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  • Ex Officio MPs take oath

    Eight Ex Officio Members of Parliament have taken oaths of allegiance and for Member of Parliament at a plenary sitting on Tuesday, 13 July 2021. The eight were appointed to Cabinet by President...
  • 52 staff infected with Covid-19 at Moroto Hospital

    Moroto Regional Referral Hospital is struggling with the high infection of Covid-19 amongst its staff with 52 out of 260 tested positive. The hospital has also registered one death. The Director of...
  • Ambulance shortage, late diagnosis scuttle Toro Covid19 response

    Parliament’s Covid19 taskforce has identified lack of ambulances and late diagnosis as the major frustrations met by Toro's Covid-19 response teams. The taskforce’s Western Uganda team is combing...
  • High Covid-19 cases in Namayingo worry MPs

    The Parliamentary taskforce committee on Covid-19 is worried about the rising infections on Bukooli Island in Namayingo District despite government’s efforts to control the spread of the pandemic....
  • ‘Provide more Covid-19 tests kits, PPEs’

    The District Health Officer for Mubende district, Dr. Deo Lubowa has called on Members of Parliament to urge Government provide more testing kits. He also called on the Ministry of Health to provide...
  • Jinja Hospital in need of oxygen, drugs

    Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Covid-19 Taskforce are concerned about the inadequate supply of oxygen and drugs used in the treatment of Covid-19 Patients in Jinja Regional Referral...
  • PPEs, delayed allowances frustrate Masindi Covid-19 response

    The Masindi District Covid-19 taskforce is dogged by perennial delays in delivering personal protective equipment for health workers. Members of Parliament on the Parliament National Covid-19...
  • Turkey pledges COVID-19 vaccine to Uganda

    Uganda will soon be among the beneficiaries of a free COVID-19 vaccine from the Turkish Government. The pledge is, however, dependent on the pace at which the World Health Organisation (WHO) will...
  • Opposition calls for halting of COVID-19 relief distribution

    Opposition legislators want government to halt the planned expenditure of Covid-19 relief funds until the matter is debated in Parliament. Government announced that it will start sending shs100,000...
  • Opposition talks alternative COVID-19 containment measures

    The distressing impact of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic last week forced President Yoweri Museveni to announce a total lockdown, the second since the advent of the pandemic. The Leader of...

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