The delta variant is responsible for the spike in the Covid-19 transmission rates, according to scientists. The variant also identified as B.1.617.2 was first identified in India last year in October. Today the variant has...
Uganda will no longer need any more coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine donations because the country is in the advanced stages of starting production of its own vaccines, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Uganda, with a...
President Museveni has promoted Wilson Mbasu Mbadi to the rank of General and appointed him as the new Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), replacing Gen David Muhoozi who was recently appointed as the Minister of...
A boda boda rider who allegedly refused to stop at a checkpoint in Luwero district has been bayonetted to death by police. Kassim Luyinda, who was riding his motorcycle reg. number UFH 186G was bayonetted...
A second virus case linked to the Ugandan Olympic team has been detected after a coach tested positive on arrival in Japan, a city official said on Wednesday. The announcement comes as Olympic officials marked...
Hon. Frank Tumwebaze has on Tuesday assumed office as Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries following a handover in Entebbe by outgoing minister Hon. Vincent Ssempijja. Hon. Tumwebaze, t has promised to apply a...
There is panic in Kokong village, Ngora district in eastern Uganda after residents discovered three underground tunnels. The tunnels were discovered about three weeks ago at the home of George Odeke while digging a pit...
The government has said it will now use mobile money to deliver cash to vulnerable people who are affected by the second Covid-19 lockdown, which started on Friday night. The government in April last year...
The Uganda Olympic boxing team, with officials including Mizumoto Horii, deputy head of mission for Japan in Uganda, flag off the squad in Kampala before flying to Tokyo on June 17. Now a member of...
Savers admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) can partially access their National Social Security Fund (NSSF) savings. NSSF says that they have already facilitated the treatment of some members, and urge those in such...
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