Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Aviation Police officers have today arrested 23 travelers who turned up at Entebbe International Airport with forged PCR COVID-19 test certificates. The suspects include 13 men and 10 women who have been detained at Aviation Police station at Entebbe International Airport. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala …

Why our country continues to take more and more loans and what this means for the economy THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Uganda is at a crossroads. Early this year, government passed a budget of Shs32 trillion for the 2020/2021 Financial Year. It also projected to collect …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua regional referral hospital has registered two more cases of coronavirus related deaths, both male adults. The two deaths bring to four the number of deaths registered so far due to Covid-19 in Arua district. The acting district health officer Arua Paul Bishop Drileba confirmed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has recorded a worrying increase in domestic violence cases since the Covid-19 lockdown started in Lango sub-region. The North Kyoga regional police headquarters has reported that in the first quarter of the year before the lockdown, the reported cases of domestic violence in the …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has remitted UGX 70 million to Amuru district local government to fund the implementation of guidelines and standard operating procedures in its schools. Classes for candidates started on the 15th October this week following a phased reopening of schools announced by President Yoweri Kaguta …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More Ugandans could drift into poverty unless government comes up with measures to cushion those that have been rendered jobless as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. As the world marks observesthe International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, there are fears that poverty level …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More Ugandans could drift into poverty unless government comes up with measures to cushion those that have been rendered jobless as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. As the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, there are fears that poverty levels in …

ISTANBUL, Turkey | XINHUA |    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday pledged to enhance cooperation in a wide range of areas amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Ukraine and Turkey are ready to develop their strategic partnership in every field in which they have mutual …

Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA |     European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen started to self-isolate on Thursday after a workmate tested positive for COVID-19, she said on twitter. “I have just been informed that a member of my front office has tested positive to COVID-19 this morning,” she tweeted on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The High Court Civil Division in Kampala has confirmed Habib Buwembo as the duly elected flag bearer of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party in Rubaga South. The confirmation was made by the head of the High Court Civil Division Justice Michael Elubu following …