Year: 2020

In the recent weeks, the talk of a possible COVID-19 cure, a herbal remedy consumed in the form of tea ...

Health Ministry facing shortage of COVID-19 testing kits, now borrowing from Makerere University Hospital

As we speak now, Uganda is among the top 10 countries in Africa that have tested more people for COVID-19, ...

Museveni orders Auditor General to audit MPs who acted as ‘Purchasing Officers’ with Shs20m, claims he never assented to the allocation

President Museveni has written to the Auditor General John Muwanga asking for an audit of the Shs20 million Parliament distributed ...

An LDU officer carries COVID-19 relief food during the first phase of distribution. COURTESY PHOTO.

Police recover seven out of 170 bags of relief food stolen by members of Rukungiri district taskforce

Uganda is a wonderful country where you can get all extremes of life. The rich are too rich and the ...

Man found drinking beer past curfew time survives prison, fined Shs500,000

Makindye grade one court has convicted a 34-year-old man for violating the 7a.m curfew that was announced by President Museveni ...

U-turn: Parliament to pay tribute to Museveni for his exemplary leadership in the fight against COVID-19

A week ago, furious Members of Parliament demanded an apology from President Museveni over his remarks against the institution which ...

Dorris Okudinia (in Pink dress) receiving her award.

Appreciated: Nurse who pushed a patient on a wheelchair to a hospital three kilometres away voted Nurse of Year

On April 11, 2020, a photo of a nurse pushing a patient on a wheelchair to the hospital went viral ...

Truck drivers to get COVID-19 results in 45 minutes after government launches GeneXpert machines at border points

For almost a month now, border points have posed the highest threat to Uganda’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic. A series ...

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization. COURTESY PHOTO.

Over 500,000 people could die of AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic – WHO warns

When coronavirus broke out late last year, several individuals and international bodies predicted the worst for Africa. In their predictions, ...

Big Eye warned against holding an online concert, “Since we can’t physically pelt you with bottles, we will just unfollow you”