President Museveni has made a U turn on his earlier stance and allowed Members of Parliament to get involved in supplying relief items including food to their constituents. On Tuesday, a group of 13 NRM MPs petitioned and met Museveni at State House in Entebbe asking him to change his earlier stance on distributing items. “…despite your guidance that Members of Parliament should direct their support through the district task force, many members still find it difficult to support their communities due to local politicking and other challenges,” the group led by the government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa told Museveni.…
Author: Entebbe News
Since the government declared a total lockdown as a measure to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, many people have been grappling with working from home as it comes with several challenges. Previously, you would wake up in the morning and look forward to going to your workplace, but now you find yourself having to work from your house. On top of worrying about how soon the confinement will end, you also have to put up with the struggle to be productive at your job, meeting family responsibilities and the safety of your close ones. The pressure that comes with trying to keep up…
The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health Dr. Diana Atwiine, has said Education Institutions should be prepared for a longer wait, even after the Covid19 lockdown is eased. President Yoweri Museveni is expected to address the nation tonight on whether or not he will be lifting the lockdown. But according to Dr Atwiine, schools are unlikely to be part of the sectors to be reopened first. Speaking to the Kisoro District Covid-19 task-force members at Uganda-DR Congo border of Bunagana on Saturday, Dr. Atwine said that re-opening of schools is currently not planned. Dr. Atwiine who also assessed the Covid-19 preparedness…
Republic of Congo will take delivery of a Malagasy ‘Miracle cure’ for the Covid 19 virus, COVID-Organics, information minister Thierry Moungalla confirmed on Twitter. According to him, the decision to turn to the Malagasy mixture was reached after a three-way teleconference between presidents of the two countries as well as the President of Guinea-Bissau. These Join a couple of countries including neighboring Tanzania on the growing list of those that are asking for the importation of the said Cure. COVID-Organics although not scientifically proven as a preventive or curative mixture for the virus is gaining grounds on the continent as…
The officer-in-charge of Wakiso Police Division has been arrested for allegedly obstructing investigations and protecting suspects in a murder case of a boda boda cyclist. Detectives from the State House Anti-corruption Unit led by Lt Col Edith Nakalema and the police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested assistant superintendent of police Joseph Kamukama following a scuffle as he allegedly attempted to protect the suspect, Ceaser Ekwang. Police said a scuffle ensued at Wakiso Police Division when Mr Kamukama vainly attempted to block security personnel from accessing two of the suspects; Stephen Wafula and Ekwang, who had been detained at the police…
President Yoweri Museveni is expected this evening, to address the nation on the way forward, after 34 days of national shut down over the Covid19 global pandemic. “I will address the country tonight at 8pm, guiding on the way forward as the 21-day lockdown extension comes to a close tomorrow,” Museveni announced this morning “I urge you all to continue observing the guidelines from our health experts as the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic continues.” The President is expected to tell the nation whether or not he will be following numerous other countries around the world to slowly ease the…
President Yoweri Museveni has reversed course and cleared cargo trucks entering the country, to have two drivers. This is contrary to the resolutions by the Trade and Transport National Task Force subcommittee, which on 24th April said each truck was should have only one driver. However, according to the statement issued by the Minister of Works and Transport Gen Katumba Wamala, this has been revisited by President Museveni who has cleared trucks to have two drivers. “However, with further guidance from H.E Gen Y.K Museveni, the President of the Republic of Uganda, the drivers on transit cargo have been ALLOWED…
Government, individuals and companies have been defrauded of more than Shs1 trillion in the last three years, the 2019 annual police crime report indicates. From 2017 to 2019, police only recovered Shs15.7 billion. Last year, Shs11.4b was lost to fraudsters through cybercrime, but only Shs51.8m was recovered. An additional Shs7.5b was lost in economic crimes. That means Shs290b was lost to fraudsters through embezzlement, financial loss, abuse of office, counterfeiting, forgeries and uttering of documents, issuing false cheques, banks and other corporate frauds, obtaining by false pretences, cyber (computer) crimes and land frauds. The report released on Wednesday also shows…
Uganda Cabinet will on Monday have the final say on whether the lockdown is extended or not after experts advised President Museveni to extend the lockdown by three more weeks. As the current 21 day lockdown winds down and is expected to end on Tuesday May, 5, experts on the national Covid-19 response team on Saturday met the president in Entebbe and discussed the way forward on easing the lockdown. According to sources privy to the meeting, the team told Museveni that the cases in communities are still something to worry about and hence the need to extend the lockdown.…
A total of nine UPDF soldiers have been quarantined in Somalia where they are serving under AMISOM after coming into contact with an infected person. Early this week, a UPDF soldier tested positive to the virus in Mogadishu. “The virus has not spared Somalia just like other countries and it is true one of our soldiers serving under AMISOM in Somalia tested positive of Coronavirus .We have a medical team handling him at level II hospital in Mogadishu. He is being managed and in a stable condition,” the UPDF spokesperson, Brig. Richard Karemire said on Wednesday. However, this website has…