The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday presented a supplementary budget request of Shs284b to Parliament for the purpose of mitigating the effects of the COVID-19
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NWSC ordered not to disconnect the water
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation has been directed to provide water for all connected clients without disconnections no matter the account status. This directive
Bunyangabu District Chairman arraigned in court for assaulting RDC
James Ategeka Mugarama, the Bunyangabu District Chairman has been produced on Fort Portal High court following his arrest for slapping the Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Jane Assimwe.
Government to distribute food& other supplies
Government will on Saturday this week launch distribution of relief food to the vulnerable urban poor in Kampala and Wakiso who are affected by the
Coronavirus: Kenya to ‘use chloroquine on critical cases’
The Kenyan government has approved the use of one of the oldest anti-malarial drugs to treat the coronavirus, according to Citizen TV. But it will
COVID-19: Algeria frees thousands of prisoners
Algeria has become the latest country in Africa to release some of its prisoners in response to the coronavirus outbreak. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned
Four countries receive COVID-19 donations
A pan-African infrastructure and logistics solutions company has donated an assortment of equipment to four African countries aimed at fighting the coronavirus. Arise, which is
Coronavirus: Fighting al-Shabab propaganda in Somalia
Muslim clerics in conflict-hit Somalia are moving to the front-line of the battle against coronavirus in a bid to counter the propaganda of militant Islamists,
Recovered Kenyan patients: Covid-19 is real and treatable
A young woman, who was Kenya’s first reported case of Covid-19, has said she has fully recovered after 23 days of treatment. Identified only as
Kenyan boy shot dead as virus curfew enforced
Kenya’s police chief has ordered an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy said to have been shot on Monday evening as police enforced