Tag Archives: COVID-19

Speech delivered amid soaring COVID-19 cases and insecurity fears after Gen. Katumba shooting Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The preparation for the State of the Nation Address started off on a wrong note the previous day- mass vaccination against covid19 at Kololo Independence Grounds was halted to prepare for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have said they want President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to assure Ugandans on the security in the country following the attack on General Katumba Wamala. On Tuesday, suspected assailants attacked former Works Minister Gen. Katumba Wamala at Kisota road in Kisaasi, killing his …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto Regional Referral Hospital is facing a shortage of oxygen for critically ill Covid-19 patients. Moroto Regional Referral Hospital has an oxygen plant but its current production rate is much lower than its capacity of 15 cylinders per day. According to the hospital director, Dr …

Weakened by huge inequalities in vaccine access and major economic divergences the institutions that have underpinned international solidarity for decades are now reaching their limits COMMENT | EMMANUEL MACRON, PAUL KAGAME, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA AND MACKY SALL | The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that we can no longer treat seemingly …

The Draw the Line Against Malaria campaign builds on the pan-African Zero Malaria Starts with Me movement COMMENT | DR ABDOURAHMANE DIALLO | In recent decades, the world has made remarkable progress in the fight against malaria. Over 20 years of investment, commitment, and action have saved over 7.6 million …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Catholic Bishops under Uganda Episcopal Conference have postponed their annual plenary due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has entered the second phase leading to a surge in infections in the country. The Uganda Episcopal Conference is the Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy in Uganda that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 20 female inmates in Nakasongola prisons have tested positive for COVID-19. The samples of the inmates were picked from Nakasongola health center IV over the weekend and sent to Uganda Virus Research Institute for COVID-19 testing when they presented with breathing difficulties and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni have today taken the their second COVID-19 vaccination jabs completing the recommended dose by the health experts. In a statement released by the Presidential Press Unit, Museveni was vaccinated today at State Lodge Nakasero …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed his bitterness against corrupt practices which he says taint the country’s image. This was carried in his Martyrs day speech delivered by John Mitala, the Head of Public Service at the Anglican Shrine in Nakiyanja, Namugongo. “I wish on …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district has secured 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Kagadi district. Last week, Hoima district ran out of the COVID-19 vaccines prompting health officials in the district to seek help from Kagadi district that had not fully utilized their doses. In March, Hoima district …