COMMENT | Joseph Mukasa Ngubwagye | On the 23rd of April 2020, media was awash with the news of the transfer of Tullow’s interests in the Uganda Lake Albert Project to Total E&P Uganda B.V. Total will acquire all of Tullow’s current 33.3334% stake in each of the project licenses …
Read More »‘Stopping truck drivers would be suicidal’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said movement of cargo inside the country and from neigbouring countries is crucial for the running of esential services needed int he fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. He said therefore, it would be ‘suicidal’ for government to consider …
Read More »Museveni splits salary between Janet, NRM and COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni will donate close to half his monthly salary to the COVID-19 national task-force. Reacting to a caller urging public servants to contribute to raising funds for the Coronavirus task-force, Museveni said he would donate about sh1.4million of his salary, …
Read More »Museveni confident economy will not be hit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has issued a firm assurance to Ugandans that the economy and therefore their businesses will not be hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Evidently staying clear of the issue of stimulus to business, Museveni said while he understood businesses in tourism and …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Shameful for MPs to pocket COVID-19 sh20m
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament (MPs) who have taken the sh20 million given to them as part of the COVID-19 supplementary expenditures might be in trouble. In his update address on the Coronavirus pandemic today, President Yoweri Museveni condemned MPs for seeking to divert Ugandans from …
Read More »LIVE: Museveni to outline plan on lock-down, truck drivers
🔸 79 confirmed cases 🔸 52 recoveries 🔸 13 active cases 🔹 23 truck drivers 🔹 14 Repatriated (Ky + Tz) ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni will at 8pm today deliver his 12th national address on the COVID-19 pandemic. He is expected to …
Read More »Parliament approves 15 new cities for Uganda
Effective 1st July 2020 ✔Arua City ✔Gulu City ✔Jinja City ✔Mbarara City ✔Fort Portal City ✔Mbale City ✔Masaka City July 1, 2021 ☑Hoima City July 1, 2022 ☑Entebbe and Lira Cities July 1, 2023 ☑ Moroto, Nakasongola, Soroti, Kabale and Wakiso Cities SOURCE: PWATCH UG Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT …
Read More »POLICE REPORT: 10 criminal syndicates dismantled in 2019
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police registered a 9.8 percent drop in crime last year, with 10 criminal syndicates dismantled in 2019, Uganda’s annual crime report indicates. According to the 2019 Uganda Police Crime report, criminal cases dropped from 238,746 in 2018 to 215,224 in 2019. “Organised criminal syndicates …
Read More »UPDF team leaves Mulago with perfect COVID-19 record
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of critical UPDF doctors, nurses and other experts who have been supporting the treatment of the Coronavirus (COVID -19) patients at the Mulago National Referral Hospital have been released today. Dr. Byarugaba Baterana, the Mulago Specialised National Referral Hospital Executive Director released …
Read More »The potential impact of COVID-19 on Local Governments
COMMENT | Jonas Mbabazi | In Uganda, as of April 24, 2020, there were 75 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 46 of these have recovered and none has died. The shocks from the coronavirus pandemic have been sudden and unprecedented. Within a few months, many businesses, government offices, markets, public and …
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