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A lightning rod could be beneficial in this weather… Wednesday April 21 2021 Summary Many parts of the country are still considered high risk for lightning strikes. It is prudent, therefore, for those putting up tall structures to think of protecting them from lightning. Advertisement A  UNESCO report on lightning shows on a satellite map of Uganda that the Lake Victoria area, Adjumani, Amuru, Nwoya, Moyo and Kiryandongo are at very high risk of being struck by lightning within a range of 3...

Doctors oppose mandatory Covid-19 jabs Tuesday April 20 2021 A health worker administers AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, at Mulago Women’s Specialised Hospital in Kampala on March 10, 2021. PHOTO | KELVIN ATUHAIRE Summary The April 13 statistics from the Ministry of Health state that of the 90,142 health workers who have so far been registered all over the country to take the jabs, only 20,405 (23 per cent) have been vaccinated. Advertisement The Uganda Me...

Officials call for mandatory taking of Covid-19 vaccines Monday April 19 2021 Uganda received 864,000 Oxford- AstraZeneca doses of through Covax – the facility set up by World Health Organisation - last month. PHOTO/KELVIN ATUHAIRE Summary European Court of Human Rights last week ruled that compulsory vaccinations would not contravene human rights law — and may be necessary in democratic societies, according to a report by AFP last week. Advertisement Government officials are pushing for co...

At first, the Covid-19 virus seemed so distant, but kept inching closer to us, until the first case was confirmed in Uganda on March 21, 2020. It is now over a year since a 36-year-old Ugandan male returning from United Arab Emirates became the first Covid-19 patient.    It seemed like the virus was never going to reach here,  much as it was spreading faster to the rest of the world from Wuhan City in China. On  a Saturday evening, just after President Museveni had addressed the nation and ...

2021-04-08 15:55:53 GMT2021-04-08 23:55:53(Beijing Time) Xinhua English KAMPALA, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has asked South Sudan to compensate families of drivers who were recently killed by unknown militia in different road ambushes in the country. The two sides held a security meeting on Thursday at the common border point of Elegu. Geoffrey Oceng, Resident District Commissioner of Amuru, who chaired the meeting, told Xinhua by telephone that Uganda handed over the petition by cross-b...

Local governments need to invest in ICT to make money April 1, 2021 Local governments need to invest in ICTs Inadequate financing has become a major challenge for local governments in Uganda. Several districts face challenges such as leaks in revenue collected, inadequate local revenue, flawed public image, inadequate information on potential revenue sources in the district, all of which exacerbate the challenge of inadequate financing. The Auditor...

March 16, 2021 Pothole on Gulu-Nimule road The Shs 89 billion Gulu-Atiak-Nimule highway has developed at least 89 potholes, six years after it was commissioned in 2015. The road which spans 106km from Gulu city up to Elegu Town Council connects Uganda to South Sudan. Constructed by China Henan International Corporation (Chico), a Chinese construction Group, the road has become the most important and busiest corridor in terms of transportation of goods and services. The highway has deterior...

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Daily Monitor Friday March 12 2021 A health worker at Masaka hospital administers the Covid-19 vaccine at the launch of the exercise in Masaka on March 11, 2021. PHOTO/ MALIK FAHAD JJINGO Summary In Amuru, Dr Patrick Olwendo Odong, the district health officer, confirmed that they have received the vaccination but are waiting for directives from the ministry to start the exercise. Advertisement  Some health workers said they had not yet received the vaccines by yesterday. Other health workers h...

Tanzania’s recent admission of the presence of COVID-19 in the country is thanks to the intervention of church leaders who have a history of intervening in matters of national importance.