OBITUARY | Barbara Allimadi: Who’s Sister Should We Send On the Frontline to Die for Democracy in Uganda?
Late Barbara Allimadi By DORIS ALLIMADI | My last communication with my sister Barbara Allimadi begun like this, "Good morning,...
Month: April 2020
President Kenyatta appoints Gen. Kibochi new Chief of Defence Forces as Mwathethe bows out
Nairobi - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has, on Thursday, April 30, appointed Robert Kibochi as the Chief of Defence Forces...
Minister Nabakooba Returns COVID-19 Cash; Asks Mityana to use it for repair of grounded Ambulance Vehicles
Kampala - Mityana District Woman MP Judith Nabakooba, has heeded to President Yoweri Museveni’s call to return the controversial COVID...
Kabale District taskforce bans truck-stops, calls for vigilance in COVID-19 wake
Kabale - District taskforce for COVID-19 has banned stopovers of all cargo truck drivers in the district as one way...
No clear Legal framework! Hon. Anite snubs handing Anti-COVID-19 money to district taskforce, refunds UGX20M
Kampala - In line with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's directive to Law Makers on the UGX. 20M, Koboko Municipality MP....
Foul play! West Nile legislators label NAGRC ED Dr. Lagu arrest a ‘witch-hunt’
Kampala - West Nile Parliamentary caucus on Wednesday, April 29 appealed to president Museveni and Parliament to intervene into the...
Catholic church cancels Martyrs Day celebrations amid COVID-19 pandemic fears
Kampala - As Uganda holds its fort in the fight against the deadly novel coronavirus, Uganda Episcopal Conference has announced...
Two remanded over goats, cattle theft in Nakaseke
Luwero - Luwero Magistrate's Court has remanded two suspected in a theft that fleeced a farm of 64 goats and...
MTN Uganda gives Muslim Community a boost ahead of Ramadhan, distribute food item of over UGX100M
Kampala - Telecom giant, MTN Uganda has, on Wednesday, April 29, kicked-off distributing food and alms to the Muslim community...
Trump’s Top aide Kushner calls US COVID-19 response a ‘success story’ as cases hit 1 million
AGENCIES | Washington (CNN) - US President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, praised the administration's response to...
COVID-19: Germany dashes tourism sector’s hopes on lockdown
AGENCIES | BBC News - Germany has taken cautious steps to ease its coronavirus lockdown, allowing small shops to reopen...
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One woman tests positive with South Sudan’s COVID-19 count rising to 35
Juba - Africa's youngest nation, South Sudan, on Wednesday April 29, confirmed one case of the novel coronavirus This was...
Uganda records 2 new cases, COVID-19 count rises to 81
Kampala - The Ministry of Health has, on Wednesday, April 29, recorded two new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing...
COVID-19: Europe grapples with lifting limits on travel
AGENCIES | BBC World - Half a million masks were being handed out on Wednesday in stations around Paris, with...
Housing Finance Bank registers UGX22.5Bn profit with customer deposits growing over 24 percent
KAMPALA – Housing Finance Bank has posted a profit to the tune of UGX22.5Bn profit for the financial year 2019,...
Airtel Uganda boosts COVID-19 fight, donates UGX1.25B
Kampala – Airtel Uganda has on Wednesday, April 29 contributed UGX1. 25b to the ministry of health in effects to...
We are starving! PWDs cry-out to District taskforce for ignoring them as hunger bites
Kabale - People with Disabilities (PWDs) living at Kikungiri handicapped Center in Kabale Municipality are struggling to survive due to...
Uganda set to export 20,000 Metric tonnes of Sugar to Tanzania as Museveni sanctions Sugar Act 2020
Kampala - As Uganda makes its final deliberations in trading off its surplus sugar to Tanzania, the first consignment of...