Police in Uganda are investigating a father and daughter for allegedly giving people a fake vaccine against the coronavirus – which causes the Covid-19 disease. There is currently no inoculation against the disease which has killed more than 3,800 people around the world. There are currently 18 confirmed cases of coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa but … Read more
Uganda’s finance ministry has asked the Ugandan embassy in China to refund money sent “erroneously” to their account, after it emerged they sent almost ten times more than planned. The Ugandan Cabinet had approved $61,800 (£47,700) to be sent to China for students in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. But the education ministry … Read more
An actress who starred in the Queen of Katwe, a Disney film about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum, has died aged 15, Ugandan media report. Nikita Pearl Waligwa had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. The 2016 film was based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, who took up chess aged nine … Read more
Kampala — A team from the European Union has approved Uganda’s medical marijuana products, paving the way for local cannabis growers to tap into the global legal marijuana market. Sources told Daily Monitor that a team of medical cannabis inspectors from the Netherlands inspected marijuana gardens in Hima, Kasese District between July 29 and August … Read more
American rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, currently on a private visit to Uganda, has visited President Museveni at State House, in Entebbe. “I welcome American entertainment stars Kanye West and @KimKardashian to Uganda. I held fruitful discussions with the duo on how to promote Uganda’s tourism and the arts. I thank Kanye for the … Read more
The visit of top American rapper Ye, popularly known as Kanye West, has excited Ugandans, especially those in the tourism industry who consider it a harbinger for a possible influx of foreign tourists. Kanye is visiting with his reality television personality wife, Kim Kardashian, and their first-born daughter North West, Chobe Safari Lodge, where they … Read more