Tag Archives: Jane Ruth Aceng

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of Ugandans quarantined at Evelyn Apartments have staged a protest against the extension of their quarantine beyond the mandatory 14-days. The group, which returned into the country on July 2, was expected to complete the quarantine on Friday, July 17. But according to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Mulago Hospital Executive Director Dr Byarugaba Baterena has disowned remarks that he called for the total lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions.  Dr Byarugaba was this week quoted by the media calling for the suspension of COVID-19 restrictions on account that COVID-19 has turned out to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 6 million out of the required 30 million face masks have so far been distributed by the government in 20 districts.  The districts include Amuru, Kyotera, Buikwe, Ntungamo, Soroti, Arua, Adjumani, Isingiro, Masaka, Mbarara, Lira, Yumbe, Gulu, Moyo, Hoima, Rakai, Busia, Tororo, Kakumiro, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has tabled before parliament a request of Shillings 20.5 billion meant to finance different strategies and critical areas by the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) to mitigate blood shortage in the country. Led by the Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has summoned three ministers accused of flouting Covid19 preventive procedures. They are Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng, Micro Finance State Minister, Haruna Kasolo and the Kampala State Minister, Benny Namugwanya.   The decision to summon the ministers came after legislators accused them during plenary of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda has so far spent Shillings 51.8billion on testing truck drivers for COVID-19 at different points entry, according to Ministry of Health. Information from the Health Ministry shows that over 216,000 tests have been carried out on truck drivers at various boarder points including Mutukula, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has explained that the extra COVID-19 active cases that were initially not added to the national tally, are truck drivers who opted to seek treatment in Uganda, as opposed to going back to their countries.  According to a statement issued by …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s total number of COVID-19 cases has been pushed back to 685 after nine false-positive cases were deducted.  Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said while Uganda’s total cases had earlier on Saturday been put at 694 with the eight new cases picked from the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health erroneously announced that Uganda will on today, June 13th receive the first group of passengers arriving from abroad following the Coronavirus lockdown worldwide.  Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng was today addressing a press conference on the status of COVID-19 …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Leaders in Gulu District have asked the Government to increase funding to St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor.  The leaders argue the hospital is overwhelmed in offering comprehensive healthcare services among which includes physiotherapy, training healthcare workers and promoting health researches in Northern Uganda.  The hospital depends …