The confirmed #coronavirus confirmed cases in Uganda stand at 116 as of 10th May 2020. The good news is fifty-five (55) people have fully recovered. The good news is there are no #covid19 related death recorded. There has been a steady increase in the reported cases since lockdown was eased. This is worrying, as many people would like to go back to work. As indicated in Figures 1 and 2, there were 48 confirmed cases as of 3rd April 2020. The cases increased to 85 by 2nd May 2020. That was an increase by 37 new cases over 29 days,…
Best from WhatsApp: 100 years old industry of AVIATION
A very SAD day for a 100 years old industry of AVIATION Virgin fires more than 3,000 people including 600 Pilots. Virgin Australia files for Bankruptcy. Air Mauritius goes into Administration. South African Airways Bankrupt. Finnair returns 12 planes and lays off 2,400 people. YOUR grounds 22 planes and fires 4,100 people. Ryanair grounds 113 planes and gets rid of 900 pilots for the moment, 450 more in the coming months. Norwegian completely stops its long-haul activity!!! The 787s are returned to the lessors. SAS returns 14 planes and fires 520 pilots… The Scandinavian states are studying a plan to…
From WhatsApp: Bank of uganda will kill the ugandan economy after #coronavirus
Omongole Richard A farmer. Uganda ‘ s post coronavirus economic failings are going to come from the IMF/world bank supervised theoretical economist at Bank of Uganda. You borrow $ 491.5 million, then $151m will go to budget support and UDB. A whole $340m just for bank of Uganda to stabilize the exchange rate! Textbook economics based on purely western perceptions of how African economies should run. Most of the countries in the west have released billions and trillions of dollars directly to SMEs, manufacturers, agriculture, businesses, airlines, hotels etc to quickly revive their economies but we who are copying the…
The #covid19 recovery and response strategy insights
Running a business during these coronavirus times is like driving a car at night in heavy rains on a road without road marks. The journey becomes so uncertain and frustrating. Other drivers may choose to park and wait. Others take calculated risks. While others turn on the driver-assist computer in the car for night vision and they continue driving steadily. This is what is happening. The times are uncertain and ambiguous. There is just too much information on the Internet about the pandemic that the only best thing is to focus on living and surviving that worrying about what is…
Homily for Saturday, Fourth Week of Easter
R Acts 13:44-52 Jn 14:7-14 Perhaps we can easily identify with Philip’s request to Jesus at the beginning of this morning’s gospel reading, ‘Let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied’. Philip speaks out of the awareness that ultimate satisfaction is to be found in seeing God, in being in communion with God. We often live with a sense of dissatisfaction. We are aware of desires and longings in us that are not fully satisfied. There are moments when we can feel wonderfully happy, happier than we could ever have imagined, when, like Peter on the mount…
Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda wins Big in the High Court
Hon. Justice Ssekaana Musa has ruled that “the inclusion of pharmacies and drug stores among the areas of issuance of trading licenses is illegal and contrary to the National Drug Policy and Authority Act and it conflicts which specific legislation. Where two legislations conflict i.e between general legislation and specific legislation, the specific legislation overrides the general legislation on the subject matter. Generaliabus specialia derogant or Generalia specialibus non derogant. No latter general Act can prevail over an earlier special Act. Meaning general things do not derogate from special things. See Eaton Towers Uganda Limited v Attorney General & Jinja…
