MPOX's Story In East Africa
- HEALTH
- October 21, 2024
President Museveni while commissioning facilities on Saturday at the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba, a training institute for petroleum exploration- banned foreign travels for civil servants and members of parliament in order to save for priority sectors he said. “Tell the civil servants, the MPs and all politicians to stop travelling abroad. Money is wasted on
READ MOREA 24 year old woman has been held by police in Kampala over Kawempe apartment fire that killed one male and one female. The suspect owned the two room apartment where she had the two as her visitors. “The room was a rented double unit occupied by the suspect. It is alleged that she (suspect)
READ MOREHassan Galiwango, Uganda’s high commissioner to Kenya has passed on. He died in Nairobi hospital where he had been admitted. Rebecca Kadaga – Uganda’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of EAC confirmed the news on Monday. Dr. Hassan Galiwango was appointed to the position in October 2020 after the position’s former occupant aspired for
READ MOREA church in Eastern Congo has been bombed killing 10 and leaving 39 people injured on Sunday. The IS (ISLAMIC STATE JIHADISTS) claim to be responsible for the attack. The spokesman for Uganda’s military operation in the DRC, Bilal Katamba said, “The attackers used an IED to carry out the attack and we suspect ADF
READ MORENamatala Health Center IV in Mbale in Mbale city uses one bed to deliver 10-12 mothers daily, handling about 200 deliveries in a month. Ms. Beatrice Kagoye, the senior nursing officer at the health center said, “The maternity ward we are currently using was a community hall where the elders used to hold their meetings.
READ MOREHarry Maguire the team captain at Manchester United has vowed to fight for his place despite competition from Martinez and Varane. Under Erik ten Hag – the team’s coach, the English international footballer has fallen behind Varane and Martinez at the team pecking order. After receiving a chance to play 90 minutes in the Carabao
READ MOREStudents at Makerere University received relief after the Vice Chancellor – Prof. Nawangwe directed the bursar to waive off the surcharge for late registration as earlier requested by the University Student’s Guild body. “This is to confirm that your request to waive the surcharge due to late registration owing to the prevailing economic hardships faced
READ MOREThe Sudan strain of Ebola was the first Ebola outbreak in Uganda since 2012. The virus is without a vaccine which made it more deadly. Many measures including; lock down being the more restrictive, were adopted since September when the first Ebola cases were reported. “Uganda put a swift end to Ebola by ramping up
READ MORERose Christiane Ossouka Raponda is the newly appointed first ever Gabonese female vice president after the position had been vacant for along time since 2019. The president- Ali Bongo Odimba appointed her on 9th January, 2023. The 59 year old politician has served in other capacities as Prime minister, mayor and minister of defense. She
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