Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the greatest dangers that the world faces during the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic is complacency, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The UN agency says while countries were quick to put in place strict preventive measures to forestall the spread of the …

  COMMENT | Simon Peter Longoli | The year 2020 has already presented us with a stream of disasters, especially in the northeastern part of Uganda. Notable among these have been the credible risk of resurgence of livestock theft and rustling, the locust crisis and the biggest of them all …

Brussels, Belgium | AFP |  EU leaders are set to haggle on Thursday over a giant package to help their economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic, but bitter divisions mean little progress is expected. The situation facing the EU is dire: more than 110,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and an economy set …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge  |  Expenditure for the new budget should mainly focus on key sectors that must support revamping of the economy, according to civil society organisations under their umbrella group, Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG).  In a joint statement dated April 20, the group …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament’s Budget Committee has recommended that the government reviews and revises the National Budget for the coming financial year 2020/2021 in the wake of COVID-19. This is one of the committee’s recommendations in its report to Parliament in which it approved the appropriation of Shillings 45.493 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Sweeping preventative measures seem to be curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the Great Lakes region of Africa, but the economic impact of the global pandemic threatens hard-won gains made along the long road back to peace and stability, a UN regional representative has stated.   …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two more truck drivers have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 63. One of the truck drivers, a 43-year-old is a contact of the first Tanzanian driver who tested positive last week. He entered the country on March …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients being treated for coronavirus –COVID-19 in Uganda are set to be shifted from having common anti-malarial drug chloroquine among their treatment plan to hydroxychloroquine. This decision according to Prof. Pauline Byakika, a member of the COVID-19 National Case Management Committee is being reached …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Masaka business community have set conditions for the distribution of food relief to the COVID-19 response campaign. Unlike in other parts of the country where the food distribution is conducted by the taskforce and security operatives, the Masaka business community has …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti district authorities are unable to help more than 100 children who have remained on the streets in Soroti town during the current lockdown. The children, who have been deriving their livelihood from petty jobs and handouts from sympathizers, now roam the empty streets …