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Ugandan Singer Eddy Kenzo has rubbished the social media rumors circulating about his worrying health. Kenzo who was in Ivory Coast over the covid 19 preventive measures, was taken to hospital under critical conditions during the weekend a move that raised a lot of mixed reactions. Kenzo said that he has ulcers that got stimulated to the unique foods in the Western Africa country, where they use a lot of cooking oil, and red pepper that reacted badly with is body. He said different tests where carried up and he came out negative for Corona Virus and malaria. Below is…
Cristiano Ronaldo hasn’t been able to go to his usual barber during lockdown but his other half Georgina Rodriguez has stepped up to the mark. The Portuguese superstar has recently been sporting a ‘top knot’ look but that could all be about to change after the five-time Ballon d’Or winner posted a video of his girlfriend using clippers on his hair. He captioned the clip: “Stay home and keep selfish” – and can be heard doing his usual “SIUUUUU!” celebration cry at the end of the video. Ronaldo has debuted a number of different styles during his glittering career, though he’s…
The Stanbic Purchase Managers Index (PMI) for March has recorded the first decline in activity. This is due to the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic which has led to fall in new business, company shutdowns and issues with the supply of materials in, thus pushing the Ugandan private sector into contraction. The headline PMI posted below the 50.0 no-change mark at 45.3 in March, following a reading of 56.2 in February. This marked the first deterioration in business conditions in the private sector since January 2017. Kenneth Kitungulu Stanbic Bank Uganda Head of Global Markets said, “COVID-19 caused issues…
President Museveni has clarified that the food government starts distributing today, Saturday in Kampala and Wakiso is only for the urban poor affected by coronavirus. He was Friday asking rich people to donate to government cars and contribute food to feed the masses under lockdown. Museveni said some people are mixing emergency food aid with poverty fighting. “We should not mix our old problems with this that is new. You can’t bring the long-standing problem of poverty which is not an emergency and has been around for a very long time.” “If you mix issues up, you are going to…
Singer Rema Namakula’s social media Inlaws now have reasons to smile following the covid 19 sensitization message by Dr. Hamza Ssebinya. Different people have come out to sensitize the masses on the coronavirus disease that has put the world on a standstill. Musicians, politicians, the common man and health works have all found ways of creating awareness so as to curb the spread of the disease. Last evening Dr. Hamza Ssebunya who is a doctor and singer Rema Namakula’s husband recorded a video of himself while on duty sensitizing the public about the disease. In the three-minute video Dr. Ssebunya…
Defense Minister Adolf Mwesige has said nobody should question the involvement of the UPDF in the Coronavirus fight because they are mandated by the Constitution. Addressing press Thursday, Mwesige said the primary role of the UPDF is to protect and defend the sovereignty and integrity of Uganda. The UPDF has played that role very well, he noted. “We’re confronted with a disease we have not yet experienced. Coronavirus is spread by human to human contact. It is not easy to control human to human contact because by nature we must relate,” he added. On his part Lieutenant General Wilson Mbasu…
The Electoral Commission [EC] has postponed the programme for Election if Special Interest Groups committees from village to national level, 2020. A March 23 press release says the EC was scheduled to commence the nomination of candidates in April 2020. The postponement has been made as a result of the ongoing shutdown of mass gatherings in the country, a measure to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus. “The electoral commission will, at an appropriate time, inform the public of any new developments,” said EC chairperson Justice Byabakama Mugenyi. He added: “The commission regrets the inconvenience caused to all the…
Two weeks after President Museveni ordered the shutting of schools due to the deadly novel coronavirus, some parents are yet to find their footing as far as keeping their children productively engaged at home is concerned. The school term had barely started when bang!! COVID 19 strikes and children had to go back home. But in this era of online studying, education doesn’t have to stop because schools are closed. With affordable and reliable internet, children can still go on with their studies at home. And so online learning which has been around for long and yet has hitherto been…
Outgoing Uganda Revenue Authority [URA] Doris Akol Thursday handed over the office of Commissioner General to Mr John R Musinguzi. “A new era begins at URA as Mr John R Musinguzi takes oath to become the 6th Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority,” the tax body said. Akol handed over instruments of power to John in the presence of the URA Board Chairman and Secretary at the Nakawa based head offices. Speaking at the handover, Akol said her exit is also a step of growth and expansion for URA. She served for 15 years in the senior leadership and 5…
Today, the partners in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator announced grants of $20 million to three institutions—the University of Washington, University of Oxford, and La Jolla Institute for Immunology—to fund clinical trials in order to identify highly potent immunotherapies for the COVID-19 pandemic. These grants mark the first investments to come from the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, a large-scale initiative launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard to speed the development of and access to therapies for COVID-19. Currently, there are no broad-spectrum antivirals or immunotherapies available to prevent or treat COVID-19. “These grants to leading institutions in…