33 More Factories Earmarked to Manufacture Face Masks
Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng and PM Ruhakana Rugunda Kampala - Thirty-Three (33) Ugandan factories have been Identified by...
Month: May 2020
Contentious! Buvuma District registers First COVID-19 case
Buvuma - District Health Officer (DHO), Dr. Baker Kanyike has reported one confirmed COVID-19 case. In a telephone interview with...
Uganda Medical Associations officials rush to Lira as Two Health Workers Test COVID-19 Positive
Experts have dashed to Lira Referral Hospital after 2 of their colleagues tested positive of COVID-19 LIRA - Uganda Medical...
BREAKING: COVID-19 ‘moves goal-posts’ as Seven frontline Health Workers test Positive on Sunday
A health worker takes a sample for testing (FILE PHOTO) Entebbe - Seven frontline healthcare workers have been isolated after...
KK Coach Terminates Workers’ contracts as COVID-19 takes toll on Transport Sector
Kampala - Management of KK-COACHES limited has terminated contracts of some staff without benefits. The traumatizing termination letter dated 28th...
AIGP Asuman Mugenyi retires after 32 years service in Uganda Police
AIGP Asuman Mugenyi Kampala - Uganda Police's Director of Operations, AIGP Asuman Mugenyi has retired from the force, After over...
Boda-Boda cyclists decry hunger, torture by security authorities amid COVID-19 pandemic
Bodaboda riders at the RDC office in Sheema SHEEMA - There was chaos in Kabwohe town as Boda-boda riders in...
Sheema Development Association donates theatre operating table to Kabwohe Health Centre
The operating table that was delivered to Kabwohe health 4 by SDA members Sheema - There was a reason to...
Security authorities decry rise of Mob justice in Kigezi
Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson Elly Maate Kisoro - Police in the kigezi sub-region is concerned with the increase of mob...
INTERVIEW: Housing Finance Bank is driving convenience through digitisation
Mr Wycliffe Natweeta, the Head Distribution Channels and Customer Experience KAMPALA – The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged businesses to fast...
Uganda records highest infections in 24 hours with 84 testing positive as COVID-19 cases rise to 413
Uganda's Health Minister, Dr Ruth Aceng Kampala - Uganda has registered the highest cases in 24 hours with 84 infections...
US insists on ‘cutting ties’ with W.H.O
WASHINGTON DC — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would be “terminating” its relationship with the World...
Maracha District Budget-sitting turns politically Explosive
Maracha East MP. Acidri James showing receipt of Ugx. 20M he returned to Parliamentary commission account through Centenary bank Maracha...
URA confirms exit of Senior officials as Board cracks whip at Tax body
Kampala - Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has, on Saturday, May 30 confirmed the changes at the Nakawa Towers citing a...
MTN Uganda Donates Sanitary Pads to women under Quarantine in COVID-19 Isolation Centers
The Ministry of Health Permanent secretary Dr Diana Atwiine (L) receives the sanitary pads from MTN's Senior Manager, Corporate communication...
Ray of Hope as Ruparelia Foundation Donates UGX10M to feed Chimpanzees at Ngamba Island in wake of COVID-19
Kampala - Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia through the Ruparelia Foundation, has contributed up to UGX 10 million towards the feeding of...
Uganda’s COVID-19 infections rise to 329 with 7 contacts, 5 drivers testing positive on Friday
A truckdriver buys a snack from a highway vendor. (FILE PHOTO) Kampala - Uganda's Ministry of Health has, on Friday,...
BREAKING: URA Domestic Taxes Boss Kateshumbwa bows out
Kampala - The Commissioner of Domestic Tax at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Dickson Kateshumbwa has resigned. Commissioner Kateshumbwa’s exit comes...
CRIME: Man attempts suicide after stabbing Lover to Death for refusal to abort child
Man attempted to take own life after stabbing Lover in Fort Portal. Kabarole - Police in Fort Portal municipality, are...
INSIDE STORY: OPM Relief Donation Sparks Political Brawl in Maracha
Hon. Ayaka Rose Atima witnessing offloading of OPM donated Relief items at Kijomoro sub-county headquarters in Maracha district. Maracha -...