The UK Government announces its support to the Government of Uganda’s efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 disease and to respond to the impacts of SARS-COV-2 coronavirus. We are supporting Government of Uganda (GoU) at both national and district levels. We have provided £500,000 to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to strengthen testing, surveillance […]
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Kampala: Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda today handed over its contribution of UGX1.3billion (One Billion, Three Hundred Million Shillings) with three brand new pick-up trucks added to the Ministry of Health COVID-19 fleet. Prime Minister and Chair of the National Task Force for COVID-19, Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda, welcomed the contribution and commended Coca-Cola for […]
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The government attention has been drawn to media queries on how some Ugandans have been cleared to return home when Entebbe International Airport is shut down and Uganda is under COVID-19 lockdown. In a statement release by Uganda Media Centre, the government explains that a while ago, Parliament and Ugandans at large asked government through […]
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Booking an interview with Government officials is no smooth process. The behind-the-scenes work is oftentimes overlooked, but such a hassle. Yet somehow, NBS TV managed exclusive interviews with the President, Speaker, and Chief Justice in under a month! On April 15th, with Parliament under the spotlight over the UGX 10B they awarded themselves, NBS Television […]
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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) towardsthe fight against COVID 19 in Uganda. The grant shall be […]
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COVID-19 cases in Uganda reached 79 last night as 4 Tanzanian truck drivers tested for the positive for the deadly disease caused by Coronavirus. The Ministry confirmed that 4 new COVID-19 cases confirmed out of the 1,578 samples tested among truck drivers. All confirmed cases are Tanzanian truck drivers who arrived via Mutukula border. The […]
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The Minister State for ICT and National Guidance Hon. Peter Ogwang has today on behalf of the subcommittee on Relief received 20 trucks of 40tonnage each from Dott Services Limited to assist in transporting food relief. The trucks also came with 2,000 litres of fuel. The food distribution is ongoing in Kampala in the wake […]
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Bars owners through their umbrella organization ‘Bar, Club, Restaurant and Entertainment Owners Association have handed over to government their COVID-19 Response team contribution. The over 100 members contributed 16.4m in cash and used the money to buy 560 cartons of long life UHT milk , 200 cartons of water and 10 hand washing tanks for […]
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Engineering and construction giants Dott Services Limited have joined in the hand and responded to the President’s call by donating 5 tonnes of food (maize flour) to COVID-19 Response team. They made a donation to Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) through Uganda National Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors (UNABSEC). Dott Services also distributed […]
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In order to crack down on motorists with fake car stickers in the wake of COVID-19 global pandemic, the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance and NITA Uganda have developed a portal to help Ministry of Works and Transport and Uganda Police Force to verify these stickers instantly. If any found with a fake sticker, […]
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