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New measures for 14 days ▶ Private cars + Bodas banned ▶ Curfew 7pm – 5am ▶ Arcades closed ▶ Food markets restricted Tracking COVID-19 in Uganda  🔸 March 29 – 3 new cases – TOTAL 33 🔹 March 28 – 7 new cases – TOTAL 30 🔸 March 27 – …

Uganda COVID-19 🔸 March 29 – 3 new cases – TOTAL 33 🔹 March 28 – 7 new cases – TOTAL 30 🔸 March 27 – 5 new cases – TOTAL 23 🔹 March 26 – 4 new cases – TOTAL 18 🔸 March 25 – 5 new cases – …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has appointed John Musinguzi Rujoki as new Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner General and named Dr Michael Atingo-Ego Bank of Uganda deputy governor. Musinguzi has been presidential advisor on ICT and investment and board chairman of the National Information Technology Authority (NITA). He will replace …

The telco is said to have agreed to pay $100-million for the renewal of its operating licence Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | A double digit growth in data and mobile money services helped MTN Uganda to record a 12.5% growth in revenue to Shs1.4trillion last year compared with 2018. …

AFRICA 🔸 46 Countries (46) reporting 🔹 3,984 cases 🔸 117 deaths 🔹 286 recoveries by region Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19 after a test of 225 today turned out only 218 negative results. This brings the total …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Uganda has risen to 23, after five more positive results were got from 227 samples tested Friday. Earlier in the day, it had been announced that four other people from Dubai who have been under quarantine …

COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT TEAM |  As the coronavirus pandemic ravages the globe, countries are scrambling to protect citizens financially, cushion businesses and companies, and ensure their economies do not fail from the fallout. This is because the coronavirus pandemic is not only straining the world’s health sector, businesses …

Bank of Uganda okays change in bank operating hours, closure on weekends Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The central bank (BOU) has agreed to a request by the Uganda Bankers Association for a change in operating hours to cope with the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. “On account of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is now at 18, after four other people from Dubai who have been under quarantine tested positive on Thursday. “Yesterday, the 26th of March, another 197 people were tested and many of them were returnees from Dubai or …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has banned public transport and restricted markets to selling food items as he outlined measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednsday. It is his fifth address in a week, in which Uganda has confirmed 14 COVID-19 cases. HERE IS HIS FULL …