Travelers from US, UK, UAE, Turkey, South Africa, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Tanzania will also be subjected to PCR COVID-19 tests Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | All passenger flights between Uganda and India have been suspended as a control measure against a deadly new COVID-19 variant. No …
Read More »2021 FUFA women super league season to kick off on Monday
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA Women Super League Season returns to action on Monday 19th 2021 after spending a year of inactivity due to the suspension of sports activities in the country because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s edition of the women league …
Read More »Museveni’s economic management
What IMF figures on GPD growth in the world tell us about Uganda’s economic performance over time THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Recently I wrote to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to find out how Uganda’s economy has been performing over the last five years compared to …
Read More »500,000 DEAD: Candles lit at White House to mark grim COVID-19 record
Washington, US | XINHUA | Candles were lit at the White House South Portico at sunset Monday, a day on which the number of Americans who died from COVID-19 broke the staggering record of 500,000. “That’s more lives lost to this virus than any other nation on Earth,” U.S. …
Read More »Makerere University calls off planned full re-opening
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has called off plans to receive first year students this weekend following a directive from President Yoweri Museveni that a review of full re-opening by all schools be reviewed after three months. Professor Mary Okwakol of the National Council for Higher Education …
Read More »Bobi Wine is selfish, power-hungry politician
He is leading his supporters and admirers to COVID-19 mass suicide with recklessness and irresponsibility THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has been hosting large rallies across the country. In all of them, tens of thousands of his supporters gather …
Read More »US sees over 100,000 daily COVID-19 cases for 27th consecutive day
Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States on Sunday reported more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases for the 27th consecutive day, with over 135,000 cases counted by Johns Hopkins University from 0000 GMT Sunday to 0000 GMT Monday. The United States has already recorded more than 13.37 million cases …
Read More »How COVID-19 pandemic showed importance of global leadership
✳ DAY 1 – Stronger Together? Why and How the COVID-19 Pandemic Should Help Us Re-Imagine Subsidiarity and Solidarity for a Better World Oct 18 ✳ DAY 2 – Women and Power; Reshaping of Foreign Policy Oct 21 ✳ DAY 3 – Geopolitics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Oct 23 ✳ …
Read More »Gulu university closes out 60 students over COVID-19 guidelines
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University has turned away 60 of its students for failing to comply with the COVID19 guidelines. James Ojok Onono, the University Public Relations Officer says the 60 have not undergone management training on COVID 19 for acceptance in to the University according to the …
Read More »Stock out of sample collection swabs halts COVID-19 testing in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has run out of the sample collection swabs for the novel Coronavirus testing. Apparently, the hospital has been sending people in need of COVID19 testing to St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor or International Medical Centre among others since Monday. The nasopharyngeal swab …
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