Tag: COVID-19

Local football governing body Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) is set to receive a financial boost of $200,000 (about ...

Private school owners defy ministry directive to pay teachers’ salaries during lockdown and here is why

by Matooke Republic

Private school owners in the country have rejected a government directive requiring them to pay their teachers' salaries during the ...

Bebe Cool’s Amber Heart Foundation rolls out two TB screening tables at health centres to boost the fight against the disease

In these COVID-19 times, it is easy to forget that there are other diseases that are killing people like malaria, ...

36 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Uganda taking the total to 317

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health confirmed 36 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases from 2,230 tests. All the 36 confirmed cases are ...

Taxis in the Old Taxi Park before renovations. PHOTO COURTESY OF KCCA.

All taxis to get temporary route and parking chart – Kampala Minister Betty Amongi

by William Kasoba

Speaking during his last nation address, President Yoweri Museveni announced that Public transport shall start operations on June 4 2020. Ministry ...

A Umeme field technician attends to a customer. The power distributor has maintained its technical teams who attend to faults in Kampala, Entebbe and Mukono areas, as well as entire upcountry faults teams, which are fully operational. The specialized teams that attend to big breakdowns and vital installations such as factories, healthcare facilities, security installations, and other vital facilities have also remained on standby.

This is what Umeme is doing to keep Uganda, especially our healthcare and manufacturing facilities switched on and running

by Matooke Republic

In the last few days, there has been some substantial easing, by government, of some of the lockdown measures that ...

If none of your followers has called in this COVID-19 situation to offer you Shs4m, just know your flock is full of poor people – Pastor Mondo Mugisha to pastors

by William Kasoba

As social media is still abuzz with a trending video of Pastor Franklin Mondo Mugisha of Empowerment Christian Centre Church ...

COVID-19 cases in Uganda rise to 281 as Health Ministry confirms 28 new infections

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health confirmed 28 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases from 2,004 tests. All the 28 confirmed cases are ...

Artists uncertain of their industry’s fate post-COVID-19, ask Gov’t for a ‘Creative Industries Fund’