Ugandan Police spokesperson on Wednesday said the country is strengthening security ahead of the festive season. Uganda Police Force spokesman Kituuma Rusoke said in a statement that the joint security personnel, both armed and unarmed, have been deployed to patrol mapped-out areas in the capital city Kampala and major towns to ensure peace, safety, and…
The bodies of two three-year-old boys were among those pulled from mud in eastern Uganda, swelling to 28 the death toll from a landslide last week that buried several villages, police said, with dozens still unaccounted for. More than 100 people had been feared missing, with 17 dead after Wednesday’s landslide on the slopes of…
Uganda’s Ministry of Health said that a malaria vaccine would be added to the country’s routine immunisation schedule to fight the killer disease and reduce the child mortality rate. The malaria vaccine would be introduced in April 2025 targeting children aged from six months to five years, said the ministry in a statement. According to…
