Uganda news

After total assurance by Prime Minister over government capacity to account for covid-19 donations by Prime Minister Rose, Kampala City tycoon Hamis Kiggundu has finally handed  over shs530 million to the government to procure covid-19 Vaccines. Kiggundu in parting message asked corporate companies to emulate him on extending support to  government to drive off covid 19 pandemic in the country. ...

As night draws closer, traders in the Ugandan capital at the country’s biggest market prepare for another long night’s sleep. They sleep between the fruit and vegetable stalls, cold as ice because they are forbidden to return home after a day’s work. When the strict 42-day lockdown came into action, vendors at Nakasero market in downtown Kampala were allowed to ...

The government has said that those who were unemployed before lockdown are not the target for their Covid-19 relief funds. This money is for those whose work has been affected by the 42-day lockdown. This was said by the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Henry Musasizi. “Before the lockdown, you were not working, even during the ...

Members of Parliament on the opposition side have asked the government to halt the planned expenditure on the relief funds. Their reason for this is to have the matter fully debated in Parliament. The government recently announced that it will soon release Shs54 billion to help over 1 million people in 500,000 households. This is majorly to benefit people around ...

The National Drug Authority (NDA) has come out to advise people on how to use Covidex shortly after it’s approval this week. Apparently, this comes after a clash a few weeks ago between the NDA and the creators of Covidex, Mbarara University of Science and Technology’s PHARMABIOTRAC led by Prof Patrick Ogwang. NDA advised Ogwang and his camp to drop ...