Works and Transport minister, Gen Katumba Wamala, has told Uganda Radio Network that they have never ordered police patrols providing security to pay toll fees. The General shockingly revealed to URN that the police wanted to be given the absolute right to use the Expressway without paying any fees including cars for their bosses which MOWT declined. "They were told to daily give the details of the patrol vehicle on duty but they refused,” Gen Katumba said, and advised Police to do the simple thing of daily availing particulars of the patrol vehicles they want to deploy on the expressway.
According to the reginal police spokesperson, Kokop Sanaya went to the forest on Friday morning in search of firewood but did not return to her house, prompting her son, Mzee Chesiy to carry out a search.
Steven Bagonza, the Assistant District Health Officer-ADHO told URN that the district has re-organised contact tracing teams that will be tasked with following up these individuals and other suspected cases in the district.
John Kamili, the Director Cipla Quality Chemicals company who moderated a session on "Security of Supply: Made in Africa for Africa" at the conference on Friday told journalists on the sidelines of the event that Research and Development (R&D) is an expensive undertaking and companies here have not yet reached the level where they can pump money in a ‘trial and error’ ventures without expecting a return.
The deceased has been identified as William Lopeyok, a Post graduate student of project planning and management. His body of Lopeyok was found lying in the pool of blood along the road on Friday by a traveler.
Police sources said Obida locked himself inside the bedroom and then shot himself in the head. However Superintendent of Police –SSP Patrick Onyango, the Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson, said he was yet to get a briefing about the incident.
The minister said this money is still way below what they ideally need to put everything in place, but it will push them to at least fund vital areas of treatment and surveillance which will extend to the affected districts and those around them.
When Sir Edward Muteesa and his guards reached Sembabule, he was received by the Mawogola County Chief Sebastian Kitayimbwa who alongside his men plotted on how to keep the Kabaka safe. Angelina Nabakooza was assigned the role of preparing meals for the Kabaka and providing him with shelter as a group of 11 men took charge of his security.
Gomba District Chief Administrative Officer, Joseph Kisubi confirmed that his office reshuffled all head teachers to remove those in acting capacity and replace them with substantive ones but Nanyonjo refused to hand over the office. The CAO said that upon receiving the complaint, he invited Nanyonjo to come and hand over but she did not appear on the first time and on the second time, the entire district team led by the chairperson went to the school and she eluded them.
Innocent Tumusiime, another affected person in Migyera Village says most of the gardens that had been planted this season at the start of the rains have been destroyed, noting that it will take government's intervention to save them from future hunger.
Dr Aceng said that although experts recommend six months, she is recommending one year for total healing. According to Dr Aceng, men should avoid sex with their wives because they may abandon the use of condoms yet the Ebola virus takes long to completely heal from the men’s genitals.
Dr Mohammed Ali has been one of the six health workers being managed at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital since Wednesday when they were transferred from Mubende.
