East Africa News

By Goodluck Musinguzi Christopher (Chris) Nsamba was born like other ordinary children in Kampala who like to play football, watch movies, help parents with home chores as they go to school. However, Nsamba was one young man with eyes on technology, he would pick anything near him and tries to …

BY AMBROSE KWERONDA KANUNGU: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 09, 2021 The Head of Economic Cooperation at Embassy of Japan in Uganda, Kitamura Yoshinori has on Thursday commissioned the state-of-the-art Ambulance at Bwindi Community Hospital in Kanungu District. The Ambulance registration number UBJ 399T was acquired through the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grassroots …

By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health developed an Ambulance System that is supposed to ensure quick evacuation of patients that require urgent medical attention. The country requires 460 ambulances both in hospitals and highways. However, communities living on the islands in the lakes have cried to government for the same …

RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2021 Justine Olea, a rebel suspect said to be belonging to the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) was handed over to the Congolese government representatives at Vurra Custom’s border post on Saturday. This followed Olea’s rearrest from Drivers’ Corner, a popular joint in the …

  A hippopotamus in the marshes of River Nile near Pakwach Bridge BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU PAKWACH: Thursday, July 22, 2021 Every month, Jimmy Olore, a self-confessed hippopotamus hunter and his folks from Pujwang village make up to six forays on a three-kilometre journey on the River Nile to Pakwach Bridge in Uganda’s West Nile sub-region. This is one of the spots in …

By Innocent Atuganyira   Lake Albert Children Women Advocacy and Development Organization – LACWADO a non government organization is sponsoring health radio talks in Buliisa District Bunyoro Sub Region Western Uganda to sensitize the community on the dangers of corona virus.   Dr. Robert Mugabe the District Health Educator – Buliisa …

By Emmanuel  Ainebyoona Dear reader, In the past few months,  social media has been awash with demands for  accountability  for the funds donated  by the general  public  to government  in support of  the COVID-19  response. Indeed, the government  appreciates the generosity of all Ugandans from all walks of life who …

By Innocent Atuganyira The Government of Uganda is determined to reduce the infections of Covid-19 that has forced the country into another lockdown. As part of the response mechanism to manage and contain the pandemic, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni issued a Presidential Decree setting up different taskforces to guide the …

By Aine Mugisha Ministry of Health has cautioned Ugandans from being tempted to buy or use questionable products in a bid to test, treat, cure or prevent Covid-19. Meanwhile some private clinics are trying to profit from the pandemic by allowing people to do PCR or RDT tests at their …

By Innocent Atuganyira The Ministry of Health is distributing thousands of mosquito nets to vendors who keep markets open around the country. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni directed that all vendors should get mosquito nets in his last address before the lockdown.   Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health …