Tag Archives: Yoweri Museveni

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Schools will pick up from where they stopped with the first term  of learning after the 30-day school lockdown, according to the Ministry of Education and sports.  The school term was prematurely cut short on March  19,2020 as a precautionary measure to forestall the spread of …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Locals in Kasese Municipality have defied a presidential directive to stay at home as a measure to control the possible spread of coronavirus disease -COVID-19. The stay at home campaign has been emphasized by President Yoweri Museveni as a strategy to tame crowds, in a …

Lyantonde, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Lyantondo District Security Committee has banned hawkers and roadside vendors in an attempt to avoid the possible spread of Corona virus in the area. Catherine Kamwine, the Lyantonde Resident District Commissioner and District Security Committee Chairperson announced the ban on hawking and roadside vending on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The International Medical Center-IMC has decided to stop night operations because of the curfew announced by president, Yoweri Museveni. In a message to its clients issued on Tuesday IMC said, “due to the COVID19 situation in the country  and the presidential directive, IMC  has decided …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said the media is part of the emergence services that must be allowed to continue working, as the rest of the country is put under lockdown. Museveni was speaking Tuesday night to the nation to clarify some of the guidelines he …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  In a thin relief to businesses during the shutdown due to coronavirus, President Yoweri Museveni announced Monday evening that his government would talk to banks to ensure that they don’t seize properties of defaulters during the 14-day period. Museveni who announced the ban of private …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Betty Aol Ocan has faulted security personnel for using excessive powers in implementing directives on the suspension of public transport and closure of business premises.   For 14 days, all forms of public transport are banned, according to a …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Farmers should not sit home because of the coronavirus lockdown but instead go-ahead to plant and tender to their gardens, Agriculture Minister Vincent Ssempijja has said. Ssempijja told reporters in Kampala that it was already a planting season and farmers should observe Ministry of Health guidelines to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda People’s Defence Forces –UPDF and Uganda Police Force –UPF have appointed three officers to command COVID-19 evacuation team that has been established by the National Security Council. The three;  Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Denis Namuwooza, Lt Col Bright Ruyonga and Cpt Dr David …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Several traders and proprietors of restaurant in Luweero Taxi Park are crying foul following the ban on public transport. On Wednesday, President, Yoweri Museveni announced a 14-day travel ban on public transport to curtail the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. On Thursday, taxi …