Aceng, and Permanent Secretary Diana Atwine had appeared before parliaments COVID-19 task force which is scrutinizing interventions put in place to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic including vaccine procurement, payment of medical workers and health services challenges, among others.
The government, through Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, announced at the start of a 42-day lockdown that it would give 100,000 Shillings to persons who were identified as vulnerable at a time when the country is struggling to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They were arrested by police on Wednesday from different parts of the city centre and taken to the Constitutional Square, where they met the Kampala Capital City minister Hajat Minsa Kabanda.
The District Health Officials say some health workers have contracted the virus at their places of work over lack of Personal Protective Gears and failure to observe Standard Operating Procedures while mingling with patients as well as people outside the health centres.
Lillian Aber, the Kitgum Woman MP asked Government to negotiate with Telecoms to waive the withdraw charges so that the beneficiaries receive the entire sum of Shillings 100,000. She also raised complaints about ghost names on the Government list.
Dr. Ochieng says with the available piece of land construction of the university campus can now start this financial year as the government hunts for another Shillings 4.4 billion to complete the compensation.
They are using power saws to indiscriminately and have extensively cut trees down from the stems regardless of their sizes or being among the endangered species which include Shea nuts, Afzelia Africana, Mvule and mahogany.
Osdito Investment Limited and Dolphins Construction Company were awarded 700 Million Shillings each for the construction of Pawor Seed Secondary School for the first and second phases respectively.
Dr. Godfrey Apangu, the Principal Health Officer Arua City, says that they have realized that most people placed under home-based care do not follow the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs, which is spreading the pandemic.
Lubega noted that despite the fact that the government has borrowed a lot of money to support health services, what they found at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital isn’t what they expected.
Currently, different health facilities across the Region struggle to transport their wastes for disposal at the national incinerator in Nakasongola District.
Dr. Hafisa attributes the mental distress witnessed in this season to a combination of factors including more deaths unlike the previous wave last year.
According to UWA, since the lockdown was imposed in the country, communities neighbouring the park especially those at the Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve and Matheniko Wildlife Reserve have been engaging in poaching.
In February, the SPCs stormed Kabale Central Police Station to demand payment of allowances and threatened to stage illegal operations to extort money from the public citing nonpayment of their allowances.
Kayabula was gunned down on December 4, 2020, as police dispersed Democratic Party and National Resistance Movement supporters who were clashing for the same venue in Nakatoogo trading center.
Alex Asiimwe, the Chairperson Nyakayojo Grape Farmers Association, says the grapes are falling off while others are eaten by birds due to lack of market.
