The Ministry of Health has on Saturday confirmed 24 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 227. “Today, 16th May 2020, 24 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from 2,044 samples of truck drivers. This brings the total number of...
The Electoral Commission (EC) has disallowed political rallies during the 2020/21 Uganda electoral process to prevent further spread of Coronavirus in Uganda. Speaking Tuesday at the launch of the revised roadmap for the polls, EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama...
The chairman of the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC), Justice Simon Byabakama, has criticised what he called a culture of political intolerance in the face of the scientific election roadmap, saying this will not resolve the standoff ahead of the Uganda 2021...
The Speaker of Uganda Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has clashed with the Attorney General over the contentious Shs 10bn allocated by the House to its members to partake in the war against COVID-19. While Parliament approved the request on 7 April 2020, an amount worth...
The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) which is Uganda’s central testing centre for samples for Covid-19 has revealed that it has not received any Covid-related funding from government and has been forced to divert a sum of Shs 780m meant for other programs, to...