Author: Scherrie Olga Arinaitwe

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and other places that admit lots of strangers have been armed with means of identifying who among their visitors have abnormal temperatures, a known symptom of the novel coronavirus. One of the gadgets that the medics have armed us with is the Infrared Non-Body Contact Thermometre or otherwise known as the Temperature Gun. It infers temperature from a portion of thermal radiation emitted by an object. It is called a Temperature Gun because its in the shape of a pistol gun. The Thermometre determines an object’s temperature accurately because it uses the infrared…

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Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, an author of a book, “The Greedy Barbarian”, that was arrested and detained by Ugandan security forces has been released on bail. Mr Rukirabashaija, whose book was popularly interpreted to be a stinging critical masterpiece of President Museveni was released by the Chief Magistrate Court of Iganga on non-cash bail of Shs 10M. According to our sources, the author was being detained for engaging in acts likely to spread an infectious disease. He was arrested on Easter Monday and has been in detention since. “He is being charged for allegedly uttering false information and spreading harmful propaganda in…

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