May 26, 2021 A nurse vaccinating a man against coronavirus in Kabale recently
Vaccination shields “all people at risk” from getting any virus or disease. Vaccination has been used widely over the years to shield people from measles, polio and whooping cough, among others. All this starts from just a few weeks old.
But that aside, we now have Covid-19. In Uganda, Covid-19 vaccinations began on March 10, 2021 after the country got over 946,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The campaign got off to a slow start as Ugandan skepticism over the vaccine efficacy was reinforced by swirling reports at the time, of the vaccine causing blood clots in some people.
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Daily Monitor
Sunday May 23 2021
There is a horror video doing the rounds on social media – outgoing Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah licking every speck of dust, mud and whatever else, off President Museveni’s shoes, in public, broad daylight, cameras rolling. “Horror,” because anyone who has known Oulanyah for a while knows he is a gifted individual – intelligent, likeable, great orator, good (very good) lawyer and excellent legislator.
There is another video that preceded Oulanyah’s on social media – an official meeting in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), three or so decades ago – at which state officials clapped and danced as they sang praises to then president, the accomplished despot, Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga as he sat on his throne, soaking in the praise and worship, contentment written across his face. If there was at least one church in the world that worshipped God as nicely as that, The Ancient of Days would in all li
Daily Monitor
Monday May 10 2021
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The National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, in a wide-ranging interview with the Daily Monitor details his views about the January election outcome, taxes, President Museveni’s swearing-in, and what he says is the way forward as the largest Opposition party in Parliament.
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On May 12, Mr Museveni will be sworn-in as the President of Uganda for his sixth elective term in office.
Derrick Wandera caught up with NUP’s Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, about the post-election period, the speakership race, and his stake on another Museveni era.
You recently said you took part of the government in the elections. Does that mean you have finally conceded defeat?
Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 16 2021
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Mr Moses Okot Junior, the MP-elect for Kyoga Constituency in Amolatar District, said a fish project under Nusaf 3 where the government invested more than Shs10 million was sold at only Shs2 million.
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Several elected Members of Parliament from the Lango Sub-region have rejected a report indicating that thousands of people in northern Uganda are living above the poverty line.
The legislators were reacting to a report by the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (Nusaf) director, Dr Robert Lilim, on the implementation of Nusaf 3 which indicated that poverty levels had drastically reduced in the region.