Stories :: Accepted date: April 2020
Updated: 08 Apr, 11:5611:56
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Thugs Arrested for Targeting City Shops Top story
8 Apr 2020, 11:53 Comments 13 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime UpdatesAccording to Onyango, the suspects were found with breaking implements targeting several shops long Ben Kiwanuka Street. The suspects also had hammers, machetes, knives, metals and drugs.
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COVID -19: Kisoro Leaders Close Two Markets
8 Apr 2020, 11:52 Comments 16 Views Business and finance UpdatesIn a statement released on Tuesday evening by Captain Peter Mugisha, Kisoro Resident District Commissioner, the decision to close the market was reached after traders failed to adhere to the order of President Yoweri Museveni of sleeping in the markets.
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Slow Delivery of Relief Food Frustrates Residents
8 Apr 2020, 11:33 Comments 55 Views Kampala, Uganda Human rights ReportAlthough the programme targeted to reach over 1.5 million people in a space of one week, the distribution team has only reached out to 25,548 people over the last four days. Each of the beneficiaries receives three kilograms of beans, six kilograms of flour and salt while lactating mothers and the sick are given two kilograms of powdered milk and two kilograms of sugar.
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Security Officials Deny Aiding Illegal Traders to Across Border Top story
8 Apr 2020, 11:28 Comments 110 Views Kasese, Uganda Security Business and finance Health UpdatesUncorroborated reports also indicate that some traders are escorted by police and other armed personnel to Beni in DRC. Last month, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered the closure of all borders and the airports with exception of cargo trucks to contain the spread of COVID19.
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Transport Operators in Gulu Decry Loss of Income
8 Apr 2020, 11:25 Comments 71 Views Gulu, Uganda Crime Business and finance Health InterviewThomas Oboma, Chairperson of Northern Boda-Boda Association that has over 25,000 membership disclosed that dozens of their members have opted to auction their motorcycles to enable meet their family demands; service bank and group loans.
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Foot and Mouth Disease Breaks Out in Busia
8 Apr 2020, 11:02 Comments 69 Views Busia, Eastern Region, Uganda Agriculture Health Misc UpdatesMoses Wanyama, a cattle keeper in Alupe village, says that it took him two weeks to realise that his animals are infected. He is worried that farmers in the area risk losing their animals to the disease if the remaining animals are not infected in time. He said that the animal infected other animals in the area and that the disease is spreading very fast.
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Lack of Fuel Hinders Operations of COVID-19 Gulu Task Force
8 Apr 2020, 10:54 Comments 76 Views Local government Security Health InterviewYoweri Idiba, the Gulu District Health Officer - DHO says on average; the task force needs a minimum of 80 liters of fuel every 24 hours or cash equivalent of one million shillings for the ambulances to respond to emergencies.
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12 Released from Institutional Quarantine in Rukungiri
8 Apr 2020, 10:48 Comments 68 Views Rukungiri, Western Region, Uganda Health EditorialThe Rukungiri District Health Officer, Dr. Akasima Mucunguzi, says 28 people are under Institutional quarantine and are being monitored closely.
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Three Health Workers Under Self Quarantine in Bukomansimbi District
8 Apr 2020, 10:39 Comments 84 Views Bukomansimbi District, Uganda Health Misc InterviewThe three were identified as primary and secondary contacts to a patient, who tested positive in Kalangala district. The patient is one of the four positive cases from the greater Masaka sub-region.
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Kibuku Tops in Teenage Pregnancies - Report
8 Apr 2020, 10:38 Comments 80 Views Kibuku, Eastern Region, Uganda Lifestyle Human rights Health UpdatesReport findings by both Bukedi Action for Integrated Development Initiatives-International (BAfIDI), a local Non-Governmental Organization that aims to ending Teenage Pregnancy, Domestic and Gender Based Violence in the Region and District Health Department has indicated that teenage pregnancy in Kibuku district stands at 37 percent.
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Task Force in Tooro Struggling to Implement Covid-19 Directives
8 Apr 2020, 10:31 Comments 80 Views Kabarole, Uganda Health Business and finance Crime ReportThe task forces in Tooro say there are business operators especially bar and shop owners who are still operating in hiding which is undermining their efforts to prevent the spread of the deadly disease.
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Private Laboratories Unprepared for COVID19 tests
8 Apr 2020, 10:26 Comments 107 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Misc UpdatesMichael Kamya, who heads the Microbiology Lab at Lancet Laboratories Uganda, says while they have the personnel who can conduct the tests, they would require some training from the Health Ministry if they are to conduct the tests.
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Sembabule Task Force on The Spot Over Poor Emergency Response Top story
8 Apr 2020, 10:04 Comments 130 Views Sembabule, Uganda Health Local government Misc InterviewMoses Kaliisa, a resident of Kyamayiba village in Mijwala Sub County accuses the taskforce of failing to attend to his neighbor identified as Francis Lugya, who developed health complications leading to his death.
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Construction Works At Hoima International Airport Suspended
8 Apr 2020, 07:58 Comments 211 Views Hoima, Uganda Business and finance Misc UpdatesThe contractors SBC/SBI Lloyds British International has sent home over 900 workers that have been working in the different departments.
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Security Forcefully Evicts Defiant Roadside Vendors in Arua Top story
8 Apr 2020, 07:50 Comments 215 Views Arua, Uganda Business and finance Health Local government ReportNelson Dada, the Chairman General Arua main market, says all efforts were made to persuade the vendors to relocate in vain. He said some of the vendors resorted to vulgar language and insults whenever they asked them to vacate the roadside.
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Reverend In Trouble For Alleged Sexual Misconduct
8 Apr 2020, 07:34 Comments 342 Views Bushenyi, Uganda Religion UpdatesRt. Rev Johnson Twinomujuni, the Bishop of West Ankole Diocese told our reporter that Rev. Mwebaze is being accused by of sexual misconduct by Christians of Kyabandara Church of Uganda in Sheema district.
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Authorities Forcefully Vaccinate Children of Christian Cult Group Members Top story
8 Apr 2020, 07:22 Comments 216 Views Kaberamaido, Uganda Religion UpdatesMargret Anyinge, the Assistant Nursing Officer Kaberamaido Hospital, says the children were vaccinated against the six killer diseases. Twelve of the children were girls who were also vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus for protection against cervical cancer.
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Baby Born to COVID-19 Positive Mother Tests Negative to Deadly Virus Top story
7 Apr 2020, 18:04 Comments 532 Views Entebbe, Uganda Health Misc UpdatesThe baby girl born to a mother who tested positive for the coronavirus disease-COVID-19 is negative. The baby's sample was taken to Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI for testing and the results show that she does not have the virus.
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Gov't Clears People Power to Donate Food Relief
7 Apr 2020, 18:02 Comments 377 Views Kampala, Uganda Politics Health UpdatesURN has now learnt that items including flour, beans, salt and soap will be handed over to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
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