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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 […]
Nationwide COVID-19 vaccination is scheduled to resume next week on June 28th, according to the Ministry of Health. During this round of vaccination, only people receiving their second jab will be vaccinated. To date that number stands at over 700,000 people. The programme manager of Uganda Nation Expanded Programme on Immunization, Dr. Alfred Driwale says […]
A Boda boda rider in Kikuube district who went missing two weeks ago has been found dead. Ambrose Tugumisirize was attached to Wairagaza Boda-Boda stage in Kyangwali Sub County in Kikuube district. Tugumisirize is said to have disappeared after an unknown person hired him from the stage on June 8th, 2021 to ride him on […]
Families of people who have died from the second wave of covid-19 or are infected could suffer mental problems. Mental health experts warn that patients, family members and also health workers are likely to suffer from anxiety and even mild depression. Dr Hillary Irimaso, a psychiatrist and also the general secretary of the Uganda Psychiatric […]
