Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, told URN that after two years of closure they don’t plan to send children back home due to infections but use other strategies such as periodic random testing and vaccination to manage transmission.
Read more ...In September, Ismail Mushemeza, the Kitagwenda District LCV Chairperson stopped the licensing of fishing boats at Nyakera landing site following complaints from some fishermen who were accusing the District Fisheries Officer, Evelyn Atuhaire of illegally licensing boats of non-residents.
Read more ...The UPDF First Division Spokesperson, Maj Charles Kabona explained that the exercise seeks to verify the veterans and their survivors. Upon completion of the exercise, a file will be opened for each of the persons to ensure that they or their children or relatives can receive their payments.
Read more ...An NFA spokesperson Julliet Mubi says Entebbe College School was built on the borders of Kitubulu Forest Reserve and that Joshua Ssenkungu was given a lease of 28 years in 1998 to carry out forest activities in the reserve.
Read more ...The redwood piano-like instrument was donated to the department by a former lecturer at the Department of Zoology, Professor Rowell Hugh as a token of appreciation for the relationship he established with Makerere University between 1961 and 1970.
Read more ...Willy Ocen, the LCI chairman of Layamo Cell, in Pagwa Parish, says those who saw the animals say they have long mouths, bushy tails and hairy chests. Ocen says the wild animals killed three goats in his ward and six animals have wounds and are very weak.
Read more ...Viola Kobusobozi, one of the vendors who have insisted on working in the streets, says that while the situation is tense, she cannot afford to take up working space in the markets because of the costs involved. Kobusobozi, a mother of two instead walks around the city with a pack of face masks, some hanging on pegs with the hope that she can still attract buyers.
Read more ...Jackson Muganiizi, a resident of the Uganda-Rwanda border of Kibanda parish in Kamwezi sub county , Rukiga district says that however much news about re-opening is highly welcome, but Rwandan government should consider compensating families of Ugandans whose relatives were shot dead by its security forces.
Read more ...But a row ensued after Kalungu Resident District Commissioner Caleb Tukaikiriza informed the chairpersons that the bicycles will revert to the government when the current leader's leave the office, even at the end of their term of office.
Read more ...On Thursday, the office of Lubuka was closed by unknown persons attempting to stop him from accessing his office. The unknown people broke the door glasses and chained the door frames with two padlocks.
Read more ...The UPDF Fourth Infantry Division Commander Brig. Bonny Bamwiseki says increased vigilance, patrols, and ambushes will help to trap perpetrators and curb looming violence from occurring.
Read more ...The disputed land in question measures about 60 square miles which stretches and covers parts of Lagoro and Lalano Sub Counties in Kitgum district, Wol in Agago district, and Latanya in Pader district.
Read more ...Residents of Ssakabusolo Village, Nakawuka Sub County in Wakiso District have appealed to authorities to intervene and save them from land dealers who grab their plots and sell them to unsuspecting people.
Read more ...Braille is a code made up of six raised dot patterns that are read through the movement of fingertips from across the lines by people who are blind or who have low vision.
Read more ...Hellen Namyalo, a VHT at Lambu fish landing site says they are in fear of health-related illness due to gross poor waste disposal, and of late due to toilet charges which she says are not affordable to many people.
Read more ...250 youths will be trained in recycling in a project birthed from the prediction that with school reopening, there is likely going to be increased littering and mask sharing between students, something that can predispose them to infections.
Read more ...The Acting District Health Officer Kabale District Alfred Besigensi revealed that only 23,979 which is 20% of the 120,000 targeted persons have received their first jab of the Hepatitis B Vaccine since the campaign reached Kabale in September 2020.
Read more ...Jackson Omona, the chairperson of the local organizing committee of the St. Janani Luwum memorial, told Uganda Radio Network that the decision was made during a meeting between the local and national organizing committee of the celebration on Tuesday this week.
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