covid-19

At least 45 students from two schools in Masaka district have been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus. Dr Nathan Onyach, the director of Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, said the students, mainly in the boarding…

On Wednesday, Kampala went on fire after police arrested pop star turned politician/presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The riots continued through yesterday. The partisans on either side are in overdrive. Critics…

Security forces have arrested the National Unity Platform Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine after blocking his rally in Luuka District. Police accused Mr. Kyagulanyi of having more than 200 supporters recommended by EC…

By Don Wanyama  In June this year, then Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden announced that he would not hold rallies because of the rising Covid-19 cases in the USA. At that time, infections stood at 2,400,000 cases, with…

Kamuli Municipality Member of Parliament Rehema Watongola is dead. Watongola succumbed to the Covid-19 infection from Mulago National Referral hospital on Saturday morning where she had been admitted. Watongola becomes the second MP…

President Yoweri Museveni who is also the NRM candidate has said that he decided not to conduct mass rallies nor hold processions in these campaigns because it would put the public at risk in light of the raging Covid-19 pandemic. "Our…

The Electoral Commission has warned candidates in the 2021 general elections against flouting Covid-19 guidelines after observing that they were holding campaign rallies in a manner that exposes the electorate to the respiratory illness.…

Veteran journalist and media investor Andrew Mwenda lost his nephew, Chris Ibaale, to COVID-19 yesterday afternoon. Mwenda, the founder and owner of Independent Publications, yesterday tweeted: "This afternoon our family has been struck…

A group of Rukungiri concerned Anti-corruption community has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Hon Rebecca Kadaga to investigate their area Resident District Commissioner ‘RDC’ Daniel Kaguta and Kick him out of office after being…

President Trump said early Friday morning that he and the first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation’s leadership into uncertainty and escalating the crisis posed by a pandemic that has already killed more…