Tag Archives: Covid-19 Vaccination

Activists have said the proposed law on mandatory Covid-19 vaccination violates individual rights. Speaking at the 11th virtual Town Hall meeting under the theme, “Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination: The Place of Public Health and Consent,” Winnie Kiiza, former leader of opposition, expressed concern about the manner in which the government has sidelined Ugandans in regard to the Public Health Amendment Bill, ...

As of today, the Kabale District Council has approved supplementary budget estimates of Ugx 204,240,000. The funds are meant to support the district to carry out accelerated COVID-19 vaccination. The district secretary for works and health, Bridget Asinga spearheaded the push of the motion. The district woman councilor representing Kamuganguzi sub-county, Peace Rutarimara also seconded her to push the motion. ...

The presidential senior press secretary Linda Nabusayi confirmed president Museveni will address the nation this Friday. She said he will be live on air at 8:00 pm across all TV and radio stations talking about the current Covid-19 situation. A few weeks ago, President Museveni said bars, discos, concerts, and beaches remain closed. However, he said if they vaccinate at ...

Minister for higher education, Dr. John Chrisostom Muyingo says they are not going to allow any school that is not ready to follow guidelines to open. This comes after the president announced that Universities and tertiary institutions will open in November. He said this while inspecting Busitema University’s school of health science to assess their compliance to the guidance. “Definitely ...

Vaccination for Covid-19 is resuming next week on Monday after the MOH put it on hold for some time. This exercise is mainly going to target health workers and the group waiting for the second jab. “The COVID-19 Vaccination exercise resumes on Monday in Kampala and countrywide. In Kampala, it will be conducted by KCCA and UPDF health workers. Each ...