Uganda news

A man in South Africa, who tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) and continued with business as usual, has been charged with attempted murder, police said on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo said Ladysmith SAPS were investigating the matter after the 52-year-old continued his salon business instead of going into quarantine. Naidoo said police were on Tuesday made aware that ...

Police in Koboko has arrested and detained four traders in northern Uganda for hiking prices of commodities. Three of them were Indians while the fourth was a Ugandan trader. Most of the hiked prices were for salt, sugar, beans among others. The police received complaints from customers who accused the traders of taking advantage of COVID I9. The shops were ...

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 ...