Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 40 member taskforce that will oversee the country’s COVID-19 interventions has been unveiled. The taskforce which has been established at the national and regional level was unveiled on Tuesday by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among in a press conference at Parliament. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Express FC are the champions of this year’s Star Times Uganda Premier League season. The Federation of Uganda Football Association declared the Eagles champions of the 2020/2021 Star Times Uganda Premier League season following their executive committee meeting held on Tuesday afternoon. The decision to …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The United States should face up to its serious systemic racism and shoulder the responsibility of promoting genuine equality among all races and ethnicities, experts said. The online side event of the ongoing 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council was held on Monday …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Gulu city are on spot for stigmatizing COVID-19 patients undergoing home-based care treatment. The latest report from Gulu District Health Office indicates that a total of 419 COVID-19 patients are undergoing home-based care, while 37 and 14 are in severer condition at St. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has released a list of the groups of people who will benefit from the Covid-19 relief cash. While announcing the second lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19, President Yoweri Museveni said that his government was going to support vulnerable people whose income …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in North Kyoga region have collected 2,780,000 million Shillings from motorists defying COVID-19 standard operating procedures in Lango sub region in one week. The money has been collected through fines from boda- boda riders and drivers caught operating beyond curfew hours as well as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |  COVIDEX, a local herbal medicine, has finally been approved by Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) as a supporting treatment for viral infections including Covid-19. The development comes a week after attempts were made to halt the distribution of the medicine that Ugandans were …

Mastercard Foundation’s $1.3bn plan The Mastercard Foundation announced in June that it would deploy $1.3 billion for a three-year partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) “to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic recovery of the …

Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 36-month arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Uganda in an amount equivalent to US$1 billion to support the post-COVID-19 recovery and the authorities’ plan to increase households’ incomes and inclusive growth by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have been advised to work from their constituencies during the two weeks of parliament lockdown. This comes after concerns raised by Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament-LOP indicating that the closure has left MPs stranded. Parliament last week announced that …