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Customers in the queue at the MTN shop Lugogo, Kampala, UGANDA, May 2020. Photo by Jacqueline Banya / ILO-Kampala via Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Last year in March, the Ugandan government joined the world’s fight against COVID-19 with strict measures and restrictions to control its spread throughout the country. As citizens turned to the internet as a lifeline to access critical news about coronavirus regulations, exchange opinions, and share local information, the government activated several different cyber laws to criminalize the sharing of “fake information,” including the Computer Mi...

4 min read This year has been harder than usual for an aspiring celebrity to breakout. That is because the COVID-19 pandemic has had a drastic effect on the entertainment sector globally and this meant that there were fewer opportunities for them to ‘shine’. The challenges nonetheless, some stars were born. So, who were the biggest breakout stars in Nigeria over the last 12 months? Was it the Here, PREMIUM TIMES highlights the top seven latest Nigerian celebrities that regularly made the news headlines in this very unique year 1- Erica Nlewedim There’s nowhere else to ...

HIV/Aids stigma in courts is the dilemma for lawyers and judges December 23, 2020 Written by PAUL MUKIIBI According to the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the HIV epidemic remains one of the leading causes of death globally. The Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most severely affected by the...

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 22 2020 Statistics obtained from Hoima Police Centre lll indicate that so far eight cases of sexual abuse that involve non-penetration have been reported. Summary “Lately, we are having scenarios of men sleeping with children but without penetrating them. They find ways of achieving sexual satisfaction,” police surgeon. Advertisement Medical experts in Hoima District have said men in the area have found new ways of eluding defilement charges. A police surgeon at Hoima Police Health Centre lll, who preferred anonymity in order to speak freely, said their inve...

It was at The Big Brunch, a concert that held at Kampala’s Speke Resort. The show, which is the first music concert in Uganda since the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were imposed by the Ugandan government sold out. Shortly after performances by Omah Lay and Ms Tems, it turned out that they had broken COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and the Ugandan authorities insisted that the duo must face the law. The singers were arrested on Sunday, December 13 and charged in a magistrate court the following day for “negligently doing acts likely to spread an infectious disease C/S 171 of the Penal Cod...