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  ▶ Timeline of Uganda response to #COVID19 #CoronaVirus ✳ Jan 20 – Screening starts of all passengers arriving at Entebbe Airport ✳ Jan 30 – The WHO declares COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency ✳ Jan 31 – Ministry of Health officials meet Chinese Amb Zheng Zhu Qiang ✳ …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni will tomorrow  Wednesday address the country on the COVID-19 pandemic at 5pm, his press secretary Don Wanyama has confirmed.  He is expected to outline new measures the country will take to address the pandemic that has so far claimed more …

How Besigye’s wife negotiated a deal between Museveni and Kagame Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Dec. 03 2019, Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of the United Nations Aids (UNAIDS) programme, was at the airport in Kigali, Rwanda, when she received a telephone call. She was told President Paul …

How Uganda’s opposition leader helps the incumbent keep winning elections THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Opposition leader and activist, Dr. Kizza Besigye, has been consistent in denouncing the electoral process in Uganda as a sham. In a recent interview with Daily Monitor, he said: “[Lt] Gen [Henry] …

  Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, 61, has made himself very busy in recent weeks. Since March 03, when he declared his intention to stand for the highest political office – the presidency – he has been moving from one media house to another talking …

Museveni calls for equitable use of River Nile Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said all the countries that share the Nile, the world’s longest river should use her waters for the benefit of all, not at the detriment of others. Museveni was on Friday speaking …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Police has confirmed that Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde will be charged with treason. The former security minister and now Presidential aspirant, was arrested Thursday night. Police said in a statement that the arrest follows “his utterances in a series of radio and television …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army historical command warned president Yoweri Museveni about the direction the country was taking 12 years after he took power, URN has learnt. The historical command is an informal group comprising eleven senior army commanders of the then National Resistance Army-NRA, which ushered …

UNRA need at least Shs6trillion in the next three years Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Allen Kagina, the Executive Director at the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) seems to be used to appointments. This was evident during her first press briefing on Feb.25 since she was re-appointed as ED …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for women’s economic empowerment as a strategic way of ending gender based violence against women – GBV. Speaking at the International Women’s day celebrations on Sunday at Mbale district head quarters, Museveni said that the only way of …