Police blocks meeting of Iteso community in Tororo
The locals had convened the meeting at Mukuju subcounty headquarters to discuss the forthcoming by-election for the vacant district LC 5 seat, but were surrounded by police who halted the...
View ArticleDesh Kananura and four others acquitted of murder
the DPP's public relations officer Jane Okuo Kajuga says they have to appeal the court ruling before a penal of 3 Justices of the Court of Appeal, over the poorly evaluated evidence.The High court has...
View ArticlePresident says whoever broke the law in the Shs6B oil cash payout should be...
President Yoweri Museveni has vowed to have whoever breached the law in the six billion shilling oil cash payout prosecuted. President Yoweri Museveni has vowed to have whoever breached the law in the...
View ArticleAll municipalities were given food relief says commissioner of disaster...
Martin Owor, the commissioner of disaster preparedness says all municipalities in Uganda except Hoima received the food relief for the urban poor, not only Mbarara. Martin Owor, the commissioner of...
View ArticleStaying alive: The plight of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
In our first series of Staying Alive: the Plight of South Sudan Refugees in Uganda, Frank Walusimbi visits Imvepi transit camp in Adjumani district , a major reception of South Sudanese.Fighting...
View ArticleBuliisa MP Stephen Mukitale accuses ministers of diverting food relief
However, the minister for disaster preparedness Hillary Onek says Mukitale is attempting to blackmail those in charge of the relief distribution.Buliisa County MP, Stephen Mukitale, has accused cabinet...
View ArticleNFA and Bunyoro kingdom fail to agree on contested Bugoma forest reserve...
The High Court in Masindi had directed both parties to settle the matter outside court after NFA filed a case against the Omukama of Bunyoro for encroaching on the forest. The National Forestry...
View ArticleArmy worm: Government orders new pesticides as old ones prove ineffective
Government has ordered a consignment of 10,000 litres of pesticides from abroad after it emerged that the Striker and Rocket chemicals failed to yield results in many parts of the country. Government...
View ArticleRefugee influx offers business opportunities for some in Lamwo district
The locals in Palabek have taken advantage of the influx of thousands of refugees into the area to set up businesses, which are doing well.Uganda has received global plaudits for enforcing one of the...
View ArticleTeenager who survived suicide attempt gets second chance as a mechanic
Mustafa Lule survived death last year after jumping from a six storey building in Kampala. He is getting his life back together working as a trainee mechanic at a garage. The teenager who survived...
View ArticleWorld Food Programme seeks $60M to feed South Sudan refugees in West Nile
In part two of the series on the plight of South Sudan refugees in Uganda looks at the challenge in addressing the food needs of the refugees.Between now and the month of August, the World Food...
View ArticleStaying Alive: Early learning giving South Sudan children a silver of hope
About 42000 children children are benefiting from this program which is supported by Unicef and World Vision Uganda.In the third part of the series, Staying alive, the Plight of South Sudan refugees...
View ArticleApac makes strides against malaria fight
In 2008, Apac district registered the highest malaria prevalence in the World. In 2008, Apac district registered the highest malaria prevalence in the World.As it attempts to fight the scourge which...
View ArticleKasese RDC imposes ban over poultry products
Poultry farmers in Kasese district are counting losses after the DRC government stopped buying their products after bird flu ravaged parts of the country.Poultry farmers in Kasese district are counting...
View Article15,000 herds of cattle perish due to drought in Ntoroko
According to the Ntoroko Town Council chairperson, Christopher Mujungu, over 40 percent of revenue collection has been lost as a result of the crisis.Lack of adequate pasture and water has left...
View ArticleGroup armed with machetes rejects supreme court verdict in Sembabule land row
Lwemiyaga County MP, Theodore Ssekikubo, has been accused of conniving with land grabbers even after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Cresensio Mukasa. Lwemiyaga County MP, Theodore Ssekikubo, has...
View ArticleEmotional scars yet to heal as rape victim starts new life
Thousands continue to escape the vortex of turbulence in South Sudan in a country burdened with hunger, disease, death and destruction. Thousands continue to escape the vortex of turbulence in South...
View ArticleWhy some firms are reluctant to pay injured staff
Many workers who have had accidents at the workplace have gone without a penny.Under the Workman's Compensation Act, when an employee gets injured in the course of doing their work, their employer is...
View ArticleKampala central MP Nsereko wants government to clear debts
Nsereko says if passed, the Economic Emergency Bill will help jumpstart Uganda’s struggling economyKampala Central Member of Parliament Muhammad Nsereko plans to table a bill on the floor of Parliament...
View ArticleMedia council begins crackdown on films
The directive is aimed at curbing movie piracyThe Media Council has warned the public against buying films or video tapes that haven’t been endorsed by their officials.The warning follows an ultimatum...
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