NEWS

  May 19th, 2020 ✳ 77,456 Overall tests done ✳ 264 Total Confirmed cases ✳ 80 admitted ✳ 65 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has shared details of the treatment Uganda is using to manage COVID-19 patients. Uganda has not registered any …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Erick Sakwa, the Resident District Commissioner of Jinja has secured an interim order to return to the office until an application challenging his interdiction is disposed off. Sakwa was interdicted on May 4, 2020, but declined to vacate office on account that the interdiction …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has directed the Minister of Education to urgently present guidelines to be followed by parents with learners in candidate classes. While addressing the nation on Tuesday in regard to the easing of the lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of coronavirus disease in the …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono district Covid-19 task force has failed to distribute relief food due to lack of fuel and personal protective equipment. Mukono was added to Kampala and Wakiso among the districts receiving food from the Office of the Prime Minister. The food is meant for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 43 men who were jailed for violating presidential directives on preventing the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been cautioned and released by the court. The victims were arrested from different parts of Wakiso district and charged with doing an act that is most …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several residents living on three major landing sites in Jinja district have been displaced due to the increasing water levels of Lake Victoria. The most affected landing sites are Wanyange lake, Rippon falls and Wairaka where an estimated 650 people have been displaced in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has donated Iftar food hampers to various Muslim groups including parliamentary staff, police officers, journalists and clerics among others. The hampers comprise five kilogrammes of rice and maize flour respectively, three litres of cooking oil, two packets of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts are set to start evaluating whether Ugandans have a level of protection against getting infected with coronavirus disease– COVID-19. Prof. Dennis Byarugaba, who heads the National Flu Surveillance Group and has been studying flu-causing viruses for over 20 years said they are embarking …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State attorneys have accused police commanders of extorting money from suspects arrested on allegations of violating the COVID-19 measures. Some of the state attorneys who spoke to Uganda Radio Network –URN but preferred anonymity say police commanders connive with investigators to extort money …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is restricting the buying and selling of surgical and N95 masks on the open market. As the country gears towards a mass wearing of face masks, the N95 brand will be reserved for health workers and persons in highly contagious settings. The …