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The government has warned politicians against distributing food physically. Apparently, this is putting people at the risk of getting Coronavirus due to collecting in one place. Minister of Information and National Guidance, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, sent this caution to the government. “We have learnt that some politicians both from the ruling party and the opposition have bought food and some ...

Opposition politician and MP for Bugiri, Asuman Basalirwa has come out to show his disappointment in the way the government handled the COVID-19 situation. He said the government deliberately excluded parliament in the second lockdown measures. A few weeks ago, the President after meeting with the national COVID-19 task force and the Ministry of Health, declared a 42-day lockdown. The ...

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. ...