Author: Johnson Thembo
Today, the Danish Government as represented by the Danish Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Nicolaj A. Hejberg Petersen has donated a total of 14,500,000DKK (Fourteen million and five hundred thousand Danish Kronner) equivalent to 6,004,500,000/= (Six billion, four million and five hundred thousand Uganda Shillings) towards the fight against COVID 19 in Uganda. The grant shall be administered through two partners namely, World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Offices in Uganda. WHO shall receive 10.000.000 DKK and UNFPA 4,500,000 DKK respectively. The two grants aim at supporting Government of Uganda’s efforts towards the emergency response to the…
1.0 INTRODUCTION Fellow Citizens and all people living in Uganda, I am here to update you on the status and impacts of the rising water levels of Lake Victoria and the Nile System in Uganda. As you are all aware, our country Uganda, is currently experiencing impacts of intensive and prolonged rainfall which has caused rise in water levels of major water bodies and flooding in several areas of the country. This may continue for some time in line with the recent seasonal weather forecast for March to May 2020 issued by my Ministry. Many of you may recall that…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today officiated the International Workers Day celebrations at State House Entebbe. This event was supposed to happen in Mbarara, but due to prevailing situations, we opted for ‘scientific’ Labour Day celebrations. Speaking to the audience dominated by Cabinet Ministers, President implored companies not to lay off employees. “Laying off workers during this crisis is not a good idea especially because things are going to improve. Instead, I would suggest that these workers are sent on leave and recalled when the situation normalises. I am very optimistic we are going to be stronger after this crisis.”…
Senior Presidential advisor Lt. Gen. MuhoozI Kainerugaba has also joined the Fountain of Honour in advocating for quick East African Community federation. In a comment made via his twitter handle, the former Commander of the Special Force Command (SFC) stated that nobody should divide the great alliance. “I completely agree with Mzee Kaguta Museveni, East Africa is a beautiful house and nobody should divide it. As Our Lord Christ says in Matthew 12:25 ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand’.” He stated. While addressing the Nation on…
The UK today confirmed that it will be the largest supporter of the international alliance to vaccinate children against deadly diseases, saving millions of lives. Speaking to MPs, International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan announced a funding pledge equivalent of £330 million a year over the next five years to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which will help fund immunisation of 75 million children in the world’s poorest countries. Preventable diseases, like measles, polio and typhoid, still kill hundreds of thousands of people each year. By vaccinating millions of children against other deadly diseases, we are supporting healthcare systems in the world’s poorest countries so they…
The Uganda Police Force today launched the annual police crime report for 2019. “I am pleased to present to you the crime and traffic/road safety report for 2019. There was a 9.8% decrease in the volume of crimes reported to Police from 238,746 cases reported in 2018 to 215,224 cases reported in 2019. This is due to deliberate efforts by the Government of Uganda to tackle crime, efforts of the men and women of the Uganda Police Force and continued support from our sister security agencies to fight crime.” The Inspector General of Police Martine Okoth Ochola stated. He revealed…
This as Uganda makes its final deliberations in trading off its surplus sugar to Tanzania, with the first consignment of 20,000 metric tones being agreed upon, at the prevailing market rates. The President assented to the bill on 24th, April, 2020. The sugar industry of Uganda will be exporting 20,000 Metric Tonnes of brown sugar to the United Republic of Tanzania by the end of May 2020. This is the first consignment, which has opened up market opportunities for the Ugandan sugar millers who have surplus production. The President yesterday met with representatives from Tanzania led by the Managing Director…
Parliament last week passed a Shs45 trillion budget for the next financial year 2020/21. The budget which saw an increment of over shs6 trillion from the 2019/2020 budget was passed Friday, 24 April 2020 at a sitting chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga following debate on the budgetary allocations where MPs called for interventions in the health sector amid the current corona virus pandemic. The debate following the adoption of the Budget Committee report which recommended that government revises and reviews the Budget after the full effect of Covid-19 on the economy is ascertained. According to the sector allocations, Works and…
Kim Jong Un is rumored to be dead, according to a Hong Kong broadcast network, while a Japanese magazine is reporting that North Korea’s rocket man is in a “vegetative state” after he underwent heart surgery earlier this month. A vice director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satellite Television, a Beijing-backed broadcast network in Hong Kong, claimed that Kim was dead, citing a “very solid source.” Her post on the Chinese messaging app Weibo has been shared widely on social media, according to a report in the International Business Times. Other unconfirmed reports, attributed to senior party sources in Beijing, said an operation to…
Rt Rev Lambert Bainomugisha has been appointed the new Archbishop of Mbarara Archdiocese. The appointment of Bainomugisha by Pope Francis was announced on Saturday afternoon by the apostolic Nuncio Luigi Bianco. “The Apostolic Nunciature has the Joy to announce that the Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Rt Rev Lambert Bainomumugisha as the new Archbishop of Mbarara,” the letter reads. Bainomugisha replaces the Most Rev Paul Bakyenga who is resigning from the pastoral care of the archdiocese upon clocking the canonical age limit of 75 years. The Rt. Rev. Lambert Bainomugisha was born 12th July 1961 at Kashumba, Bukanga, Isingiro…