One of Uganda’s most social senior police officers Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Asan Kasingye has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Afande Kasingye is known to be witty and sarcastic but he’s is also a very serious police officer when executing his duties as the Police Political Commisar.
The ‘Twitter cop’ as referred to by tweeps on the famous social media Twitter app has broke the news of his health condition as he tweeted saying; “BAD NEW!! I’AM COVID19 POSITIVE.”
Kasingye is among the 97 new COVID-19 cases that have been confirmed today by the ministry of health. The cumulative total confirmed cases of Ugandans is now 2263.
Amongst the 97 new COVID-19 cases, contacts and alerts are 90 (Kampala- 59, Wakiso- 11, Buikwe- 6, Luweero- 3, Namisindwa- 3, Mukono- 2, Jinja- 2, Kabale- 1, Amuru- 1,Oyam – 1 and Tororo – 1)
One is a returnee from Mali while six are truck drivers from points of entry. Additionally ten foreign truck drivers tested positive for COVID-19 at the border points of entry and their entry into the country was not permitted.
Currently Uganda has 1,226 recoveries and 20 deaths.
For those who have been wondering which religious group the president of local healers, Sophia Namutebi a.k.a Mama Fiina belongs to, you got served.
While at singer Evelyn Lagu’s car wash event, the popular head of traditional herbalists, Mama Fiina stunned many of her followers when she revealed that she became saved long ago and accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and personal savior.
Mama Fiina went on narrate that she is a born-again Christian and that renown city pastors; Wilson Bugembe and Aloysious Bujingo are her favorite preachers.
She, however, took a jab at city worship centers stressing that the challenge with the churches in Uganda is that they only know how to receive rather than give back to the needy.
She added that it is also the same problem affecting the elected leaders reasoning that people put them in offices expecting to be served but they only end up fulfilling their selfish interests.
The problem with our churches their just here to receive rather than help the needy and communities and have just hinted about it in good faith and I think they should style up.
I got saved long ago. Pastor Bugembe and Aloysius Bujingo are my preachers.
Mama Fiina
Mama Fiina also noted that she spearheaded Evelyn Lagu’s kidney transplant car wash campaign not because of their friendship but due to her will to help people who are in need.
Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has announced that the arrival of the initial batch of 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines will be on March 5 2021 and vaccination scheduled to begin on the 10th March 10 2021.
Aceng says that vaccination will be voluntary upon signing a consent form and will be free of charge. She further explains that they target to vaccinate 49.6% of the population which is about 21,936,011 people, in a phased manner.
Each phase is planned to cover 20% of the population which is about 4,387,202 people.
According to Aceng, the global pressure on vaccine stocks, the priority persons to be vaccinated is guided by the occupational risk of infection, risk of developing severe disease, death from COVID- 19, and population characteristics (age, gender and geographical location).
“Phase 1 of the vaccination exercise will focus on: Health workers (Public, Private Not for Profit (PNFP) and Private for Profit (PFP)) estimated at 150,000, Security personnel (UPDF, Police, Prisons); estimated at 250,000,” says Aceng.
Earlier last month, government ordered for 18 million more doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India bringing the total expected doses to 37 million.
Last week, renown media personality Daniel Isaac Katende a.k.a Kasuku added another year to his age. For a whole week, he was being showered with lots of gifts.
As they say, that new age comes with new blessings, beginnings, and challenges, for Kasuku it is evident that he is in hyper moods and ready to celebrate his new age in style.
The outspoken presenter has just disclosed that he is currently looking forward to mingling and dating women older than he is.
Kasuku made the declaration of dating sugar mummies as his new age’s resolution public while on KFM.
So now am moving into the level of dating sugar mummies. Now I want to start dating women who are older than me.
Kasuku
Apart from revealing how he wants to start dating sugar mummies, following the love that he was shown, Kasuku jokingly dropped a teaser to the Head of State asking him to appoint him somewhere or he risks being challenged in the next general election.
I could be the next head of state when I do know. Am telling you this because the love people showed me on my birthday was overwhelming. I even felt like contesting for a leadership post but again I realized that we were done with elections.
H. E you either appoint me somewhere or else I challenge you in the next elections. It is the fact. One way or the other, you lose your seat or you appoint me. So chose what is good for you.