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Virus has taken 300 lives, soon MPs cars will be a health risk Wednesday March 17 2021 The very makers of the laws will virtually all buy 20-year-old junks being dumped into the country to add to the poisoning of Kampala’s air. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA Summary The biggest health crisis we think we ever had is the coronavirus, something that we didn’t cause. We have fought it so hard that as we mark one year this week since the first Covid-19 infection was identified in Uganda, we have lost just over 300 people. Advertisement Uganda’s revolutionary leaders from the ‘Class of ’86’...

THE STANDARD By Ndungu Gachane | March 2nd 2021 at 13:19:30 GMT +0300 Shock has engulfed Kayu village in Kangema, Murang'a after a body of an eight-year-old girl was discovered badly mutilated and some body parts missing in what is believed to be a ritual killing. According to the locals, the minor, Hannah Wambui went missing on Monday evening at around 7.30 pm. At the time, Wambui was at their shop located in their home compound and a search was immediately launched. Kangema Subcounty Police Commander John Ogolla said they had arrested a 34-year-old neighbour of the deceased who is a cas...

Minister donates 340 bags of cement for eight Tarime primary schools 01 Minister donates 340 bags of cement for eight Tarime primary schools DEPUTY Minister of State in the Vice-President's Office (Union and Environment) Mwita Waitara has donated 340 bags of cement to eight primary schools in Tarime District, Mara Region. The move is aimed to support resident’s efforts towards improving pupils learning environment as well as to decongest classrooms. Handing over the cement bags to the schools over the weekend, Waitara said that 40 cement bags will go to Mbogi secondary school  in Mbogi wa...

CONCERNED: Lesaso Member of Parliament (MP) for Shoshong, Aubrey Lesaso, has implored Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN), the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA), and Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) to come up with a framework to work together to improve the agricultural sector. Lesaso said the import bill on agricultural products stands at P7.7billion per annum, noting that it is too high for a country with so many cattle. One of the stunning figures, Lesaso said, is that of dog and cat foods which stands at P328 million per annum whilst the...

Many people are frustrated with the current state of affairs in the nation, with the older generation longing for the ‘good old days’ when Tunku Abdul Rahman was leading the country.