Month: June 2021
The in-charge Mwizi Health Center III in Rwamapara District has been arrested for allegedly stealing Covid-19 Rapid Testing Kits. Fredrick Byanyima was arrested on Wednesday by Resident District Commissioner Emmy Katera Turyabagyenyi. He is currently detained at Nyeihanga Police Post. Rwampara district received 1,300 Rapid testing kits from the ministry of Health and was distributed […]
Express FC are the Champions of this year’s Star Times Uganda Premier League season. The Federation of Uganda Football Association declared the Eagles champions of the 2020/2021 Star Times Uganda Premier League season following their executive committee meeting held on Tuesday afternoon. The decision to crown the Ugandan Eagles champions is line with Article […]
Rukungiri District COVID-19 task force in collaboration with the Health Department has locked down two trading centers in Buhunga sub- County for alleged failure to comply with the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs. The affected are Karisizo and Omukidandari trading centers. Nsubuga Bewayo, the Rukungiri Resident District Commissioner, who chairs the District COVID-19 Taskforce, says that the […]
Ministers attending the World Health Summit Africa Regional Meeting have agreed that sharing health workers could help them beat the COVID-19 pandemic that is in the more deadly second and third wave in many countries on the continent. Uganda’s Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero expressed need for external experts to help […]
Children selling foodstuffs has become a common sight on the streets in Arua City. Following President Yoweri Museveni’s announcement of a second lockdown, that also included the closure of educational institutions for 42 days, Arua City has seen several selling merchandise in search of survival. The more than 20 children some young as six years […]
Residents in Sikuda Sub-County, Busia district have raised concerns about the incomplete road works in the area. The 17 Million Shillings Syonga-Hadadira- Musuyi 3 Kilometers road that connects from Syonga to Busia town through Tiira town council was abandoned in April 2020 before completion. Siffuna Mayende, Charles Waswa, and Scovia Najabi among other residents say […]
Security officials in Greater Arua have come under the spot light for delaying transportation of pregnant mothers thus denying them timely access to Arua hospital, especially during curfew hours. According to a weekly report from last week, some mothers lost their babies due to delays at security checkpoints, while others were abandoned by Boda Bodas […]
Cardi B is expecting her second child with Offset. The rapper revealed her pregnancy at the 2021 BET Awards Sunday night (June 27) while onstage with Migos during their performance. The announcement, broadcast from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, is the second time Cardi has used live television to confirm she’s pregnant. When the couple’s first child, Kulture, […]
The Nakaseke Resident District Commissioner has banned the airing of death announcements on community radios because of a surge in COVID-19 cases. By Sunday, Nakaseke district had registered 430 COVID-19 cases and nine death since the country announce the second wave. At least 182 patients have recovered while another 239 still battling the virus in […]
Dr. Monica Musenero, the co-chair of the national COVID-19 Enforcement Team has directed Butebo Resident District Commissioner to beat residents defying the COVID-19 preventive guidelines issued by the president and Ministry of Health. ‘’Bwana RDC just Beat them if they are not listening I am speaking this as a co-chair of the national enforcement team […]
