Tag Archives: COVID-19

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), Umeme and Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) have apologized for a power blackout that delayed President Yoweri Musevehi’s speech on COVID-19 today. “We regret the national power blackout occasioned by a huge floating water weed island …

Moscow, Russia | AFP |  When President Vladimir Putin announced a paid holiday for the month of April to keep Russians home and prevent the coronavirus from spreading, many small business owners braced themselves. How would they keep to the president’s promise of paying employees while they were shut down? The …

Uganda COVID-19 history 🔹 April 14 – ……. – TOTAL 54 🔸 April 13 – 0 new cases – TOTAL 54 ↘ April 13 – 3 Discharged 🔹 April 12 – 1 new case – TOTAL 54 ↘ April 11 – 4 Discharged 🔸 April 9-11 – 0 new – …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday  discharged three patients who have recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) from Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. Uganda has had 54 confirmed cases of which 18 are said to have recovered. Most patients are receiving treatment at Entebbe and Mulago …

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has carried out a major reshuffle of his State Affairs Commission, official media reported Monday, replacing more than a third of its members. Kim has established an iron grip on the levers of authority in his nuclear-armed country since …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has issued operating procedures to all children homes. According to the Ministry, there are over 6,000 children in the different children’s homes and rehabilitation centres across the country. State Minister for Youths and Children Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A pay roll officer at Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is in trouble for spreading false information indicating that Uganda had registered its first coronavirus death. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga says Adam Obec circulated information on social media claiming that Uganda had recorded its first COVID-19 …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono district task force has suspended plans to setup the COVID-19 isolation center citing lack of resources. Although the Task force had identified Limkokwing university study center, the former Namataba vocational Institute to host the isolation facility, it lacks basic utilities like electricity and water. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A masked child with tears rolling down her cheeks and a world stud in chains, embody some of the artworks that visual artistist Rashid Abdhufatah is using to raise awareness on COVID-19, in Kampala. Abdhulfatah’s murals which stand out on building walls in parts of …

NEW PACKAGE: ABSA Uganda customers to be offered payment holidays of up to 6 months to help mitigate effects of COVID-19 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda and the rest of the world confront the public health, financial and economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, Absa Bank Uganda …