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The Ministry of Health has announced 318 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda, making it the highest total recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic. Hit hardest is Amuru Prison,  where 153 inmates have been found to be positive…

Uganda has registered 66 new Covid-19 cases, the highest number ever recorded in a day. The Sunday figure brings the total number of cases to 1, 500. Of the cases registered on Sunday, 30 are alerts from Kampala, six from…

At every point when African countries are set to have elections, foreign security agencies such as CIA of US, Mossad of Israel, and MI6 of Britain conduct secret surveys to gauge the political mood in those respective countries. The survey…

The opinion poll released yesterday by the Research World International shows that the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party and the Opposition are gaining but also losing support in some regions. The NRM support in Acholi,…

Uganda’s poor public hospitals, doctors’ strikes and corruption scandals make its success in the fight against the new coronavirus all the more unlikely. But the nation of 42 million people has recorded just over 1,200 cases and five…

Uganda has registered another COVID-19 death, bringing the number to five. This comes after a 46-year-old Indian woman and resident of Kibuli, Makindye Divison succumbed to the deadly virus. According to the Ministry of Health's daily…

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has announced that enforcement of the boda boda Free Zone in Kampala will commence on August 31, 2020. This was revealed by Daniel NuweAbine, who is the acting spokesperson of the KCCA. The…

City traders have protested a move by one of their landlords who is demanding rent arrears for shops that were closed since the lockdown in March. In a notice sent to his tenants at the weekend, Mr Drake Lubega provided four bank…

A Ugandan has been kidnapped by suspected Rwandan security personnel in Kabale district. Levy Byomuhangi, a resident of Rugarama village in Nyinamuronzi ward, Katuna was kidnapped by gunmen dressed in the Rwandan army uniform at Mushenyi…

By Yoweri K. Museveni Fellow Countrymen and Countrywomen Today, July 11, Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Population Day for this year. The theme for this year’s World Population Day, “Leveraging Uganda’s…