The Ministry of Health under its Case Management structure has carried out more training on COVID-19 disease. 

Dr Gorge Upenytho the Commissioner Community Health  Ministry of health (MOH)  who opened the training said the main purpose of this training is to create a core competent critical mass among the uniformed personnel who can quickly respond to a disaster within a community.

10 Mar 2020

In a bid to eliminate locusts the UPDF last night intensified  spraying the deadly insects in three different Districts of Nabilatuk, Kapchorwa, Karenga and Nakapiripiriti leaving millions destroyed.

According to Col Ezra Byaruhanga the Commander of 407 Infantry Brigade, the exercise which started at 11pm last night achieved it's objective."Most of the locusts in this area have died and u can see them  under the tree so this drug is very effective."

ACHOLIBUR, PADER DISTRICT: President Yoweri Museveni has highly commended the Archbishop of Northern Uganda John Baptist Odama and other prelates in the region for mobilizing farmers in Pader district in particular and Northern Uganda in general to join the campaign of eradicating poverty at household level through modern commercial farming.

UCU, MUKONO: The Head of the Anti Corruption Unit at State House Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema has urged the students of Uganda Christian University in Mukono Municipality to get deeply involved in the fight against corruption as the vice is a moral and spiritual issue and requires people like them with the right attitude to wipe out the vice from the country. 

President Yoweri Museveni has hailed Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala Archdiocese, for his distinguished service to the church and to the country adding that the Cardinal played an instrumental role in the liberation struggle of Uganda.

The 4th Quadripartite Summit of the Heads of state of Uganda, Rwanda, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended at the Uganda-Rwanda border point of Katuna with Uganda and Rwanda signing an extradition treaty in line with 3rd Quadripartite Summit held in Luanda Angola recently.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Sam Kuteesa signed the treaty on behalf of Uganda while Rwandan counterpart, Mr. Vincent Biruta, signed on behalf of Rwanda.

KABAMBA, MUBENDE: President Yoweri Museveni, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Armed Forces, has urged the Uganda People’s Defence Forces to always remain highly disciplined and respect wananchi because the population forms the pillars of the army’s existence.

“You must respect the people and live in harmony with wananchi. These are your parents, your mothers and fathers whom you should give full respect. If you respect the people, they will also respect you,” he counseled. 

ENTEBBE, STATE HOUSE: President Museveni has met with the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to the Great Lakes region, Mr. Xia Huang and delegation at State House Entebbe. The President and Special Envoy discussed strategies on how to further boost greater development and cooperation among the countries of the Great Lakes Region. 

President Yoweri Museveni is back in the country from the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa, where joined other Heads of State and Government for a 2-day 33rd African Union (AU) Summit.

The Summit ran under the theme of ‘Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for African Development.”

Presidency Minister, Hon. Esther Mbayo and Head of Public Service, Mr. John Mitala received the President at Entebbe International Airport today in the morning.

ENTEBBE, STATE HOUSE: The government of Uganda has confirmed 15b shillings for the acquisition of materials necessary to handle and mitigate the locust invasion in the country.

This was revealed today during a meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and the government Inter-Ministerial Committee led by the Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, at State House Entebbe.