• Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Donate
Sunday, January 29, 2023
  • Login
Watchdog Uganda
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Africa News
    • Community News
    • Luganda
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Op-Ed
    • #Out2Lunch
    • Conversations with
    • Politics
    • Relationships
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • CEOs & Entrepreneurs,
    • Companies
    • Finance
    • Products
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • Salon Mag
  • Special Report
    • Education
    • People
    • Voices
  • Reviews
    • Products
    • Events
    • Hotels
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Video
  • Donate
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Africa News
    • Community News
    • Luganda
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Op-Ed
    • #Out2Lunch
    • Conversations with
    • Politics
    • Relationships
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • CEOs & Entrepreneurs,
    • Companies
    • Finance
    • Products
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • Salon Mag
  • Special Report
    • Education
    • People
    • Voices
  • Reviews
    • Products
    • Events
    • Hotels
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Video
  • Donate
No Result
View All Result
Watchdog Uganda
No Result
View All Result

Covid-19: Students stranded in Kampala transported back to their home areas

Wilfred Arinda Nsheeka by Wilfred Arinda Nsheeka
18th June 2020 at 20:33
in National, News
0 0
0
Covid-19: Students stranded in Kampala transported back to their home areas

Kanungu District Woman MP Elizabeth Karungi

0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
ShareTweetSendShare

The Kanungu district Woman Member of Parliament Elizabeth Karungi has today started transporting 500 students back to the district following the closure of educational institutions due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. The students have been stranded in Kampala since March, 2020.

In the same drive, at least 100 other categories of people who hail from Kanungu shall also be transported back home especially the elderly and badly affected vendors.

On 18th March, President Yoweri Museveni ordered for the first lockdown which among others included suspension of school operations as one of the ways to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Following the closure, many learners especially in higher institutions of learning got stranded in different areas of the Country especially in Kampala.

Karungi says that she was forced to act following many calls by the students from Kanungu district saying they needed her help as they were struggling with life in Kampala following the closure of schools and ban on public transport especially in border districts.

Karungi said that in today’s first round of transporting the affected learners, a total of 105 learners were transported back to their homes using three Parliamentary vans with each carrying 35 students.

Karungi noted that she will be fueling the vans and covering any other transportation costs, as vans shall be carrying the learners back home on a daily basis until all affected students are cleared.


Do you have a story in your community or an opinion to share with us: Email us at editorial@watchdoguganda.com

Tags: Elizabeth KarungiKanungu
Previous Post

URSB donates 20 million towards the national response task-force to fight COVID-19.

Next Post

Here are the admission lists for Makerere University, MUBS government sponsored students 2020/2021

Next Post
Here are the admission lists for Makerere University, MUBS government sponsored students 2020/2021

Here are the admission lists for Makerere University, MUBS government sponsored students 2020/2021

Contact Information

Watchdog Uganda is a portal for solution journalism, trending news plus cutting edge commentaries in the fields of politics, security, business, tourism, entertainment, technology, agriculture, climate change, environment, public health et al. We also give preference to Ugandan community news and topical discussions. The portal also publishes community news and topical discussions.

Plot 23, Yusuf Lule Road
PO Box 7661 Kampala, Uganda
Office Line: +256 777 286 815
Email: editorial@watchdoguganda.com
To Advertise:Click here

Follow Us on Twitter

Tweets by watchdogug

Follow Us on Facebook

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Donate
  • Contact

© 2021 Watchdog Uganda

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Business
  • Op-Ed
  • Entertainment
  • Travel
  • Special Report
  • Video
  • Luganda

© 2021 Watchdog Uganda

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In