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A 45-year-old man has been denied a Covid-19 vaccination stamp after he failed to pay Shs 20,000. On 22 April, Francis Uzabakiriho, a security guard at Kampala Junior Academy received his first Covid-19 jab when a team of health workers from Kisenyi health center IV were invited to the school to vaccinate members of staff. After he was […]

Makindye West MP Allan Ssewanyana was today dramatically rearrested at the gates of Kigo prison moments after he was released on bail. Ssewanyana together with Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya are facing murder and terrorism charges arising from the recent machete killings in Masaka sub-region that claimed over 30 lives. Ssewanyana's […]

Francis Onebe has been remanded to Kitalya prison till September 30 over the alleged murder of his wife Immaculate Asio Mary Blessing Onebe. On Tuesday, Onebe and Bonny Oriekot, a private security guard attached to Pentagon Security Company appeared before Makindye chief magistrate Sarah Ann Basemera. State prosecutor Lydia Nakato told court […]

Two people sustained injuries after being hit by a newly installed police surveillance camera pole in Iganga municipality. The incident happened along Nakigo road on Wednesday. The victims were heading towards Iganga Chief Magistrate's court area. It is reported that the surveillance camera pole collapsed on the victims at around midday. The […]

Marine police officers yesterday Wednesday turned away nearly 70 passengers who'd showed up at Nakiwogo, Entebbe to board the MV Kalangala ferry to Kalangala islands. The officers were enforcing the COVID-19 guidelines that require public transport operators to limit the number of passengers to curb infection rates. This was the first time the […]

As more businesses, universities, and federal and local governments demand proof of inoculation against COVID-19, the black market for fake vaccine cards appears to be booming. US Customs officials in Cincinnati, Ohio, intercepted five shipments containing 1,683 counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards and 2,034 fake Pfizer inoculation stickers […]

A married Kenyan woman who eloped with a younger boyfriend and claimed to have been kidnapped was yesterday arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Kenya (DCI Kenya). According to DCI Kenya, Jane Wairimu Ndung’u disappeared last Friday, September 17, leaving her husband Brian Mutuku worried about her whereabouts. […]

The speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah has tasked government to intervene in the ongoing strike by Butabika Mental Referral hospital medical workers and support staff.   Nakawa East MP, Ronald Nsubuga Balimwezo on Wednesday raised a matter of national importance regarding the strike by the hospital staff which started on September 20 over the […]

Following a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni at State House Nakasero, international NGO, GiveDirectly has been okayed to resume distributing cash relief to vulnerable Ugandans.  However, the distribution of the money must be aligned with government priorities according to a press statement released by State House. GiveDirectly […]

President Yoweri Museveni has lifted the ban on places of worship that has been in place since June this year. In his Wednesday evening address, the president also directed that schools be reopened starting with post-secondary institutions on November 1 and other learning centres in January 2022. “Places of worship, can now open under the […]