BusinessFocus Reporter

There is a low uptake of COVID-19 services in Karamoja due to stigma and poor mindset among community members. Dr. Ben Watmon, the Director Moroto Regional Referral Hospital, says there is a lot of stigma related to COVID-19 and lack of knowledge on the virus. He was addressing a team

The Uganda Prisons Authorities -UPS have said the suspects in the assassination attempt of Gen. Katumba Wamala are currently undergoing treatment at Kitalya prison where they were remanded last week. Last week, the five suspected people who are allegedly connected to the shooting that led to the killing of Gen.

Police commanders at Nateete police station are in trouble for allegedly protecting bars operating against directives during the COVID-19 lockdown. In March last year, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, closed all entertainment venues including bars in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The leisure places affected by Museveni’s orders

Tourism sector players are concerned that the suspension of domestic tourism by the government Is slowing down the rate of recovery recorded in the period August 2020 to March 2021. Records for activities up to March 2021 show that overall tourist bookings tripled by the first quarter of 2021 from

A male vendor who was shot and injured in Kalerwe Market this morning as police dispersed market night guards who were demanding salary payments has succumbed to the bullet injuries. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the deceased as George Ssejemba alias M16, who was shot today

The Ministry of Energy, Mineral and Development has evicted over 200 quarry workers in Karuma Town Council at the Hydro Electric Power station. The ongoing work on the 600 megawatts Karuma Dam Hydropower is a 1.7 billion dollars project financed by the Export-Import Bank of China. The construction which kicked

A nurse in Butaleja in has died in a traditional shrine while seeking for medical care. Silvia Hasahya, a nurse attached to Busolwe hospital in Butaleja district and has been a resident of Bugangu village in Busabi sub county, died on Sunday at a shrine where she had been admitted

The UN children's agency-UNICEF has signed an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply up to 220 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine for all 55 Member States of the African Union (AU). Some 35 million doses are to be delivered by the end of this year while the rest are

Suspected Congolese Militiamen have shot three Ugandan fishermen on Lake Albert. The incident happened near Senjojo landing site in Buhuka parish Kyangwali Sub County in Kikuube district around 5 am on Monday morning.     The injured fishermen are Robert Amukuhikiriza, Deo Busobozi and Seremos Byaruhanga, all attached to Nsunzu B