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Day: April 8, 2020

‘No Bail For Politicians Arrested Distributing Food During COVID-19 Lockdown’-Museveni

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By Keefa Nuwahereza President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the police other security agencies to arrest all politicians distributing food to Ugandans during the Coronavirus lockdown and directed courts not to grant them bail. Museveni issued the directive during his 9th  national address about Coronavirus in Uganda on Wednesday night, during which he also revealed that the number of infections in Uganda had risen to 53. “Out of 214 people tested today, only 1 tested positive of COVID-19. The Total COVID-19 cases in Uganda is 53. About 3,600 have been tested and only 53 are positive. That’s where we are now,” Museveni said. He added that "Again I heard of the politicians who are trying to involve themselves in the distribution of food. The police should arrest those people ...
Min. Karooro Appointed To Head Govt’s COVID-19 Fundraising Committee

Min. Karooro Appointed To Head Govt’s COVID-19 Fundraising Committee

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By Keefa Nuwahereza His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni has Wednesday  appointed Mary Karooro Okurut, the Minister in Charge of General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, to head government’s COVID-19 Fundraising Drive. Minister Karooro will be assisted by Dorothy Kisaka, the senior advisor on governance in the Office of Prime Minister. Prime minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda announced the presidential appointees on Tuesday April, 8, 2020 as he launched a covid-19 national response fundraising drive aimed at mobilising resources and funds to boost the coronavirus fight in the country. “A number of people have been asking where they can channel the resources they would want to contribute. We want to have clarity in government as to how this will be done. We want t...
Chinese Gov’t Expels Ugandans & Other Africans, Accuses Them Of Exporting Coronavirus

Chinese Gov’t Expels Ugandans & Other Africans, Accuses Them Of Exporting Coronavirus

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 By Elite Reporter Government officials in China are ejecting Ugandans and all other Africans from their homes in several provinces, accusing them of having exported the deadly Coronavirus to their country.  According to news coming in, Chinese officials are ejecting Africans from homes, hotels, companies and all buildings and herding them onto streets. Africans in China, who confirmed the ejection,  said the government was employing force to eject Africans from their homes and all buildings.  Some of the Africans who have been ejected from buildings While the world has adopted various measures to combat Coronavirus, Chinese authorities are beginning to eject foreigners specifically Africans, from their homes and hotels over claims that they were importing the virus into th...