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[Monitor] The government will deploy security personnel on all rooftops of Kampala's arcades and tall buildings to ensure security in the capital as Ugandans go to the polls today.
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
Shumate, With League, To Work With Chamber Former State Sen. Jabar Shumate (Dem., Tulsa) is heading an organization with the Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City that will work with…
[Vanguard] The Plateau Government says it is working hard with security agencies to check the spate of kidnapping, cultism and other forms of violent crimes in the state.
The Black-owned business community has been hit hardest by the fallout of the pandemic with over 40 percent of small business closures. However Black-owned businesses are a force to be reckoned with, especially Black female-owned businesses. According to a recent American Express report, women of color are starting businesses at 4.5 times the rate of […]
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Has Juju been down the dojo? Julius Malema treated viewers to an on-air karate demonstration earlier today, ahead of his protest in Senekal on Friday.
The Longview Chamber is proud to announce they are partnering with The U.S. Chamber of Commerce to host a national townhall on June 25th as part of an ongoing initiative to address inequality of opportunity through education, employment, entrepreneurship, and criminal justice reform.
We stand in solidarity against racism and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion in our society and economy,” said Suzanne Clark, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The Longview Chamber, a nationally recognized 5-Star Chamber, is proud to help the U.S. Chamber of Commerce fully leverage state and national relationships by continuing this dialogue across industry sectors.
President and CEO, Kelly Hall, of the Longview Chamber stated it is up to us as individuals to lead conversations to gain clarity and understanding on how to break unhealthy cycles of inequality.
The Longview Chamber of Commerce (LCC) is regarded as the leading business resource in Gregg County.
Six truckloads of alcohol were stolen from a brewery depot in Isando, Kempton Park, on Sunday morning.
[Monitor] By Robert Muhereza
Ex-convicts who have lived a crime-free life for more than 15 years and have demonstrated that they have turned over a new chapter in their lives could have the record of offences they committed expunged, if efforts to amend the Criminal Records (...
It would be difficult to overstate the potential importance of a case before the High Court in Uganda, involving at least 13 applicants against a number of police officers and the Attorney-General of the country.
Mutonyi awarded significant damages for the rights’ infringements in the two cases, and there were a number of important take-aways for the police.
It was clear that the police did not have any real charge to bring against the applicants, but were just filling up cells at the central police station in Kampala ‘obsessed with the violation of individual rights in total disregard of the (provisions) of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda’.
If a regional police officer ‘dumps citizens’ at a particular station claiming this was because of overcrowding, it usually meant that the human rights of those concerned were being violated and the receiving officer was supposed to act professionally and respect their rights.
She concluded that adequate compensation should be awarded to hold police officers accountable as well as ‘any other security agencies that are notoriously known for violating the rights of individuals’.
THE Manchester police are hailing as brave the actions of residents of Mandeville in the parish who last Sunday apprehended a man suspected of at least two incidents of shopbreaking and larceny in the parish capital.
According to the police, the accused, Omar Forbes, 47, of North Race Course Road, was handed over to the police after residents allegedly spotted him with stockings and other items allegedly stolen from a store in the town centre.
Subsequent investigations, the police said, implicated Forbes in two incidents — one on Thursday, May 14 and the other on Saturday, May 16.
Cocaine seized at airport
For the second time in just over two weeks, the work of the Canine Division has led to the seizure of illegal drugs, this time at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday, May 21.
The Half-Way-Tree police said about 1:35 am on Thursday, May 21 an alarm alerted security personnel to a store on Constant Spring Road, Kingston 10, where Lindsay was allegedly intercepted with a quantity of slippers, umbrellas and shoes valued at approximately $150,000.
Edward Mutegaya, a boda boda rider in Magere says he doesn't support the protest because of the toll COVID-19 lockdown is having on the people.
Kenneth Kazibwe another boda boda rider in Kasangati says he didn't understand clearly what the protest campaign was all about.
William Kiiza, a people power supporter, says they did not take part in the protest because of the heavy police deployment.
A female People Power coordinator who preferred anonymity said people misunderstood the campaign because it is far from the conventional street protests.
We started with 1 pm protest but we might announce night protests when everything is quiet and everyone is home then people can start drumming.
Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and required the city to be locked down between the end of January and early April. As per tradition, hundreds gathered in front of the old Hankow Customs House building, one of the city’s more popular New Year’s Eve spots. When the building’s old clock reached midnight many people released balloons into the air, cheered and called out “happy new year”. “I’m so so so incredibly happy,” said 20-year-old student and tourist Yang Wenxuan. “This is my first time in Wuhan. But it (the countdown) was so spectacular.” “I hope that I can successfully obtain my bachelor’s degree and I hope I can find a boyfriend,” Yang added. There was a heavy police presence and strict crowd control. Some security personnel were seen telling several of the few people without masks that they must put one on if they wished to stay. Still, the countdown appeared to proceed peacefully, in a relaxed atmosphere. The festivities came 12 months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said it first received word of cases of a pneumonia of an unknown cause in Wuhan, which later became known as the world’s first outbreak of COVID-19. A team of WHO experts is scheduled to arrive in China in January 2021 to investigate the origins of the pandemic. Wuhan has been largely virus free for months, and in recent days it has been vaccinating some specific groups of the local population. But a recent small rise in cases in various Chinese cities, including Beijing, has reminded people in Wuhan that the pandemic is not over yet. “I hope that in 2021 everything goes well in the country and Wuhan can return to normal and I hope that the world can soon defeat the pandemic,” said Wuhan resident Anson Yang. The 25-year-old ,who works in the international trade sector, said his earnings were hit hard in 2020 and he knows of many businesses in Wuhan who are yet to return to normal trading levels. Several students yearned for an end to the pandemic so they could get on with in-person studies. One university student, however, drew some positive lessons from the fight against the pandemic. “If we look at the measures people took, the things people did as part of the epidemic control and the like, a human or friendly touch, something that we would not normally see, was felt by everyone,” said 21-year-old Chen Mengfan. - Reuters
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Chamber Names New President and CEO
Amazing New Leadership Committed to Building More Resilient Economy
Columbus, GA ––The Greater Columbus, GA Chamber of Commerce announced the new
Chamber President and CEO, Jerald Mitchell at a news conference today, Thursday, June
25, 2020 at the PowerHouse in Uptown Columbus.
Mitchell comes to the Columbus Chamber from Atlanta, where he’s the Vice President of
Economic Development for the Atlanta Beltline Inc. (ABI) The Atlanta Beltline is a
development corporation for one of the largest [$4.5 billion] redevelopment projects in the
U.S.
“Jerald has a unique combination of leadership skills that will be immeasurably valuable to
the Chamber and our entire region,” said Chamber Board Chair Pace Halter, President and
COO of the Real Estate Division of the W.C. Bradley Co. “His strategic thinking and
visionary outlook will allow Columbus to both build upon past achievements and take our
region to amazing new heights.
As President and CEO of the Greater Columbus, GA Chamber, Mitchell will be the leader in
developing and advancing both the Chamber and Columbus 2025 (the region’s strategic plan).
– more –
Greater Columbus Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
1200 6th Avenue | PO Box 1200
Columbus, GA 31902-1200
706-327-1566 | Fax: 706-327-7512
www.columbusgachamber.com
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After completing some projects at the ABI, Mitchell will officially begin work on September
1, 2020.
In partnership with our entire region and state, we are looking
forward to the progress our community will make under Jerald’s leadership.”
Straddled between the vibrancy of the North and the low country of the South, D.C.’s location makes it easy to take road trips and explore nearby destinations. There’s never been […]
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Massachusetts workers began the new year with extended family leave benefits and an increase in the minimum wage.
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Eastern Cape police officers have been accused of killing a 19-year-old pupil in his bed during a raid for a firearm in Tsomo.
[Ghanaian Times] Four non-residents have been arrested for attempting to register for voter card at the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly registration centre on Thursday, in Accra.
Western Bureau: With a number of their businesses being hit in multimillion-dollar heists in recent years, sometimes with deadly outcomes, members of the Chinese community in Montego Bay, St James, have turned to technology, including facial-...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — An armed person wounded a sailor at a Texas naval air station Thursday before being killed by security forces, officials said.
The U.S. Navy said the security team “neutralized” an active shooter at the Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi at about 6:15 a.m. Thursday.
The shooter was shot and killed by security personnel, according to a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details about an ongoing investigation.
One sailor assigned to the security team was injured but was in good condition, the Navy said.
The injured Navy sailor was shot but was wearing body armor, said another U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide information not yet made public.
Uganda's Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, says he has no apology to give for the violence of security forces against the media.
[Monitor] By Denis Opoka
We are more than ready to have offenders arraigned before courts of law... \"
He said police has used its human rights department to disseminate materials about the Prevention and Prohibition Torture Act among officers and teach them to respect human rights.
In the three-page statement issued on June 20, ABODO said the office of the director of Public Prosecutions, Uganda, \"Condemns the use of torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment as interrogation strategies and calls on all security agencies including the Uganda Police Force (UPF), Internal Security Organization (ISO) [and] External Security Organisation (ESO) to explicitly ban the use of such treatment and enforce all laws and regulations prohibiting its use.\"
Before he died last year, Meddie Sozzi Kaggwa, then chairman of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), used a June 18, 2019 press conference ahead of the International UN Day in Support of Victims of Torture, to nudge government to clear compensation for victims of torture.
Strangely, the inspector general of police, Martins Okoth Ochola, who in 2019 warned his officers against transgressing the law on human rights, was asked to pay for court costs after the judge ruled that he illegally stopped Bobi Wine's Kyarenga concert.
In the recent human rights violation case, Right Trumpets, Ampiire Aisha and Nansubuga v. AIGP Asan Kasingye and 13 others, the judge Margaret Mutonyi, has held several police officers personally liable for torturing and violating the rights of inmates under police custody at Naggalama police station.
Suspected sabotage to a fibre-optic cable belonging to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) impacted over 25,000 customers on the West Demerara – but within a 24-hour period, mobile and internet services were restored.
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