Vaccination is the silver bullet to ending lockdown. Countries like UK are opening up because of high vaccination rates. With the outcry about high treatment charges for COVID-19 patients at private health facilities, some doctors there say only vaccination will end the crisis. They say whoever is refusing to be
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The Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu The Chief Magistrate of Utilities and Wildlife Court at Buganda Road, Gladys Kamasanyu was on Saturday attacked by unknown people. According to the Kampala Metropolitan Area Acting Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, Kamasanyu was attacked outside Green Hill Academy in Namuwongo at 11:am. "She parked her car and
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Two Ugandan truck drivers have been shot dead and one injured in South Sudan. The incident occurred on Thursday in Nesitu, Jubek County in the Central Equatorial State about 120 kilometres to Nimule border along the Juba-Nimule Highway. Preliminary police reports indicate that two unknown gunmen dressed in South Sudan
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The Ministry of Education is still uncertain when schools will reopen. Last month, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced fresh restrictions as part of measures to control the COVID-19 transmissions in the country in face of the second wave of the pandemic. Among the restrictions, the President directed the closure of
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Medical Interns are demanding risk allowances due to their involvement in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. The demand was presented to the Parliamentary Covid-19 task force by Doctor Mary Lillian Nabwire, the President of the Federation of Uganda Medical Interns. According to Nabwire, many medical interns who are deployed to
Read MoreGulu University has said that they are ready to conduct clinical for Covilyce-1, a herbal medicine. A clinical trial is a stage where experiments are conducted with a health intervention to obtain sufficient evidence for a process that is considered effective as a medical treatment. Three weeks ago, a group
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The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) on Friday hosted a learning webinar for innovators to discuss ways of protecting inventions. This, as innovators in Uganda and world over respond by developing breakthrough solutions to address local and global needs. To support such innovators, URSB, held the webinar the theme ‘Innovation
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By Amon Baita Uganda’s budding artist, Hid 16th, has finally dropped his video of the recently released song ‘Betty‘ in which he features Kenya’s gengeton group Mbuzi gang and Exray. The new video of the dance hall single also features Mbuzi Gang (Joefes, Iphoolish and Farthermor) and Exray from Boondocks
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Forensic investigations into the death in custody of four suspects in the General Katumba Wamala shooting have left experts baffled after pathologists found the internal contents of the dead men's bodies difficult to figure out and have had to send samples of different organ tissues for more advanced analysis.Inside one
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has reduced the cost of certifying a product, following continuous complaints from manufacturers. UNBS has also phased out some costs altogether including Initial Audit Fees of 250,000 Shillings and Surveillance Audit Fees of 250,000. Sylvia Kirabo, the Head of Public Relations at UNBS says
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