10-19 years. Last month after the President ordered …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Pader district are holding a special police constable for alleged illegal enforcement of Covid-19 standard operating procedures. SPC 2818 Patrick Malimu attached to Pajule police station in Pader district was arrested on Saturday afternoon after he and another police deserter identified as Richard …