Economy full reopening finds Musenero vaccine unfinished
The senior presidential advisor on epidemics and pandemics also minister for science and technology Dr. Monica Musenero can now take a sigh of relief after starting her 2022 peacefully with…
IGG Beti Kamya loses mother in Mulago hospital over inadequate drugs
Former lands Minister also current Inspectorate of Government Beti Kamya has lost her mother following weeks of grappling with old age ailments. SEE ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: Minister Nabakooba rejects Beti Kamya furniture…
Scientists urge Museveni to delay full reopening
As covid 19 cases keep spiking high since the recent past, experts from the Ministry of health have advised Gen Yoweri Museveni to delay the reopening of schools and the…
Airport health staff lay down tools over unpaid salary
There is drama and panic at Entebbe Airport as Health workers who do covid Screening at the facility have today laid down their tools due to delayed payments. SEE ALSO: Entebbe…
Medical interns arrested near state house as they marched to parliament
At least 30 medical professionals have been arrested near State House Nakasero as they peacefully marched to parliament to deliver their petition decrying the deplorable conditions under which they operate.…
Museveni orders army to replace striking medical interns
In wake of mitigating the medical crisis that has seen doctors and interns lay down their tools protesting low pay, Ugandan authoritarian leader Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has in a…
COVID: New deadly variant discovered in Africa
The UN health body has given the new variant a name and said it is a variant of concern. The World Health Organization (WHO) urged against hasty travel curbs while…
Dr. Atwine commends Museveni over ‘improved’ health sector
Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health, has outlined what she has termed as some of the achievements of President Museveni in the health sector. SEE…
Dr. Atwiine asks Museveni to impose another lockdown
The government of Uganda is considering a reinvigoration of the tough lockdown measures as a precautionary step to curtail the spread of the UK and India variant, this site has…
Private laboratories blocked from COVID-19 testing
Private laboratories has been blocked from carrying out Coronavirus testing, The Health Ministry announced. This emerge after some people claimed to have received two different results slips, one indicating positive…
Minister Aceng admits issuing false covid results to 679 Ugandans
The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has admitted issuing false covid results to covid patients. Aceng further relayed her apologies to 679 people who received false covid results…
NRM Gov’t criticized, mocked for introducing COVID-19 testing fees
The Health Ministry on Sunday, August 30, announced that the government is going to start charging people and organisations to be tested for COVID-19 effective September 1, 2020. The Ministry…
Museveni Gov’t to charge COVID-19 patients
Unlike the rest of the world, the government of the Republic of Uganda has announced that it is to levy charges worth UGX 240,500 on every COVID-19 patient who would…
Gov’t introduces UGX 240,500 for COVID-19 testing
The money will be paid in Stanbic Bank, Uganda under the account name, MOH Covid-19 Testing Funds and the account number is 9030017657983. The targeted groups are truck drivers coming…
Gov’t speaks out on distribution of poor quality masks
The Minister of ICT and National Guidance Judith Nabakooba in a Sunday statement noted that some companies which won contracts to supply COVID-19 face masks were distributing substandard products. “The…
Museveni summons National covid taskforce as lockdown looms
President Yoweri Museveni has sanctioned an immediate national taskforce to convene at State house Nakasero. The force includes members of the Kampala Capital City Authority, Health Ministry officials, and members…
AIGP Asan Kasingye tests positive for COVID-19
Uganda Police Force’s chief political commissar, AIGP Asan Kasingye has tested positive for Covid-19 as the country’s cases soar to 2,263. “BAD NEW!! I’AM #COVID19 POSITIVE,” the 55-year-old Assistant Inspector General…
COVID-19: Two Arcades sealed off
Atleast two kampala arcades have been closed after two people test positive for coronavirus. These arcades are; Namaganda plaza and Galilaya. Betty Amongi, The Minister for Kampala Capital City confirmed…
Three dead after drinking excessive alcohol
Atleast three people have died as a result of taking excessive alcohol in different parts of Rukungiri district, in a space of one week. Last week on Monday, Julius Twesigye,…
Aceng warns health workers against selling COVID-19 results
As more scandals continue to unfold in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has come out to sternly caution all health officials who are allegedly involved in the…
Mixed reactions as Uganda registers Third COVID-19 death
Uganda has registered another COVID-19 death bringing the total number of deaths to three. According to the Health Ministry, The deceased is a 67 year old man from Nigeria but…
Health Ministry speaks out on video recorded by COVID-19 patient at Masaka Hospital
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has responded to a video recorded by the COVID-19 patient who is undergoing treatment at Masaka Regional Hospital. In a video which has since gone…
Vaccination for COVID-19 Trial Starts off in Africa.
Vaccination has started in Africa in a bid to test the new vaccine developed at the University of Oxford in Britain. The vaccination started off in South Africa as volunteers…
COVID 19: Dr. Aceng receives $1m from Danish Mission
The Government of Denmark through its Mission to Kampala has extended additional financial support of $1,000,000 to the government of Uganda to aid its fight against COVID-19. The whooping disbursement…
Gov’t to adopt new innovations for boda bodas
The Minister of Works and Transport, General Katumba Wamala says the Government is set to adopt new innovation for boda bodas riders before they are allowed to carry passengers. He…
Buchaman Transferred To Nakasero Hospital After His Condition Worsens
The health condition of Presidential advisor on ghetto affairs Mark Bugembe aka Buchaman has worsened and he has been transferred to Nakasero hospital for better treatment. “We decided to send…
Museveni Advisor Buchaman taken to Hospital after being beaten by police
President Museveni Advisor on Ghetto Affairs Mark Bugembe aka Buchaman is reportedly nursing wounds at Malcolm clinic in Kibuye after being beaten by the security operatives. Buchaman was arrested for…
COVID-19: Museveni Blames Health Officials For Fake Positive Tests
Addressing the nation on Uganda’s coronavirus statistics, President Museveni said that among the 679 cases of Coronavirus in Uganda, There are some who were given fake positive results “due to…
Minister Aceng appeals to Museveni for another lockdown
The Minister for health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has warned that with the impending complacency manifested by the Ugandan plight in urban centres, another resurgence of the virus is predictable.…
Panic as Uganda prisons inmate tests positive for COVID-19
Uganda prisons services has recorded its first COVID-19 case. This is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in an inmate, although there are other inmates still awaiting to be tested.…