Bloodshed & Mutilations: The Dark Truth at C.C.L.E Rubber Company – Unveiling The Tragedy of Worker Exploitation and Inadequate Compensation By Insight Post Uganda A 28-year-old Suudi Kakooza, a resident of Mbalala village in Nama sub-county, Mukono District, is in a desperate quest for justice. Kakooza began his job on January 1, 2023, as a machine […]
A 14-year-old boy who has been looking after her sick mother and paying his own school fees right from Primary Three to date is calling for help, saying he is overstrained. Charles Wasswa Achidi, a Primary Seven candidate at Wunga Church of Uganda Primary School in Kayonza sub-county, Kayunga district says that the death of […]
Following the increased poverty conditions in Uganda today, a good number of people are struggling with different illnesses but lack the money to enable them to seek medical attention either in private or government health facilities. A 70-year-old Lucia Nazziwa, a resident of Bbaale sub-county in Kayunga district says she has been down with several […]
Dr. Ruth Senyonyi, the wife of the former Uganda Christian University vice chancellor, Dr. John Senyonyi has been appointed the chairperson of the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC). Dr. Senyonyi, a daughter of the Late Bishop Misaeri Kauma has been appointed by the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Records show that the Late Bp. Kauma […]
The Uganda Medical Association (UMA), has started a process of helping medical workers secure jobs abroad. Speaking to URN in an interview on Thursday, Dr. Herbert Luswata the UMA President said the decision to send colleagues to the neighboring Rwanda and the United Kingdom comes amidst concerns that many of them remain unemployed and a futile […]
The Ministry of Health has been cleared to recruit critical staff in national and regional referral hospitals despite the ban on recruitment. The Public Service Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Catherine Bitarakate in a letter to her counterpart at the Health Ministry, Diana Atwine said only hospitals with a surplus wage can go ahead to recruit. The […]
Three people are dead and 100 others are admitted at different health facilities following alleged poisoning at a funeral in Bukasami village, in Buyengo town council, Jinja district. The deceased include; Faisal Magumba (20), Suleiman Byanguwa (4) and a six-year-old Shamim Nangobi. St. Joseph Naggalama’s Best Scores 10 in 10 A health worker who spoke […]
Eight health workers from Kichinjaji HCIII have spent a night in police cells at Soroti East Police Station after they were arrested for absconding weekend duty, and reporting late on Monday. The eight health workers include the facility’s officer in- charge, lab assistant, nurses, midwives and were all rounded up by the security teams led […]
Rubaga Hospital is ready to commence organ transplants once the government grants it the required accreditation. The hospital last year sought accreditation from the Ministry of Health but it is yet to be granted. The Hospital’s Executive Director, Dr. Julius Luyimbaazi on Thursday broke the silence by reminding the State Minister for Health, Hanifa Kawooya […]
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng to bring a statement to Parliament next week responding to the concerns by some Members of Parliaments about the small size of condoms in Uganda. Tayebwa has also tasked the Ministry of Health to make sure that the public is […]