1.5 million Ugandans in need of food aid, says government
The minister for agriculture, Vincent Ssempijja, says the number of Ugandans in need of food aid has shot up to 1.5 million people from 1.3 million registered in November 2016.The minister for...
View ArticleExperts say dry spell likely to continue until end of May
The experts blame the current absence of rainfall on a dry climatic condition referred to as "La Nina”. Experts from Makerere university’s geography department warn that the dry spell currently...
View ArticleExperts say dry spell likely to continue until end of May
The experts blame the current absence of rainfall on a dry climatic condition referred to as "La Nina”.Experts from Makerere university’s geography department warn that the dry spell currently...
View ArticleSchool lunch remains only source of food for many children in Karamoja
The school feeding programme in Karamoja supported by donors was an incentive to keep pupils in school but it is now a source of hunger relief for the children.Hunger in Karamoja sub-region has...
View ArticleBesigye applies to stop appearing before Nakawa court
Dr. Kiiza Besigye has filed an application in the Criminal Division of the High Court seeking to block his continued appearance before Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court where his treason case is being...
View ArticleUganda could face UN sanctions if anti-terrorism law is not passed soon
Uganda could face sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council if it does not amend the anti-terrorism act before the end of February.Uganda could face sanctions imposed by the United...
View ArticleNWSC disconnects police, army and prisons over accumulated water bills
In the last four days several police and army barracks as well the government prison in Luzira have been facing a water crisis after their water supply was disconnected by the National Water and...
View ArticleFred Ruhindi tells probe he did nothing extraordinary to deserve presidential...
Former Deputy Attorney General, Fred Ruhindi, has told a parliamentary committee that they did not do extraordinary to deserve the a share of the so-called six billion shilling Presidential handshake....
View ArticleHunger and poverty force children in Karamoja to seek back breaking work in...
In the third part of the series on Lives In Peril, Solomon Kaweesa tells the stories of children risking it all in stone quarries to make ends meet.Many families in Karamoja sub-region are going for...
View ArticleAuthroities in Kasese close schools for lacking basic facilities
Authorities in Kasese Municipality have closed tens of schools in the area for not meeting the minimum standards.Authorities in Kasese Municipality have closed tens of schools in the area for not...
View ArticleAmbassador urges Burundian refugees in Uganda to return home
Burundi’s home affairs’ minister, Pascal Barandagiye, and the country’s ambassador to Uganda, Jean Bosco Barege, spoke to Burundians living at Nakivale refugee settlement camp in Isingiro...
View ArticleMakerere university releases schedule for 67th graduation ceremony
The 67th graduation ceremony at Makerere university will be held from Tuesday 21st to Friday 24th February 2017.The Office of the Academic Registrar at Makerere university has released the graduation...
View ArticleThousands converge in Kitgum to remember late Archbishop Janani Luwum
Thousands of people today flocked to Mucwini sub-county in Kitgum district to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of Uganda’s former Archbishop Janani Luwum. Thousands of people today flocked...
View ArticleRemembering Archbishop Luwum: Looking back on the circumstances of his death
An influential figure in the Church, Janani Luwum was killed on 17th February 1977. His death was the peak of the rivalry between the Anglican Church in Uganda and former President Idi Amin. The 40th...
View ArticleMPs urge government to align Operation Wealth Creation with recommendations...
Farmers are supplied with seeds to grow crops that the weather and the soil do not favour, which is partly the reason for the food crisis in many parts of the country. The chairperson of the...
View Article200,000 in Nakasongola district on the brink of starvation
Despite many homes in Nakasongola being just kilometres away from Lake Kyoga, the families cannot afford to use the lake's waters for irrigation without government help. With 1.6 million Ugandans in...
View ArticleHunger creates additional difficulty for people living with HIV in Karamoja
Feeding well is vital for people taking the life-saving anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) because a good diet helps the HIV patients cope with the strong drugs and their side effects.A number of people...
View ArticleMohammed Kezaala: I am still a member of the Democratic Party
In an exclusive interview with NTV in Jinja, Mohammed Kezaala says he accepted the ambassadorial post to serve Ugandans. He adds that his criticism in past was not levelled against President Museveni...
View ArticleTrade union to start building low cost housing for Ugandan workers
The Central Organisation of Free Trade Unions (COFTU) has announced a plan to start building low cost houses for the Ugandan workers.The Central Organisation of Free Trade Unions (COFTU) has announced...
View ArticleZziwa wants to retake EALA speaker chair after court rules her impeachment...
Former Speaker of the East Africa Legislative Assembly Margaret Zziwa has written to the clerk of the Assembly informing him of her intention to resume her duties. Former Speaker of the East Africa...
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