Officials at Entebbe Referral hospital have revealed that the facility lost a number of equipment due to over spraying at the time when it served as a Covid-19 treatment centre. In 2020 as the country experienced a surge in the number of covid-19 positive cases, Ministry of Health designated Entebbe referral hospital as a covid-19 management center. However ,the hospital management headed by the it’s director Dr Peterson Stephen Kyebambe informed the Leader of the opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga that due to the rigorous spraying of the hospital with disinfectant ,several machines were affected and are currently out of…
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President Museveni is in good spirits and recovering steadily from the illness caused by Coronavirus (Covid-19) and will soon be out of isolation, his Principal Private Secretary Dr. Kenneth Omona has revealed Dr. Omona was on Monday speaking to journalists at Nakasero State Lodge shortly after receiving a banner full of messages of goodwill from Ugandans to President Museveni. The President is in self-isolation, having tested positive for Covid-19 last week. Museveni tested positive for COVID-19 three days after returning from the 10-day NRM retreat in Kyankwanzi. In a statement issued on Sunday night, Museveni said he “slept well” for…
The drug traffickers across the globe are using Entebbe Airport as a transit point to move drugs from different parts of the world to Japan, China and India. According to Entebbe Airport security sources, the drugs come from Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Afghanistan and enter Africa through various entry points and end up in Uganda before they are transported to Asia. “The biggest market is in Japan and India and other eastern Asian countries. These drugs enter Uganda as cargo or unescorted luggage,” a security source told Media in an exclusive interview in May. According to security sources at Entebbe, the drug traffickers are using…
President Museveni, who has gone to great lengths over the last two years to avoid contracting the coronavirus, is currently unsure of his health status after one of the tests turned out positive. Museveni said he was “feeling a cold” on Wednesday morning and “thought I had a coronavirus.” The President, who was delivering a state-of-the-nation address at Kololo ceremonial grounds, said he decided to “call my medical team” as a precautionary measure. The doctors conducted two types of COVID-19 tests. The 78-year-old Ugandan leader said the rapid test used to screen for COVID-19 infection when experiencing typical COVID-19 symptoms…
Police have suspended Corporal Ogwal Yeeko, a cop who was photographed spraying teargas at Next Media journalists on Tuesday. Police said in a statement on Wednesday that they “strongly condemned the manner in which two journalists from Next Media namely Isano Francis, and Thomas Kitimbo, were attacked and pepper sprayed, during the dispersal of pre-intern doctors, who were holding a demonstration around Mulago Guest House Wandegeya.” The force, which has previously come under public scrutiny for brutalising journalists, saying the “abuse directed at journalists and reporters for simply doing their job, can never be justified.” Although the officer issued an…
The suspects upon being arrested Two Ugandan women are being held by Police in the west Indian Province of Goa, for alleged possession of narcotics. The suspects were identified by local police as Florence Ssanyu, 28, and Arisat Nabankema, 26. These were reportedly found with drugs including Ecstasy, Cocaine and Meth. Local media quoted one Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mapusa Jivba Dalvi saying the police had received a tip-off from sources that two foreign national women have been supplying drugs in the coastal region of Anjuna. “Based on technical surveillance, at 8.30am on February 8, the police team found two…
Rogers Odiama also known as ODB (Of Double Blessing) has embarked on an ambitious project of nurturing the next generation of basketball stars in Entebbe and over 25 girls aged between 6-17 years braved the scorching sun on Saturday at the Entebbe Basketball Court also known as Dustyville to learn the fundamentals of the game of Basketball. ODB, who also plays for Entebbe Knight Riders Basket Ball team has partnered with Score Beyond Leadership Organization, an international organization that identifies and nurtures Basketball players worldwide. “The first Edition of the Entebbe Girls Basketball camp has attracted over 25 participants and…
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday met with Dr Samuel Oledo, the former President of the Uganda Medical Association at State House Entebbe. The meeting on Tuesday came just a day after Dr Oledo was removed from the leadership of the association and handed a 4 year membership ban. Dr Oledo had been accused breaking the association’s code of conduct when he openly begged President Museveni to contest in the 2026 elections, at youth event at Kololo early this month. In yesterday’s meeting at State House, Dr Oledo clarified that it had been requested long before the Kololo saga within the association.…
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa yesterday condemned Internal Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire’s selfish and hypocritical attacks on the institution of parliament. In a no nonsense response to the bush-war hero who on Monday this week questioned the size of parliament and it’s relevance, Mr Tayebwa reminded Otafiire that he is one of the beneficiaries of the small constituencies created by parliament. The Deputy Speaker was a chief guest at the 2022 Uganda National Journalism Awards organized by African Centre for Media Excellence (Acme) on Tuesday evening. “I saw some senior leaders in parliament questioning the size of parliament yet…
As the world marks the end of the 16-days of Activism campaign against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), women activists and other human rights defenders met in Kampala where they brainstormed on possible ways to support victims of violence as well as bringing to an end these in human practices. This year’s campaign was celebrated under the theme, “UNiTE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls.” Uganda adopted the global theme which resonates with the urgency for collective action by all to bring an end to Violence Against Women and Girls, these started on 25th November 2022 and ended on 10th…