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A group of elders has called for quick processing of herbal remedies that have shown progress in treating cancer and diabetes owing to the high and increasing burden of these non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Uganda. The elders who have either battled or had close family members who have suffered from the two ailments welcomed a recent move […]

The death toll from last week’s fire outbreak at the Hima Cement factory has reached four after the latest victim Milton Asite succumbed to his injuries. Asite is a former technician at the Hima plant. Jean-Micheal Pons, the chief executive officer Hima Cement says “We had hoped that he would improve but he, unfortunately, succumbed to […]

A 58-year-old police officer has allegedly shot himself in Nsambya police barracks over suspected domestic problems. Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the officer as corporal George Drandi, who was attached to the Very Important Persons Protection Unit (VIPPU). He shot himself on Monday morning inside […]

The ministry of Health is now banking on personal responsibility to curb further transmission of Covid-19 as the economy fully reopens. Bars, entertainment centres, public concerts, and the entire arts industry have been fully reopened effective today, after close to two years of extreme restrictions which were first instituted in March 2020 to […]

52-year-old Gertrude Babirye, the village women council chairperson of Mpolya-Bigele village in Kiwanyi sub-county of Namutumba district has hung herself after weeks of being pestered to pay a loan of Shs 230,000. Babirye used a rope to hang herself on a mango tree within her garden today Monday morning. Babirye's five-year-old grandchild whose […]

There are mixed public reactions in Mbale city over the new design of the monumental clock tower. City authorities are rehabilitating the clock tower to give it a new look including replacement of the gong, erecting of a statue of a circumcision candidate - a key cultural practice among the Bamasaba, and planting a coffee garden around the tower. […]

Politicians from across the political divide have taken to social media to mourn the passing of Prof Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the longest-serving governor of Bank of Uganda.Mutebile who has been struggling with ill health for some time, passed away on Sunday at Nairobi hospital in Kenya, according to a statement issued by signed by deputy […]

A Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier attached to the elite Special Forces Command (SFC) has been released during a visit by the commander of Land Forces, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba to Rwanda. Ronald Arinda, 23, a resident of Muguri village, Kakyerere ward in Ryakarimira town council, Kabale district was arrested on November 27, 2021 […]

More than 20 students of Hoima School of Nursing and Midwifery are fighting for dear life at Hoima Regional Referral hospital following a motor accident in Kikuube district. The accident occurred on Sunday at Nyarongo village, Kabwoya sub-county as more the 60 students returned from a field practice in Kyangwali sub-county. They were travelling […]

Men infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) might experience a short-term reduction in sperm count, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.The study shows that some men infected with COVID-19 might find it hard to impregnate a woman after recovering from the disease due to a reduction in fertility. The study which […]