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Uganda hotels are nursing serious loses due to panic over corona virus disease.  Uganda registered her first corona virus case on Saturday however Hotel occupancy in major 5-star hotels in Kampala has reduced from 95% to 5% according to Uganda hotel owner’s association executive Director Jeane Byamugisha. Byamugisha says this has forced owners to cut salary of workers and forced ...

Civil society activist, Hajjati Nambi Faridah has declared her intention to stand for woman member of parliament for Kampala under in the forth coming 2021 general elections. Nambi an advocate for women’s rights is meeting opposition politicians around Kampala namely Bobwine, Nobert Mao, President Yoweri Museveni and Besigyeas sign of unity to deliver service and support for her political ambitions. ...

In a bid to fight the spread of coronavirus, the Uganda Spirits Manufacturers have agreed to Convert ethanol worth 7.3 million liters into hand sanitizers. Ms Evelyn Anite, the state minister for investment made the pronouncement. Ms Anite reached the agreement in a meeting with Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) and Spirits Manufacturers in Kampala. Since manufacturers are changing their business ...

Police have recently raided Kabojja Junior School and arrested teachers over allegedly teaching students. This is reported as a violation of the presidential directive to close all learning institutions for 32 days. The DPC of Kira Road Police Station, Michael Kasigire says police also raided Daffodils Primary school. They arrested teachers who were conducting illegal lessons which put the student’s ...

Several passengers are said to be stranded at Katuna border after they were blocked from crossing into Rwanda or Uganda. This follows the directives from both authorities to suspend all movements as a way of preventing the spread of the novel COVID 19. Yesterday evening, president Museveni ordered the closure of all Uganda borders for both exits and entries. One ...