KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda’s Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO) have dispatched an emergency response team to contain the increase of mpox cases in the central district of Nakasongola, an official said on Friday. Byamukama Agaba, health officer of Nakasongola District, said in a situation report …
Read More »Mpox: Nakasongola Prisons suspends visitations as district cases rise to 21
Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services has suspended visitations at Nakasongola Prisons after registering a positive Mpox case. According to the Nakasongola District Situational Report dated October 7, 2024, at least 21 people have been confirmed with the Mpox virus in the district. The cases include a prison …
Read More »Mpox: Nakasongola opens 2 isolation centers after reporting most cases
Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakasongola District Task Force on Mpox disease has resolved to open two isolation centres to admit patients as the virus surges. At least nine people have been diagnosed with Mpox virus in Nakasongola and the district carries the largest burden in the country. The …
Read More »MPOX: Nakasongola, Kampala, and Wakiso affected most
Nakasongola has carried over 40% of Mpox burden Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA – URN | The number of confirmed Mpox cases in Uganda is now 41, doubling from 22 just two weeks ago. The Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed on Wednesday that the majority of these cases have been recorded …
Read More »Suspect Mpox patient in Nakasongola taken to isolation unit
Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected Mpox patient in Nakasongola District has been put in an isolation facility. The female patient aged 43 years was detected from a private clinic in Lwampanga town council where she had gone to seek treatment. Dr. Agaba Byamukama, the Nakasongola District Health …
Read More »UPDF commissions 298 Counter-Terrorism Commandos
Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of 298 Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers have completed counter-terrorism training at Nakasongola School of Defense and Intelligence. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who presided over the pass out of the 298 plus 58 Special tactics warriors at the School of Defence, Intelligence …
Read More »Nakasongola district council kicks security commitee out of tender awards
Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakasongola District Council has passed a resolution banning the Security Committee from recommending applicants for the award of tenders to collect dues from the cattle markets. The District Security Committee recently resolved to screen applicants before they are selected by the Procurement Officer for …
Read More »Makerere loses Nakasongola land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has canceled the land offer to Makerere University in Nakasongola district after protests from the occupants. In 1989, President Yoweri Museveni instructed the Ministry of Lands and Surveys to allocate 10 square miles of land to enable them to set income-generating …
Read More »Nakasongola leaders decide to ignore Minister Mayanja’s directives on land
Nakasongola , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Local leaders in Nakasongola have rejected the directives of the State Minister for Lands on settling people on the Kyarubanga forest reserve. In December 2019 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered degazettement of Kyarubanga Forest reserve in Nakasongola district to settle landless households. …
Read More »Four dead after Toyota Hiace crashes into stationary truck in Nakasongola
Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people were killed in an accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway in Nakasongola District on Monday evening. The accident occurred in Kyankonwa village in Katuugo town council when a Toyota Hiace registration number UAM 930P collided with a stationary truck registration number UBB 736C. …
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