By APN Reporter Kampala The ministry of health in Uganda has confirmed more 11 new cases of COVID-19. The results were from tests conducted on the 13th of July 2020. According to the health ministry, the 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Brings the number of cumulative confirmed cases of Ugandans to 1,040. The outbreak […]
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Two Held for Environmental Degradation
By Richard Akandwanaho Kabale Two people have been arrested at Kabale for environmental degradation. Those arrested include Cosmas Mutungi (44) and Owen Barijunaki (32) both residents of Kihorongwa village Rwenyana parish -Rubaya sub county Kabale district. The two were arrested today the 13/7/2020 at around midday for the destruction of Hamuhambo and Kihorongwa wetlands in […]
Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi dies at 59
By BBC Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela and anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died at the age of 59. She died in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday morning, public broadcaster SABC said. She was serving as the South African ambassador to Denmark at […]
Kazo District Health Officer Reinstated
By APN Reporter Kabale Kazo district health officer Dr.Samuel Tweheyo Kiroha has been reinstated two months after he was interdicted for allegedly refusing to respond to the COVID-19 alerts in the area. Tweheyo was interdicted on the 12th of May 2020 by the chief administrative officer Leonard Tumusiime on grounds that he had failed to […]
Kabale Hospital Operating Without Ultra Sound Machine
By Richard Akandwanaho Kabale Kabale regional Referral Hospital, the only referral hospital in Kigezi region is operating without a functional Ultra Sound Machine. The Ultra Sound Machine makes images so that organs inside the body can be examined. The machine sends out high frequency sound waves which reflect off body structure. According to a healthy […]
Inadequate Facilities Hampering Kabale Hospital’s Effective Response to COVID-19
By Richard Akandwanaho Kabale Lack of a well-purposed isolation room and Intensive Care Unit at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, inadequate transport means, and inadequate funds have hindered effective response in a fight against the spread of Coronavirus in Kabale district. Since the outbreak of Coronavirus in Uganda, Kabale regional Referral Hospital has accommodated 10 Covid-19 […]
Lake Bunyonyi Accident Claims Two
By Anthony Kushaba Kabale Two people died and two others survived when the boat they were using capsized on the Wednesday. The boat accident occurred on the evening hours of Wednesday on lake Bunyonyi in Karambo village Ikamiro parish Muko Sub county – Rubanda district. The boat was carrying four at the time when it […]
Kabale School donates to pupils, Parents
By APN Reporter Kabale Bapty nursery and Primary school in Nyabikoni Kabale Municipality, has donated 500 Kilograms of Posho, 100 kilograms of rice to their pupils and parents to help them in this corona virus lock down. The consignment was on Friday handed over to the parents and pupils at Bapty nursery and primary school […]
Fr. Gaetano: Museveni has Betrayed Ugandans
By Naboth Niwagaba Kabale The Priest of Kitanga Parish under the Kabale Diocese Rev. Father Gaetano Batanyenda has accused President Museveni of betraying Ugandans in the fight against corruption in Parliamentarians. Fr. Gaetano who also doubles as the Chairperson of the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda for Kigezi Region, was speaking in a Press conference that […]
Police Receive Items to fight COVID-19
By APN Reporter Kabale The International Committee of Red Cross has donated items to Uganda Police to help in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The items include 1000 Surgical masks,standard size single-use, 1000 Gloves examination , non- sterile, single-use, 1000 posters A2, 500 Hand sanitizer,1litre , 100 jerrycan, 20 liter with tap, 100 Metallic stands, […]