Mulago Hospital has asked Parliament for an additional Shs63 billion to address critical funding gaps, as legislators warned that staffing shortages are worsening service delivery. The MPs on the Health Committee blamed the gaps partly on underperformance in non-tax revenue collections in the financial year 2025/26. Dr Erisa Rutahigwa, the acting committee chairperson and MP…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has defended its record in the health sector, saying it is one of the areas where Uganda has registered significant progress under the party’s leadership. Speaking at a joint press conference at the NRM party secretariat, the minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, said government has made heavy investments…
The curtains have fallen on the life of Sam Omalla, a colourful and dramatic officer who came to the limelight after he contained Dr Kizza Besigye during the walk-to-work protests in 2011. Omalla, who had retired at the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, passed away this morning at Mulago Hospital, where he had battled…
