Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) is seeking 93.5 Billion shillings to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the sub sector and also repair and maintain its assets. URC led by their Managing Director Charles Kateeba were on Tuesday appearing before Parliament’s National Economy Committee that …
Read More »Section of public shuns peaceful protests
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of the public on Tuesday disregarded calls by the opposition to engage in peaceful protests. On Monday, former FDC president Dr Kizza Besigye and Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu announced a new alliance against President Yoweri Museveni. They called upon …
Read More »Cipla records Shs36bn loss
The company remains strong to deliver good performance going forward, officials say Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Kampala-based drug manufacturer, Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Ltd, has recorded a Shs36bn loss for the financial year 2019/20 compared to a profit of Shs7bn recorded in the previous year. Company officials …
Read More »German virus hunters track down corona outbreaks
Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP | A team of medical students pressed into service by Cologne’s public health office are scrambling to cut off potential new chains of coronavirus infections by endlessly repeating the same questions. “What are your symptoms? Who have you met in the last few days?” they …
Read More »60 People cleared for canonical possession ceremony of Mbarara archbishop
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 60 people will be allowed to attend the installation ceremony of His Grace Lambert Bainomugisha, the Archbishop Elect of Mbarara Archdiocese. The ceremony has been scheduled for June 2020, in the Cathedral Nyamitanga, the seat of the Archdiocese. Rev. Fr. Charles Lwanga Mutabaruka, the …
Read More »A world redrawn: Nobel winner Deaton warns virus could worsen inequality
London, United Kingdom | AFP | The coronavirus outbreak has exposed existing inequalities but without reform, argues Nobel prize-winning economist Angus Deaton, it also risks making them much worse. In an interview with AFP, the Scottish-born Princeton professor called for changes to the US healthcare system and the power of the …
Read More »OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUSEVENI: Decision not to reopen schools may do more harm than good
Advocates of a dead year for schools are similar to the advocates of a continuous lockdown of the economy to defeat COVID-19 OPEN LETTER | Ass. Prof Mesharch Katusiimeh Rwebiita | Your Excellency, as government is mulling over the fate of education institutions in this COVID-19 new normal, a group is …
Read More »Police impounds 350 vehicles during curfew in Luweero
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luweero district on Monday night impounded more than 300 cars for allegedly defying curfew time. The government maintained a night-time curfew starting 7 p.m to 6:30a.m to combat the spread of covid-19. Traffic Policemen commanded by Luweero District Police Commander Abraham Tukundane mounted …
Read More »A world redrawn: Worry about climate not COVID, says James ‘Gaia’ Lovelock
Paris, France | AFP | James Lovelock — founder of the Gaia theory and, arguably, the field of Earth system science — thinks the world has lost perspective in responding to the new coronavirus, and should focus on a far more formidable foe: global warming. “My impression is that we have …
Read More »Switzerland grapples with its own ‘George Floyd’ case
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | George Floyd’s shocking death in police custody in the US has sparked belated soul-searching in Switzerland over the death of a Nigerian man two years ago in Lausanne in seemingly similar circumstances. The images of Floyd’s last agonising moments have circled the globe, sparking massive protests …
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