Francis Otucu

The Ministry of Health has accredited seven laboratories to test migrant workers for covid-19. The selected laboratories are MBN Laboratory, MAIA Group labs, Makerere University hospital, Test and Fly and City Medicals Laboratory. Others are Same Day Lab and Safari Laboratory (at Entebbe Airport). Last week security officers at Entebbe

Uganda Prisons Services has submitted 682 names of convicted inmates to the Attorney General to benefit from the presidential pardon. Addressing journalists at the Police headquarters Naguru, the Uganda Prison Services Spokesperson, Frank Baine, says the move is aimed at decongesting prison facilities across the country. “Every July, we submit

The Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka says the 10-year contract government of Uganda signed with Russian company Joint Stock Company Global Security to install digital monitoring systems in all motorcycles and vehicles in Uganda was approved by his office. Joint Stock Company Global Security which was awarded the contract on Friday last

The Ministry of Works has obeyed Prime Minister Robinnah Nabbanja's order and started construction of the road leading to her home in Bataka Zone, Makerere Kavule in Kawempe South Constituency. Issuing one of her first executive orders as prime minister, Nabbanja directed the Ministry for works to construct a road

The Uganda  Association of Prosecutors -UAP, an umbrella  that brings together all the State Attorneys dealing in the criminal matters in the country wants to be given  Covid-19 risk allowances. According to the Press Statement issued by the Secretary General of the Association Arthurton Kukundakwe and General Counsel Timothy Amerit,

The 10-year contract government of Uganda signed with Russian company Joint Stock Company Global Security to install digital monitoring systems in all motorcycles and vehicles in Uganda could be challenged as the company is facing bankruptcy litigation in Moscow. Samantha Mwesigye, a procurement lawyer and lecturer at Law Development Center,

Uganda’s weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko is still held at Jinja Road Police station days after he was deported back to Uganda from Japan. 20 year-old Ssekitoleko was on Friday deported from Japan where he was driven from Entebbe to and ended up in the cells Jinja Road Police Station. The athlete

Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has said it is against the government’s decision to give Members of Parliament 200 Million Shillings to buy cars. Speaking at the party’s headquarters at Najjanankumbi in Kampala on Monday, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, its spokesperson and an MP himself, said the government must adopt a

The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said that he is alive and well despite reports that he has been unwell. Oulanyah returned from the United Kingdom on Friday after over one month in what Parliament says was a private visit to see one of his children.  He last presided over

The Cabinet Secretary and Head of Public Service Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye has disclosed that her husband forgave his tormentors at the Ministry of Health where he served as Director of Medical Services. Nakyobe told mourners at Professor Anthony Mbonye vigil that she blames the infighting at the Health Ministry as