An expecting woman, who tested positive with the coronavirus disease-COVID-19, has today successfully delivered her fourth child.
The woman delivered a baby girl through. Caesarean section operation at 1:45pm today at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital.
Dr. Moses Muwanga, the Director Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, says the hospital was increasingly becoming an unsafe and there was a need to shut down all other services and deploy health workers from other departments to support those already managing COVID-19 cases.
The Hospital Director Moses Muwanga says that they have taken a decision to cut back operations for maternal and neonatal services, dental, pediatric and outpatients to deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
The Hospital Director, Dr. Moses Muwanga, says that several people have shown up seeking to test ever since the r Health Ministry asked people who have traveled in the recent weeks to test.
The Hospital Director, Dr. Moses Muwanga says that ever since the for Health Ministry asked people who have traveled in the recent weeks to undertake tests, several have shown up.
Bugala island alone, the largest and main of the 84 islands that make up the District is hit by lightning more than 5 times a year destroying equipment used in the generation of power, water and ferry transport.
The Acting Municipal Engineer Brian Kabunga told URN that the municipality will require up to 200 billion Shillings to upgrade the roads in line with its new development plan. The money will be pooled from Uganda Road Fund, the Ministry of Works and Transport and development partners.
The Police fire brigade from Entebbe Police Station arrived 40 minutes later, long after the fire had spread. By the time it arrived, rescuers were using basins and water pipes to put out the fire, in vain. However, the Police firefighting truck put out the fire within 20 minutes after arrival.
The eviction conducted by the Environment Police last evening followed concerns raised by several environmentalists on the continued degradation of the wetland despite ordinances to halt sand mining operations in the precincts of Lake Victoria passed by Entebbe Municipal Council and Katabi Town Council
According to the National Environment Management Authority-NEMA, the Buffer Zone, an area of land preserved for environment protection, is estimated to cover 200 meters from a shoreline of a wetland or any water body.
The shortfall according to Ekudel was a result of the loopholes within the Kalangala Taxing policy that empowered Sub County Accountants and Chiefs to collect taxes but neither accounted for the amount of taxes collected.
Entebbe has been as general hospital expected to serve up to 500,000 people in Wakiso district. However, the facility’s catchment area extended to the districts of Mpigi, Buvuma and Kalangala, with a general population size of 4.5 million people.
However, residents led by Entebbe Deputy Mayor, Richard Ssekyondo says the land board in Wakiso and Entebbe municipalities need to establish whether Mutebi was offered any piece of land at Kigungu landing site free of encumbrance as the law suggests.
A group of residents led by Maria Assumpta Nakamya, a councilor at Entebbe Municipality, say that a move has been initiated to sell off all municipal properties including land such as the children’s park. Nakamya wants the municipal authorities to stop further allocation of the children’s park land to investors.
The Marine Vessel had been taken to Kisumu, Kenya in April for an overhaul, part of the routine maintenance program aimed at checking vessel's viability to transport people and cargo to and from the Island District.
The Entebbe Municipal Mayor, Vincent Kayanja, says the misallocation of local revenue funds has affected their operations. Local revenue is expected to finance priorities that are not funded by the central government and donors.
Buganda’s Cultural Affairs Minister, Godfrey Kyewalabye Male, says they have already constructed the palace where the Kabaka will stay during the celebrations.
According to the estimates for the year, the budget has been reduced by 1.4 billion Shillings raising queries on the municipals ability to extend services to the people amid budget shortfalls. The total budget estimate for the municipality stood at 17.8 billion Shillings for the year ending June 2019. However, only 21 per cent of it was realized, more than 50 per cent of it from conditional grants.
Despite being close to the Airport, and hosting both historical and tourism features, the road to Kigungu remains in a deplorable state, filled with potholes and dust. The second access route to Kigungu was blocked by Aviation Security to pave way for the completion of the new cargo centre of the airport.
The land is under contention between businessmen, Godfrey Kirumira and Moses Angol. Kirumira claims to have bought the contested land from Julius Bitature in 1997. However, Angol claims the same land with a different title.
The decision presented by the Finance Committee Chairperson Imalingat Gaudence also moves to impose taxes on 15 other untaxed enterprises in Katabi as a way of widening the revenue base.
