One of the biggest brewing companies in Uganda, Nile Breweries, has further intensified the fight against Covid-19 in Uganda. The company donated 300 oxygen cylinders to major hospitals across 17 districts to benefit those in critical conditions. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja received the donation that came in at a value of Shs 333 million ($92,000). The cylinders will be distributed ...

The police have obtained credible information about the Boda Boda cyclists that hit Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu unconscious. The thugs hit her over the weekend with an intention of making a getaway with her bag at Greenhill Academy on Mbogo Road. Ms. Kamasanyu had apparently gone to the school to pick her child’s Primary Leaving Examination slip on Saturday when ...

Joseph Ssemujju emerged BUL Football Club’s top scorer in the recently concluded 2020-2021 season. The forward-cum-winger managed to put 14 balls at the back of the net. These were both in the StarTimes UPL and in the Stanbic Uganda Cup. The 11 goals came in the league and 4 assists in the 13 matches played including a hat-trick against rivals ...

MPs on the parliamentary Covid-19 taskforce have faulted the Ministry of Health for hiring private labs to test passengers arriving at Entebbe Airport. On Saturday, MPs visited the airport and met officials from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). In May, health officials set up a Covid-19 testing centre at Peniel Beach hotel located about a kilometre away from the airport. ...

An ambulance belonging to Lira Regional Referral Hospital sent to evacuate a Covid-19 patient in Amolatar district got involved in an accident on its way back with the patient, and three other occupants. The ambulance, registration number UG 6836M overturned at Cwagere swamp in Cwagere Village, on the Amolatar Dokolo road. The accident occurred on Friday evening at around 5 ...