A 20-year-old girl South Sudanese girl has jumped to death from the 4th floor of her apartment in Wakiso district. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire identifies the deceased as Nyameisha Kueth, who has been staying with her stepmother in Nabweru in Nansana Municipality. According to Owoyesigyire, Nyameisha
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The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) has had 298 of its patients test positive for COVID-19. These were identified through an initiative that requires everyone seeking cancer treatment to first undertake a COVID-19 PCR test. Dr Nixon Niyonzima, who heads Laboratory Services at the Institute told URN this morning that they
Read MoreBukomansimbi Coffee Cooperative Starts Direct Farm Management Model to Increase Production
Sowedi Sserwadda in coat, the Kibinge Coffee Cooperative Chairperson with another farmer in a demonstration farm Bukomansimbi Cooperative Union has developed a direct farms management system to boost the production of coffee. The new Farm Management Model is an alternative farming practice where the farmer entrusts the management of their
Read MoreVendors in the different markets of Kampala have decried the delayed distribution of mosquito nets. Last month, President Museveni asked vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact with family members, as a measure to control the spread of COVID-19. Museveni then directed the Ministry of Health to provide
Read MoreHealth Experts in Karamoja are warning that the region risks sliding into a complex emergency situation because of the COVID-19 pandemic, insecurity and looming famine. According to the experts, the lockdown measures have further complicated the already difficult situation in the region in relation to access to basic services. They
Read MorePolice in Lubowa in Makindye-Ssabagabo municipality in Wakiso district are holding two for alleged theft of vehicle number plates. The suspects are Brian Natamba and Saul Katushabe. Police picked up the two on Tuesday for the alleged theft of vehicle number plates. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson,
Read MoreThe management of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has disagreed with the Parliamentary COVID-19 Taskforce assessing the COVID-19 responses by the government on the number of ambulances delivered to the facility by the Health Ministry. It all started after the Hospital Director, Dr. Emmanuel Tugaineyo informed the legislators led by Dr.
Read MoreProscovia Suubi Nantongo, a lecturer at Kyambogo University has died under mysterious circumstances. She breathed her last at Karenga Health Centre IV on Monday following her admission in critical condition. Details of her health condition prior to the admission are scanty. The Kidepo Regional Criminal Investigations Department Officer, Bosco Gume, says
Read MoreThe suspects who were arrested in relation to the shooting of Works Minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala have been linked to 14 other murders. Gen Katumba was shot on June 1, 2021, from Kisota Road in the outskirts of Kampala in an attack that claimed the life of his daughter
Read MorePeter Ssenyange (pictured) was appointed as PostBank Uganda Ltd Chief Finance Officer (CFO) in June 2020. Wielding over 14 years’ experience in the finance sector in both banking and consulting within the finance sector, Ssenyange now heads the Finance function at PostBank Uganda Limited. Ssenyange was previously the Chief Finance Officer at United Bank of
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