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Nelson Mandela Day: African Leaders yet to Emulate his Legacy

Today Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day, marked every 18th of July, his birthday. The first UN Mandela Day took place on July...

Concern as 100 people Perish in Road Accidents in 6 Days—Police Report

Traffic police have recorded 100 deaths in their latest traffic report for July 9–15, 2023, as road congestion...

IBANDA: Movement of Animals at Night Banned to Avert Livestock Theft

The district security committee has resolved to prohibit animal movement at night in order to reduce the rising...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 319 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 JUNE 06, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 President Museveni to deliver State of the Nation Address on Wednesday 📌President Yoweri Kaguta...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 305 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 𝐌𝐀𝐘 22, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬  President Museveni's Greater Masaka tour to focus on promotion of PDM and Wealth...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 114 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 D𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝟒𝟖 Kassanda RDC, Phoebe Namulindwa has revealed that the confirmed Ebola cases have increased to 48 and that the majority of the cases are from Kikandwa village in Kalwana Sub County. Namulindwa says they have 944 contact persons undergoing surveillance. She blames the surging problem on politicians and boda boda motorists who have continued to defy the lockdown regulations. 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong confirms that the Customs Tariff Commission of the State...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 111 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 🇺🇬𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 📌Ebola Virus was discovered in 1979 near River Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, outbreaks have sporadically occurred  in Africa. The natural reservoir host of Ebola viruses remains unknown. However, based on the nature of similar viruses, experts think the virus is animal-borne with bats being the most likely reservoir. 🇺🇬𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐳𝐢 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬 📌The Senior Presidential Advisor in Charge of Special Operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has urged candidates to protect themselves from the deadly Ebola as they write their final...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 105 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 🇺🇬𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐏𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 📌Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Anita Among has this afternoon issued a strict warning to Legislators who dodge plenary sittings. She regarded to the act as ‘misuse’ of tax payers’ money that is spent on salaries to the members, yet they continuously abscond from duty. 📌In her communication this afternoon, Speaker Among asked the Clerk to Parliament Mr. Adolf Mwesigye to keep tally of the attendance...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 103 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 🇺🇬𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 📌According to Uganda Red Cross Society, one must wash their hands regularly with clean water and soap to avoid spreading or getting infected with Ebola. 📌Among others, one should avoid body fluids of Ebola suspects, should let a trained team burry the dead Ebola victims and above all, one should report suspected cases to health authorities. 🇺🇬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 103 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 🇺🇬𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐌𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 📌An active 24hours emergency response desk has been established by the Ministry of Health to report all suspected cases of Ebola it One can call the toll-free number (0800299000) or send a message to 8500 to report any incident. 🇺🇬𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 📌Letshego Uganda, a subsidiary of Letshego Holdings Limited has launched a new product called Flash Cash, a small self-service loan of up to shs180,000 over 30 days. According to Letshego Uganda Chief Executive Officer, Giles Aijukwe, Flash Cash is geared towards...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 101 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 🇺🇬𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 📌Private tourism industry leaders have slammed global media stories implying that Uganda is failing to curb the Ebola pandemic. Many claim that this type of reporting has resulted in cancellations in the sector, resulting in revenue loss. According to Herbert Byaruhanga, president of the Uganda Tourism Association, the sector has had a number of cancellations since the Ebola outbreak was declared last month. 🇺🇬𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲...