Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
The Ministry of Health has clarified on the latest media reports suggesting a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the country. In a statement issued on June 11, 2025 and signed by the Director of General Health Services, Dr. Charles Olaro, the circulating messages are old clips being re-shared by unscrupulous individuals to mislead the members […]
A Ugandan psychiatry consultant based in the UK has suggested that the government takes a leaf from their UK counterparts and embraces mental and emotional components in the school syllabus, and stops what she called a wrong attitude of looking at the issue as an add-on. She observed that because the children are going through […]
Wakiso Woman Member of Parliament, Betty Ethel Naluyima has observed that there is a strong co-relationship between a person’s level of education and his or her ability and urge to decently develop with the intention of raising their status in society. Naluyima disclosed that bearing this fact in mind, she rose to the reality of […]
President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Police to stop giving police bonds to petty criminals, saying it is abetting insecurity in the country. In his televised New Year’s Address to the nation, the President also said he had asked the judiciary through the Chief Justice to end giving bail to suspected criminals on trial. This, […]
Butabika Mental Psychiatric Hospital has expressed concern about the increase in the number of people living with mental illness. According to Dr. Juliet Nakku, the Executive Director at Butabika Mental Hospital, the most affected patients are now children and youth below the age of 17 years. Dr. Nakku said the hospital, designed for 550 beds, […]
Patients, their attendants and health workers at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital are panicking following the confirmation of five COVID 19 positive cases that are currently admitted and isolated at the facility. Dr. Anne Namutebi, a physician at the hospital has confirmed that since the last week of December 2023 up to January 2024, they […]
The First Lady, Janet Museveni has tested positive to COVID 19, President Museveni has confirmed. President Museveni in his communication through her X handle said that Maama Janet was forced to do a COVID test after a sandy feeling in her throat. “On Christmas day, after a family lunch, Maama Janet started feeling kukarakaatwa (sandy […]
OPINION: UBC MONOPOLY WILL KILL PRIVATE MEDIA By Eliphaz Ssekabira On Easter Sunday, my DST subscription expired and the only option was to watch Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) television. A friend of mine who found me watching the UBC at 8pm news jokingly suggested to fundraise for the renewal. This reminded me of the 6th […]
