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President Yoweri Museveni has made four additional directives in the fight against COVID-19. Drinking alcohol in groups from homes has been banned and those found holding such parties will be charged with attempted. In his address on…

The Police have arrested two of their colleagues and a member of a village defence unit who reportedly beat up a pregnant woman they accused of flouting orders against crowding in bars and public spaces. The arrest followed a directive…

President Yoweri Museveni has appointed High Court judge Jane Frances Abodo as the new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), replacing Justice Mike Chibita who was appointed to the Supreme Court Bench. The appointment of Justice Abodo…

President Yoweri Museveni says that out of 176 samples tested by the health ministry on Tuesday, 11 of them - all of them children - returned positive, lifting the total number of confirmed cases to 44. This was during the Tuesday…

President Yoweri Museveni will once again address the nation this evening at 8 pm to clarify some issues that some Ugandans may not have understood understand. During his speech last evening in which he outlined a number of measures to…

President Yoweri Museveni has said anyone; especially politicians who will be found distributing food items to Ugandans will be charged with attempted murder and thrown into prison. The President said yesterday in his address to the…

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has this morning converged for the virtual summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The meeting was attended by regional counterparts including Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), Abiy…

The confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Uganda more than doubled within two days after hitting the 30 mark on Saturday. On Friday, the confirmed cases moved from 14 to 18, before jumping to 23. On Saturday night, the…

With five new cases of COVID-19, on Friday, March 27 —bringing Uganda’s total infected persons to 23, President Yoweri Museveni says there might be a need for more drastic measures to curb the spread of the killer virus. In a statement…

Although President Museveni acknowledges the various challenges posed by the coronavirus, he says Ugandans must be innovative and find ways of doing business with minimal human contact to arrest the spread of the virus. The president…