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An aspirant for the Sironko District Woman Parliamentary seat Eve Kayegi has called for an investigation into allegations that vendors at Mutufu market are being assaulted by security agencies. According to Kayegi, she has received reports that vendors operating at the market are going through torrid times with security forces in the enforcement of presidential guidelines issued in the wake of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Kayegi says enforcement of the guidelines is not bad but the vendors should not be mistreated. She claims that some of the vendors’ merchandise is being destroyed as a result. while contacted, Taitika the Elgon region Police Spokesman says they are following up on the allegations. Taitika has however urged all vendors operating in markets to observe guidelines like social distancing if they are to operate without disturbances.

By Kapewo Paul The member of parliament for Budadiri west Nathan Nandala Mafabi has asked the almighty God to strike all Ugandan members of parliament who will eat on the COVID-19 money with the disease and they die. Nandala said this today during an exclusive interview with Elgon FM radio. Nandala said that the circumstances under which the budget was passed to add up the members of parliament to the COVID-19 money were not proper. He revealed that the budget that was brought for passing in parliament was meant to cater for the health ministry to beef up the fight against the new disease Covid-19 that is caused by the noble coronavirus Nandala said  it would have been appropriate to have allocated all the money to the ministry of health to help it fight the Pandemic He also said that the government should also use this time to improve the health systems in the country since the befallen pandemic has revealed the rot in the health sector. He also called upon gove...

Mbale District Covid19 Task Force is set to host all street children at San Siro stadium in Bugema stadium. The facility belongs to Child Restoration Outreach-CRO, a nongovernmental organization, which works with street children. According to information obtained by our reporter, the Mbale District Covid19 Task Force plans to start ferrying street children to the facility. They are expected to remain at the facility under the Covid19 lockdown is lifted to avoid contracting the disease. Lillian Nakaweesi, the Mbale Deputy Resident District Commissioner who also chairs the District Covid19 Task Force, says they are working in collaboration with Devoted Youth at Work in Africa, a non-governmental organization to quarantine over 400 street children. She says they intend to keep the street children in one place to protect them from the Coronavirus infection. Dr. Jonathan Wangisi, the Mbale District Health Officer, says the district is trying to decongest Mbale town, saying street...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has rubbished a proposal by Kyandondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi to repatriate Ugandans and Africans stuck in China. In a letter dated 15th of April addressed to the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Kyagulanyi said he has partnered with an American media owner and businessman Neil Nelson to evacuate 285 people from China including Ugandans and other black Africans. He asked the government to allow the people into the country. According to Kyagulanyi, they have secured a privately chartered Quantum Jet Airbus A330-200. In his letter, Kyagulanyi says they travelers would be taken care of while in quarantine. Government has however asked Kyagulanyi, to leave foreign Affairs matters to the President.  The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem questioned if Kyagulanyi will meet the quarantine costs.   Oryem also wondered if Kyagulanyi will also transport Ugandans stuck in other parts of...

The High Court has issued an interim order blocking the Parliamentary Commission from paying 10 billion Shillings to legislators for COVID-19 activities. Justice Esta Nambayo issued the interim orders following an application by the Ntungamo Municipality Member of Parliament, Gerald Karuhanga and his Erute South counterpart, Jonathan Odur challenging the procedure leading to the allocation of the said money.  Through their lawyers of AF Mpanga and Company Advocates, the two legislators contend that parliament breached its rules of Procedure when it smuggled the issues of the said money into the Budget Committee report without the consent of members The Shillings 10 billion is part of the 304 billion Shillings Supplementary Budget approved by parliament on April 4th, 2020 for Covid19 activities.  Each MP is expected to pocket  20 million Shillings. The petitioners note that parliament deducted the Shillings 10 billion from the He...

By Kapewo Paul As the lockdown in Uganda continues biting hard, a man in Sironko district has kicked to death his father for allegedly failing to pay him back Ug Shs 6000 that he has demanded long. the cruel incident took place in Buwogali village, Bufaka parish, Bumasifwa sub-county in Sironko district. Speaking to Elgon FM a resident identified as Masuba Emmanual said the man known as Woyaga James aka Bwacha 58years old was coming from his garden in the evening hours of yesterday when his son identified as Zesiro Alex 30years met him on his way home and started fighting him hence kicked him in the chest area killing him instantly. Masuba also reports that the residents tried contacting the police and they were ordered not to touch the dead body that slept lying on the road all night, as they wait police to come and take it away for post mortem. He also said the believed family has been having family wrangles for some time where the two had kept on fighting on several occasi...

Two men who reportedly used the sex workers who came in contact with the Coronavirus positive truck driver in the neighboring Bukedea town are said to have entered Palisa district for fear of being rounded up and quarantined. The COVID-19 Taskforce led by RDC Kyeyune Ssenyonjo is grappling with limited manpower for enforcing safety and preventive directives to avoid the virus. The district, however, does not have pandemic specialists,  The health workers also lack personal protective equipment - PPE. Though the town is in a lockdown, business is booming in small trading centers deep in rural areas, crowding with no protective measures in place. the DPC and RDC have opted for night random police patrols to defiant rural-urban centers far from town. the poor road network worsened by torrential rains is a menace both to Police and health workers. police have, however, impounded  a number of unauthorized vehicles and motorcycles, up to date , the district has no ...