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Museveni, Tshisekedi commission construction of DRC roads

June 16, 2021 by OUR REPORTER

Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart today Wednesday Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo commissioned the construction...

KCCA starts investigation into missing COVID-19 vaccines

June 16, 2021 by URN

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has launched investigations into allegations that COVID-19 vaccines entrusted to its health centres went missing...

Refugees, host communities need peaceful coexistence

June 16, 2021 by John Musinguzi

It is important that refugees and host communities experience peaceful coexistence if they are to enjoy development. As the situation stands...

Uganda now seeks oxygen donations as COVID-19 kills 49 in 24 hours

June 16, 2021 by URN

Uganda is appealing for oxygen supplies from the neighbouring countries as the number of people in need of oxygen continues...

  • COVID-19: Mbale hospital oxygen plant breaks down

    The oxygen plant at Mbale Regional Referral hospital has broken down after being overstretched to function beyond capacity. The breakdown of the plant has now induced panic at the hospital since almost all COVID-19 patients admitted are dependent on and in need of oxygen.

  • S.Sudanese national fined Shs 1.5m for illegal acquisition of Ugandan passport

    A 58-year-old South Sudanese national has been fined Shs 1.5 million for illegally possessing a Ugandan national ID. Huda Elradi Ali was on Tuesday fined by the Buganda Road Grade One magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu after being found guilty of two offenses of false declaration and giving false information to the passport…

  • Nyanjura reappointed Kampala deputy lord mayor

    Makerere University councillor Doreen Nyanjura has been reappointed as Kampala city deputy lord mayor.

  • How Museveni courted Joyce

    The infiltration of the Ugandan opposition and erosion of its power by President Museveni over the years has taken place piecemeal. It has been slow but very bold – felling one high-profile official after another. On May 24, a beaming President Museveni, probably satisfied with his handiwork, told members of Parliament…

  • Oxygen crisis: Uganda gets Shs 25bn to install 7 plants

    The ministry of Health has received US$ 7million about Shs 25billion from the Global Fund to install seven oxygen plants across the country. Eng. George Otim, commissioner of health infrastructure in the Health Ministry, says they will install the oxygen plants in Mbarara, Hoima, Fort Portal, Kampala, Mbale, Lira and Arua.

  • Cabinet: Karamoja, Bugisu left in tears

    Installed last week by President Museveni, the new sixth-term cabinet continues to stir fierce debate and friction among regions. The loudest complaints are over distribution of ministerial appointments. Fringe appointments handed to Karamoja and Bugisu politicians have added another layer of drama and dis- sent to the appointing authority.

  • Will 2021/22 budget revive the economy?

    On Thursday, June 10, 2021, the minister of State for Planning Amos Lugoloobi presented a Shillings 44.7 trillion 2021/22 budget to the nation on behalf of the president of Uganda.

  • Why govt interventions fail to end household poverty

    The 2019/20 National Household Survey Report released recently by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics(UBOS) found that 300,000 more Ugandans slid back into poverty mainly as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

  • WHO warns: Soaring e-waste makes millions of children sick

    Effective and binding action is urgently required to protect the millions of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide whose health is jeopardized by the informal processing of discarded electrical or electronic devices according to a new ground-breaking report from the World Health Organization: Children and Digital Dumpsites.

  • Urban refugees decry non-inclusion in Covid-19 vaccination

    Jean Pierre Amudu, a refugee who arrived in Uganda from DR Congo in 2012, is worried about infection because of his job as an interpreter, fixer and defender of refugee rights in Uganda. It took Amudu four incidents of being bounced before he finally got his first Covid-19 jab at the…

  • Prof Ogwang warns against use of own COVIDEX 'cure' drug

    The developer of COVIDEX, a herbal treatment being touted as a COVID-19 cure has cautioned that the drug has not yet been confirmed to cure the disease.According to a statement issued by Prof Patrick Engeu Ogwang, a lecturer at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and founder of the…

  • Boda boda rider shot dead in Bunyangabu for defying inter-district travel ban

    Security has shot dead a boda boda rider in Bunyangabu district for allegedly defying the inter-district travel ban announced recently as one of the measures to contain surging cases of COVID-19.

  • 21,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine go missing at KCCA

    Ministry of Health has directed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to account for all the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines it received for the vaccination exercise.

  • First Pharmacy involved in COVID-19 vaccines theft, police insists

    Uganda Police insists First Pharmacy was involved in the theft of 800 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines despite the facility pleading innocency and instead demanding an apology from the police.

  • Rwanda repatriates Ugandan soldier

    A Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier Pte Bakulu Muhuba has regained his freedom after being released by Rwandan security. Muhuba, who is attached to the 32nd Battalion Nyakabande in Kisoro district, was arrested by Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) soldiers at around 2:45 pm on Sunday while allegedly found loitering…

  • Covid-19 claims Kanungu district health officer Dr Ssebudde

    Kanungu district health officer, Dr. Stephen Ssebudde has succumbed to Covid-19. According to Kanungu deputy resident district commissioner, Gad Ahimbisibwe Rugaaju, Ssebudde breathed his last at 09:00 pm yesterday at Entebbe Grade B hospital where he spent a week in admission.

  • Judiciary's former PS Kagole Kivumbi dies after breathing difficulties

    The former permanent secretary to the Judiciary, Expedito Kagole Kivumbi is dead. A statement from the Judiciary senior communications officer, Solomon Muyita, shows that Kivumbi died on Sunday evening at Le Memorial Medical Services at Kitiko-Lubowa Kigo road where he was admitted a week ago.

  • 600 doses of stolen COVID-19 vaccines recovered at 2 private clinics

    Police have recovered 600 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from two private pharmacies in Kampala. 10 suspects were also arrested in the two-day operation following a tip-off from a concerned citizen.    

  • Ugandan dealer detained in Kenya over gold scandal

    Kenyan authorities have detained Derrick Kibirango Lukanga, a Ugandan gold dealer over suspected involvement in defrauding a top Congolese general.

  • Zimbabwe reintroduces lockdown to contain COVID-19

    Zimbabwe’s government on Monday is reintroducing a lockdown as a way to contain rising coronavirus cases in the southern African nation. Announcing the 12-hour curfew Saturday night on national television, vice president Constantino Chiwenga said complacency had resulted in a recent spike in cases of the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19…

  • Taiwan in panic as first COVID-19 wave hits island nation 

    People in Taiwan, which had held off COVID-19 throughout most the global pandemic, are panicking about their health and income this month as the island grapples with its first major outbreak and shutters businesses amid limited vaccine supplies. Taiwan’s coronavirus total since the start of the global pandemic stood at 12,500…

  • COVID-19 kills former minister Tumubweinee, ex Kabale LCV chairperson

    Former Rukiga County MP and minister of State for Privatization Manzi Tumubweine has died. Tumubweine succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday at around 10:00 pm at Case Clinic in Kampala where he has been admitted.  Tumubweine collapsed during the 5th graduation ceremony at Kabale University on May 28 and was rushed…

  • S.Africa expels more African diplomats over alcohol scandal

    Malawi's government said Saturday that it had received news of its diplomats' alleged misconduct in South Africa with regret and that it would punish those involved when they returned home.

  • Karamoja MPs reject appointment of Kitutu, Nandutu as ministers

    Members of parliament from the Karamoja sub-region have protested the appointments of Maria Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu as ministers in charge of the region.President Museveni on Tuesday this week announced former Energy minister Maria Goretti Kitutu as minister for Karamoja Affairs, and former NTV journalist Agnes Nandutu as her…

  • Museveni reappoints Gen Gutti chairman of Army court

    President Yoweri Museveni has reappointed Lt Gen Andrew Gutti as chairman of the army court. Gutti will serve alongside 20 others as per Museveni's letter dated June 8. Col Richard Tukacungurwa will serve as the advocate judge while the prosecutors include; Lt Col Raphael Mugisha, Maj Emmy Ekyaruhanga, and Capt Ambroz…

  • Medics warn Ugandans against off the counter COVID-19 treatment 'drugs'

    With hospitals turning away patients, gazetted treatment isolation centers filling up fast and daily infections skyrocketing, several Ugandans have now resorted to stocking off-the-counter drugs to treat or prevent coronavirus disease (COVID-19).   But medical experts have now warned that stocking drugs holds an even bigger danger to the public than COVID-19…

  • S.Africa expels 12 Lesotho diplomats over alcohol scandal

    The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation has declared persona non grata 12 Basotho diplomats and their dependents and ordered them to return to Lesotho within 72 hours. The diplomats were allegedly involved in illicit trade in duty-free alcohol. 

  • Is South Africa's 10 babies' birth fake news?

    South Africa has been gripped by the mystery of whether a woman has, as has been claimed, actually given birth to 10 babies, in what would then be the world's first recorded case of decuplets. Gosiame Thamara Sithole from the Tembisa township near Johannesburg gave birth to the babies on Monday…

  • Kampala 999 Patrol commander Bamuzibire succumbs to COVID-19

    The police fraternity is mourning the death of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Samuel Bamuzibire who has been the Kampala Metropolitan 999 Patrol commander.Bamuzibire, according to police sources at Naguru police headquarters, has succumbed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Nsambya hospital. 

  • Why some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines?

    Temporary side effects including headache, fatigue and fever are signs the immune system is revving up,  a normal response to vaccines. And they're common.

  • Nakalema to bus companies: Refund extorted money within 7 days

    The head of the Anti-Corruption Unit of State House Col. Edith Nakalema, has directed bus companies that collected money from students for travel upcountry but never offered the service, to refund it immediately.Nakalema raided bus parks in Kampala where she arrested and also stopped bus operators from hiking transport fares…

  • India breaks world record after posting 6,000 COVID deaths in a day

    India posted a single-day world record Thursday of more than 6,000 COVID-19 deaths after one state revised a set of numbers. The eastern state of Bihar, one of India’s largest and poorest states, revised its death toll Wednesday from about 5,500 to 9,500 after the state’s High court ordered the government…

  • Zimbabwe rejects COVID-19 vaccine donation amid shortages

    Zimbabwe's government is facing criticism for turning down a donation of three million doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

  • Budget: Human capital, security & governance take lion's share

    Government will next financial year spend a big chunk of the budget on interventions for human capital development, security and integrated transport infrastructure among others.The 2021/2022 financial year budget set to come into effect on 1st July 2021 was today Thursday afternoon presented to parliament by newly appointed minister of state…

  • Labour export companies in panic as UAE suspends flights from Uganda

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended flights from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zambia over coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. Uganda has recently seen a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths. The move has now thrown Uganda's over 200 labour 'externalisation' companies in crisis as most of their clients who take…

  • 64 children die in 68 days at Mbale hospital

    At least 64 children have died at Mbale Regional Referral hospital in the past 68 days, URN has learnt. The deaths occurred in April, May, and early June. This literally means that at least one child died at the facility each day. Records show that the hospital lost 20 children…

  • How rebel Kadaga, FDC's Ssebugwawo ended up on cabinet list

    Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, the former speaker of parliament rejected an offer to be appointed vice president and set conditions that this would only be possible if it came with another portfolio.

  • COVID-19: Arua hospital runs out of oxygen

    Arua Regional Referral hospital has been hit by a shortage of oxygen as the facility struggles to contain cases of the new and more aggressive COVID-19 strain.

  • Museveni makes U-turn on Nov killings, now blames security 

    In a dramatic u-turn, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has finally acknowledged that security forces made mistakes that led to the death of more than 50 Ugandans during the November 18-19, 2020 protests. By the government's own official count, at least 54 people were gunned during the spontaneous two-day protests in Kampala…

  • New murder, same old vow to crush pigs

    The June 1 fatal shooting of General Edward Katumba Wamala’s daughter Brenda Nantongo and his official driver Haruna Kayondo was a new grim broad daylight execution, which has drawn the same old script of vows over the years; vows to crush and defeat “these pigs, the shallow thugs, criminals and…

  • Death of Mak law student raises gaps in mental health

    The enormous pressure to succeed at university is driving several students on the brink of exhaustion but the failure to realise dreams is having a devastating effects as in the case of Natasha Byenjeru, a young law student who took her life on June 6 following a mental breakdown over…

  • Was Artificial Intelligence drone deployed to kill in Libya?

    Western military experts are assessing whether an autonomous drone operated by artificial intelligence, or AI, killed people — in Libya last year — for the first time without a human controller directing it remotely to do so.

  • 10 Covid patients given drug, get well in one day

    An Israeli biotechnology company has claimed a 100% success rate in the first 10 patients treated with its drug as part of an early-stage clinical trial at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa. The company, Bonus BioGroup, presented the preliminary findings of its Phase I/II trial to peers at the International…

  • ‘Sex for a fare’ bodas threaten Uganda’s fight against Aids

    Uganda’s motorcycle taxis riders threaten to derail the country’s fight against HIV because of risky sexual behaviours, including sex with clients in lieu of payment, according to a new study.

  • Families to get one million free solar lights

    At least one million solar lights will be distributed free of charge to local communities and refugee settlements around the country by the end of 2021, Frank Mpanga, the country representative of campaign group, Right2Light Uganda has said. Right2Light Uganda is a campaign, which aims to raise awareness and educate children…

  • Museveni appoints Alupo VP, FDC's Ssebugwawo minister

    President Yoweri Museveni has today evening announced a new cabinet which included surprises such as the appointment of former Education minister Jessica Alupo as vice president. Museveni has also appointed former speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga as first deputy minister and minister of East African Community Affairs.

  • URA returns Bobi Wine bulletproof car after Museveni order

    Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has handed back Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine's bulletproof car following a presidential directive.  The tax body returned the vehicle that they impounded over tax issues today Tuesday. URA impounded the vehicle in April after the High court cleared the tax body to re-inspect and reassess…

  • Hoima hospital probed over charging Shs 700,000 for COVID-19 bodies

    Hoima Referral Regional hospital is under investigation for allegedly charging Shs 700,000 to treat and bury COVID-19 bodies, a service that is supposed to be free of charge.  

  • Over 20 shops closed in Tororo over flouting COVID-19 SOPs

    Over 20 shops in Tororo town have been closed for allegedly flouting the standard operating procedures (SOPs) meant to contain the spread of coronavirus disease.

  • NRM MPs endorse expansion of cabinet to 80 people

    National Resistance Movement (NRM) members of parliament have today Monday unanimously endorsed President Yoweri Museveni's request to expand cabinet to 80 people. 

  • Parish Model: Gov't next shot at inclusive development

    Government plans to spend Shs 490bn under the new Parish Development Model project that is meant to eradicate poverty among 68 per cent of households across the country. However questions from the public point to more pessimism than optimism as to how successful the model will be. The proposal by the…

  • Owiny-Dollo suspends court hearings for 6 weeks over COVID-19

    Chief justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo has suspended all court hearings and appearances including election petitions for the next 42 days. According to the circular issued today Monday, the suspension is in line with the presidential directives issued yesterday for prevention and mitigation of the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

  • Lynched Karimojong elder leaves behind 54 widows, 187 children

    President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed legislators from Karamoja to join the security team in searching for the people involved in lynching a famous community leader.

  • Oulanyah tasks MPs on responsive representation

    The speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah has tipped members of the 11th parliament to always be responsive to the aspirations of society in order for the legislature to be people-centred.

  • Over 160 killed in deadliest attack in Burkina Faso

    The government of Burkina Faso has declared three days of mourning following an attack that left at least 160 people dead late last week in the northern village of Solhan. The International Committee for the Red Cross, noting that local hospitals are overwhelmed, said it responded Sunday morning to a…

  • 4 arrested over phonecalls made at time of Katumba shooting

    Four people have reportedly been arrested by the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) over the repeated calls they allegedly made before, during and after the shooting of former chief of defence forces, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala.

  • Mabirizi protests sending of his case file to justice Sekaana

    Drama ensued last Friday evening at the High court civil division as the judge who was allocated to hear the case in which city lawyer Male Mabirizi seeks to block the recruitment of judicial officers ordered that the file goes to justice Musa Sekaana. Justice Emmanuel Baguma, who was allocated the…

  • Nigerian Twitter users blocked as President Buhari bans social media giant

    Millions of Nigerians struggled Saturday to access Twitter, a day after authorities suspended the service in response to the company's deletion of a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari for violating its terms of service.

  • COVID-19: Museveni closes schools, bans inter-district travel

    President Yoweri Museveni has today Sunday announced the closure of schools for at least 42 days due to the increasing cases of coronavirus. According to results released by the ministry of Health, nine new coronavirus deaths and 1,259 new cases were recorded out of 7,289 samples tested on June 4. The…

  • Kyambogo University lecturer, student succumb to COVID-19

    A Kyambogo University student and lecturer have succumbed to the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. Doreen Juliet Mirembe, a second-year student of bachelor of teacher education who has been in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Victoria hospital in Bukoto and Sharon Atwine, a teacher in the department of psychology have died.