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Ugandan health authorities announced the start of vaccination of children against covid-19 from Monday, in order to curb the spread of the pandemic in the country. “Only children aged between 12 and 17 today will get their jabs,” the health ministry said. Mr Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the spokesperson of the Health …

Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has sent a special message to Kenyan Vice President, William Ruto, after his election as leader of the East African country. Vice President William Ruto won the presidential election with 50.49% of the vote after defeating the eternal opponent Raila Odinga. President Museveni on Twitter, …

The leader of the opposition Democratic Party in Uganda, Norbert Mao, has signed a cooperation agreement with the ruling National Resistance Movement party of President Yoweri Museveni. It was signed on Wednesday following a meeting between the two leaders at State House, Entebbe. President Museveni praised leaders of Democratic Party …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday dismissed the recent World Bank report which classified Uganda as still a low-income country. In a July 1 economic update, the World Bank maintained that Uganda’s per capita gross national income stood at $840 (Shs3.1 million) per annum, according to its data for the …

Police in Uganda have arrested 25 people following Monday’s demonstrations against high prices of food and fuel. Many of those who took part in the protests in the eastern district of Jinja – about 80km (50 miles) from the capital, Kampala – were motorcycle taxi riders commonly referred to as …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni banned top military commanders, including his son and Commander of the Land Forces (CLF), Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, from commenting on security and foreign policy issues on social media platforms, reported Daily Monitor. The decision follows a meeting the Commander-in-Chief held with service chiefs last weekend, …

A man has been arrested in eastern Uganda and held in police custody after slapping an MP at church on Sunday, state-owned New Vision newspaper reports. The 39-year-old struck Transport Minister Musa Ecweru in the middle of his speech to congregants at St Michael Catholic Church in Amuria. “He did …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has lifted a ban on a European-backed rights group, nearly 18 months after its suspension, the presidency said in a statement. Yoweri Museveni said the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) – backed by the European Union, Austria, Denmark, Ireland and other states – could reopen as long …

The Ugandan military said it discovered a bomb-making material at a training facility in the west of the capital, Kampala. According to the army, the facility belonged to the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. The authorities recovered nails, wires and …

Uganda is experiencing a worrying rise in Covid-19 cases, the country’s Minister of Health, Dr Jane Aceng, said in a tweet on Sunday. The minister did not reveal the latest figures on confirmed cases, but said the country was “well prepared to respond and save lives than before”. She ruled …