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Soaring e-waste makes millions of children sick
June 16, 2021
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…
Prof Ogwang warns against use of own COVIDEX ‘cure’ drug
June 15, 2021
Prof Ogwang warns against use of own COVIDEX ‘cure’ drug
The Covidex cure drug The developer of COVIDEX, a herbal treatment being touted as a COVID-19 cure has cautioned that…
Boda boda rider shot dead in Bunyangabu for defying inter-district travel ban
June 15, 2021
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…
21,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine go missing at KCCA
June 14, 2021
21,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine go missing at KCCA
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Ministry of Health has directed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to account for all the coronavirus disease…
First Pharmacy involved in COVID-19 vaccines theft, police insists
June 14, 2021
First Pharmacy involved in COVID-19 vaccines theft, police insists
First Pharmacy Uganda Police insists First Pharmacy was involved in the theft of 600 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines…
Rwanda repatriates Ugandan soldier
June 14, 2021
Rwanda repatriates Ugandan soldier
Pte Bakulu Muhuba being handed over to Ugandan authorities A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier Pte Bakulu Muhuba has…
Covid-19 claims Kanungu district health officer Dr Ssebudde
June 14, 2021
Covid-19 claims Kanungu district health officer Dr Ssebudde
RIP: Dr. Stephen Ssebudde Kanungu district health officer, Dr. Stephen Ssebudde has succumbed to Covid-19. According to Kanungu deputy resident…
Judiciary’s former PS Kagole Kivumbi dies
June 14, 2021
Judiciary’s former PS Kagole Kivumbi dies
RIP: Kagole Kivumbi appearing before MPs earlier The former permanent secretary to the Judiciary, Expedito Kagole Kivumbi is dead. A…
600 doses of stolen COVID-19 vaccines recovered at 2 private clinics
June 14, 2021
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…
Zimbabwe reintroduces lockdown to contain COVID-19
June 13, 2021
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…
Taiwan in panic as first COVID-19 wave hits island nation
June 13, 2021
Taiwan in panic as first COVID-19 wave hits island nation
A lawmaker from Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Party holds signs calling for the government to accept all vaccines and…
COVID-19 kills former minister Tumubweinee, ex Kabale LCV chairperson
June 13, 2021
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…
S.Africa expels more African diplomats over alcohol scandal
June 13, 2021
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…
Karamoja MPs reject appointment of Kitutu, Nandutu as ministers
June 13, 2021
Karamoja MPs reject appointment of Kitutu, Nandutu as ministers
Agnes Nanduttu (L) in Karamoja as a journalist Members of parliament from the Karamoja sub-region have protested the appointments of…
Museveni reappoints Gen Gutti chairman of Army court
June 13, 2021
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…
Medics warn Ugandans against off the counter COVID-19 treatment ‘drugs’
June 11, 2021
Medics warn Ugandans against off the counter COVID-19 treatment ‘drugs’
Some of the Covid treatment drugs combo With hospitals turning away patients, gazetted treatment isolation centers filling up fast and…