The Ministry of Health(MOH) recently announced that the National house to house polio immunization campaign will start on Friday. The Ministry said the campaign will run for three days from January 14th to 16th 2022. All children under the age of 5 years will get vaccine. In August 2021, Uganda confirmed an outbreak of polio, 14 years after the WHO ...

More than 15 Yumbe town traders are counting losses following a fire outbreak that razed property worth millions of shillings. The fire that destroyed small grass-thatched restaurants and kiosks is said to have started at around 8:00pm on Monday night. Until now, the cause of the fire is still unclear although many suspect it could be a cooking stove in ...

The United States and five allies issued a united condemnation on Monday of North Korea’s January 5 ballistic missile launch. US Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield read a joint statement to the press flanked by the ambassadors of Albania, Britain, France, Ireland, and Japan. It is only Japan out of the six nations that is not a current UN Security Council ...

As schools reopen, many parents are working around the clock to meet countless needs and requirements by schools. President Museveni, during his New Year address, lifted the ban on schools and okayed their reopening on 10th January 2022. Since then, stern warnings have been passed on schools exaggerating school requirements and hiking school fees. It, however, appears there is another ...

News coming from Jinja apparently indicates that the hospital staff has gone on a sitdown strike. The reason behind the strike is apparently their unhappiness with the hospital director’s continued stay in office despite her retirement. Dr. Florence Tugumisirize, the hospital director already retired in December 2021. Consequently, the hospital staff expected her to vacate the hospital administration then but ...