New details have emerged of how city hotels were able to host peoppe being quarantined. On March 15, cabinet passed a resolution to hire a number of hotels in Kampala and across the country to work as quarantine centers as the country’s health experts prepared to combat the Coronavirus pandemic
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Traders will only be permitted to sell alcohol for consumption off-site/ AFP Image Long queues have formed outside shops selling alcohol in South Africa after restrictions on its sale, imposed two months ago as part of measures to fight Covid-19, were lifted. Social media posts showed people, who had braved
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Kalungu West County MP, Joseph Gonznaga Ssewungu (pictured) is wondering why President Yoweri Museveni simply ‘forced’ Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioners to resign over alleged corruption instead of arresting and prosecuting them. Ssewungu claims that the information they have is that the Commissioners have been ‘stealing’ and ‘damn rich’. He
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Parenthood is undeniably one of the most universally desired goals in adulthood, and most people have life plans that include children. However, not all couples who want a pregnancy will achieve one spontaneously and a proportion will need to seek medical treatment to help resolve underlying fertility problems. It's therefore
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Entebbe International Airport is now deserted due to COVID-19 measures/Courtesy photo The Government of Uganda through its Embassy in Qatar has cancelled the earlier plan to evacuate Ugandans stranded in the Middle East Country. The Embassy had in its 31st May 2020 statement informed Ugandans in Qatar who wished to
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Uganda’s Ministry of Health has announced 40 new COVID-19 cases from samples tested on 31 May, 2020. All the 40 cases are Ugandans. In a statement signed by Dr. Charles Olaro on behalf of Director General Health Services, the Ministry said 23 cases are among samples tested from Points of
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Students in Tanzania are heading back to high schools and colleges for the first time in about two months, but will adhere to strict guidelines to ensure their safety from coronavirus. The school calendar was interrupted in March following the outbreak of the virus. But now, amid what the government
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New Traffic Law: Cars Older Than Two Years Won’t Be Permitted On Road Without Certificate
Cars in a Kampala bond/online photo President Yoweri Museveni on May22, 2020 assented to the Traffic and Road Safety Act, 1988 (Amendment) Act, 2020 which comes into force with stringent traffic rules. The law was passed earlier on 29th January 2020 by Parliament. Ministry of Works and Transport on 27th
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