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…

Fund launched for health workers in distress of COVID-19 illness

The Western Region Parliamentary Task Force on COVID-19 has launched a Support Financial campaign titled “Rodney Fund” to facilitate purchase of drugs for Health workers who contract COVID-19 while on duty in Kabale District. The Rodney Fund is  named after  “Rodney Tabaruka,” the senior pharmacist in charge of the drug store at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital -KRRH.…

Mourners attending open casket funerals to be arrested in Luwero and Nakasongola

By Brian Luwaga   Luwero and Nakasongola Districts COVID-19 taskforces have ordered the arrest of mourners opening coffins containing bodies of COVID-19 victims.   The Uganda government as part of the Standard Operating Procedures to stop COVID-19 in Uganda announced that open caskets funerals are abolished for people who have succumbed to the disease.   …

Bukedea district regiters over a thousand teenage pregnancies since second lock down

The office of the district community development officer in Bukedea district has registered over one thousand teenage girl pregnant since the second lock down was imposed by the government.  The girls were seeking for antenatal care at Kachumbala County in the period since the 42 lock down was announced. Uganda has the highest teenage pregnancy…

Activists decry public health measures against COVID-19 spread

The Ministry of Health has dismissed calls by activists for the resignation of Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine. Ministry of Health Spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyona says it is because of Dr. Atwine’s plausible performance that she was re-appointed by the President, and has described the the activists as attention seekers. The Union of Human Rights Defenders Uganda on Thursday called…