Museveni blames parliament for delay in COVID-19 vaccines procurement

President Yoweri Museveni has blamed the 10th Parliament for delaying the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines, even as the country struggled to beat the pandemic during the first wave.  The Government Chief Whip Thomas Tayebwa today told the Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons of the different Parliamentary committees that the President was unhappy about the delays in…

Activists up against raids on sex workers during COVID-19 lock downs

By Flavia Nassaka HIV advocates have condemned the continued harassment of sex workers by especially police officers who defraud them of their heard earned cash in the disguise of implementing COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Macklean Kyomya, Executive Director at Alliance of Women Advocating for Change (AWAC), an organization that advocates for…