Tag Archives: Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Food Programme has cut the amount of food rations given to refugees in Uganda by 30%. Uganda currently hosts over 1.4 million refugees from South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi among other countries. Titus Jogo, Adjumani refugee desk officer, says …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda could emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as the most resilient compared to the other countries in the region, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. In the latest report of the global outlook for 2020, the IMF says Uganda’s growth will be 3.5% …

COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | Imagine an election held during the ‘lockdown’ times of Covid-19.  To begin with, people would have to practice social distancing. Candidates’ nominations would not be as flamboyant as they always are – with many people accompanying the candidate to the nomination center.  The traditional campaign rallies would …

  Uganda, as a result of previous experiences in combating epidemics like Ebola and HIV, has gained a global reputation as a leader in public health COMMENT | Dr Bruce Tumwine Rwabasonga | By now, everyone across the world has been impacted in one way or another by COVID-19. As expected, a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda today extended a nation-wide lock-down to control COVID-19 by 21 days, to May 5th. It means the 34 measures outlined since March 18 to control the spread of the pandemic will continue to be implemented. President Yoweri Museveni sounded buoyant as he repeated …

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 – …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ” I am the bread earner. I am everything in my family. I am dead.”  Those were the first words Patient Zero said after Ministry of Health officials told him that tests had confirmed he was positive for COVID-19. The Director of Entebbe Hospital …

DR HENRY MWEBESA: The patients we discharged were on hydroxychloroquine and erythromycin. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Miniser Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has today discharged three patients who were positive for COVID-19. The three, handed certificates indicating good health, were one of 53 of Uganda’s confirmed cases of corona-virus …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Edward Ddumba, the Medical Director of St Francis Nsambya Hospital has died. Cause of death which occurred early Saturday, has not yet been revealed. In 2018, he was diagnosed with Hepatocellular Carcinoma which is cancer that affects the liver and was successfully operated …