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The government has drawn up a resurgence plan worth 1.32 trillion Shillings in anticipation of another Coronavirus wave. The plan is highlighted in a report by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja scheduled to be presented before Parliament next week. It comes at a time when the country is battling a second

A number of products on Ugandan market are not certified due to high cost of acquiring Q-Mark Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has phased out some of the charges which were previously being levied on enterprises seeking certification of their products and these include Initial Audit Fees of Shs 250,000

Maj Gen Lokech insists that Gen Katumba's attackers are part of the ADF terror cell The joint security investigation team is searching for 15 guns which were allegedly used in 14 murders linked to suspects in the shooting of Gen Edward Katumba Wamala. Katumba was attacked by gun-wielding men on

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

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

Vendors 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

Health 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

Police 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,

The 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.

Proscovia 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