Author: Alexandra Katusiime

The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Maj Gen Paul Lokech announced an investigation update in Police’s works to bring to book the assailants behind the shooting of former Army Commander and Minister for Works and Transport Gen Katumba Wamala. This comes after some unknown gunmen that were moving on two motorcycles in June sprayed Gen Katumba’s vehicle with bullets killing his daughter and driver instantly along the Kisota Road, in Kisasi, Nakawa Division in Kampala. While addressing journalists on Thursday, Gen Lokech said using footage from CCTV cameras, security has spent the last three weeks doing surveillance on people…

The Ugandan Ministry of Health has told the press that they cannot rule out the possibility of a further extension of the lockdown if infections do not significantly reduce in the initially allocated 42 days of lockdown. The Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary (PS) Dr. Diana Atwine however said that the country has started registering significant reductions in COVID-19 cases but insisted that more needs to be done to push the figures further down. “Key to overcoming this [COVID-19] crisis is personal responsibility in observing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and vaccination.” Dr. Atwine said. She further revealed that the government…

Prof. Mwambutsya Ndebesa, a Lecturer at Makerere University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) has rapped government for blaming Citizens for the surge in the COVID-19 spread and conveniently ignoring their own contributions to the spread. Using his social media channels, Prof. Ndebesa said that it has become convenient for government to blame citizens in Uganda for the surge of COVID-19 with no mention of state weaknesses at all. “If the state can not accept it’s faults and work on them we are doomed. How come all manner of variants of COVID-19 are found in Uganda? The Indian, the…

The Kampala Lord Mayor, Ssalongo Erias Lukwago wants the government of Uganda to give each household Shs 252,000 in COVID-19 relief food to cover the new 42-day lockdown. The Lord Mayor made the proposal after the government announced yesterday that the vulnerable urban people whose income has been affected by the lockdown because of the hand-to-mouth nature of their work will this time be given cash handouts as opposed to food relief that was distributed to various families during last year’s lockdown. Speaking after an emergency meeting involving ministers, technocrats and the national COVID-19 taskforce yesterday, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja said the…

Hawkers and roadside vendors that operate on the major highways selling fresh foods and other merchandise to travelers are counting losses as the inter-district travel ban bites hard on their source of income. On June 6th, President Museveni suspended inter-district and all public transport and private vehicles were banned from crossing to other districts. Some of the most affected vendors are those that have been operating on the highways coming from Fort Portal going to other districts through roads that include, Fort Portal-Ntoroko-Bundibugyo road, Fort-Portal-Kamwenge road, Fort Portal-Kyenjojo road and Fort Portal-Bunyangabu-Kasese road. On these highways, there are many established…

President Yoweri Museveni has directed that people who fail to comply with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and measures against COVID-19 be fined as opposed to being arrested. “Those who do not care for the lives of Ugandans will pay financially, Instead of arresting people and filling our jails, this time akasente. Why should we waste time arresting these people? You violate you pay,” Museveni said in his address. The new directive comes just hours after police in the Kampala Metropolitan area arrested a total of 1,100 suspects after raiding bars to enforce COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and impounded more than…

President Yoweri Museveni has asked Ugandans who are leaving villages for urban centres such as Kampala and Wakiso to stop because the said urban centres have so many cases of COVID-19. While addressing the country about the current COVID-19 situation, Museveni said that most of the people in Kampala and Wakiso are getting the virus because they have failed to adhere to the COVID-19 SOPs. “Ugandans who are in the villages, don’t come to Kampala and Wakiso if you are not doing serious work like trading. Kampala and Wakiso are full of corona. Don’t come to visit your children. Stay…

Busoga Kingdom has expressed sadness over the loss of the former Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to her rival and former Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah. Ms Kadaga suffered humiliating defeat during the election of the Speaker at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on the evening of Monday 24, May 2021. She polled 197 votes against 310 votes polled by Oulanyah. The Kamuli Woman Member of Parliament who had served as Speaker for 10 years was seeking a third term. Busoga Kingdom spokesperson Andrew Ntange says that they had anticipated to get more influential political positions but were instead shocked by Kadaga’s loss.…

Kawempe North Member of Parliament (MP) Muhammad Ssegirinya of the National Unity Platform (NUP) has promised to give Shs 100,000 to every family in Kawempe. After swearing-in, Ssegirinya revealed that he has a system known as ‘Ssegi Box’ and he is going to use it to cater for every family in his constituency. “I have a system in Kawempe called ‘Segi Box’. I will give each and every family Shs 100,000. I wont buy the car, I will use my car,” he said. He adds that buying an expensive car is an extravagance. Ssegirinya says he doesn’t want to be…

Uganda’s leading and oldest university, Makerere University, is set to graduate over 13,000 students for the 2020/2021 academic year next week. The Academic Registrar, Mr. Alfred Namoah Masikye says the 5-day graduation ceremony kicks off on Monday 17th to Friday 21st May. The graduation will be held virtually in observance of the COVID-19 preventive Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and only students who have scored first class in various programs will attend the function physically. According to the schedule, Schools of Law, College of Health Sciences and College of Natural Sciences will graduate on Monday. Students from the College of Agricultural…