BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU KASESE: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 While a 14-year old pupil in primary five in 1994, Julius Tumushabe got lured into poaching by peers and turned his back on school. On his debut day, he went out into the wilderness of the sprawling Queen Elizabeth National park in …

By Edward Akaki – Moroto, Karamoja On a humanitarian ground, everyone deserves a right to life, health and clean water and sanitation, afact that thousands in Karamoja see as a myth due to changing climatic conditions. The suffering and pain in Uganda’s north-eastern pastoralist region, is visible in massive crop …

February 16, Thursday 2023 By Timothy Eodu & Edward Akaki-Karamoja A deal gone wrong between Karamoja leaders and Minister for Karamoja affairs, Hon. Mary Goretti Kitutu has landed the latter in trouble after the Internal Security Organisation-ISO arrested her Mother and brother for allegedly possessing government iron sheets meant for …

 3600 HEALTH WORKERS FINALLY LEAVE MUBENDE AND KASSANDA DISTRICTS, TWO MONTHS AFTER LOCKDOWN By Goodluck Musinguzi In December towards Christmas, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced that 3600 trained healthcare workers of different categories would remain on standby. With concerted efforts and through a whole of society approach, to manage to …

HOW EBOLA LOCKDOWN AFFECTED STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS By Goodluck Musinguzi President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced a lockdown in Mubende and Kassanda districts because Sudan ebola virus infections were increasing and threatened to spread throughout the whole country. The month of October is very critical in the education calendar as …

ACCOUNTABILITY BY MINISTRY OF HEALTH SATISFACTORY – US AMBASSADOR By Goodluck Musinguzi The US Ambassador in Uganda appreciated the Ministry of Health for accountability for past health emergencies and planning for future outbreaks. I trust that through the Ebola recovery plan outlined today, Uganda will become stronger and better prepared …

MUBENDE RESIDENTS SHARE EXPERIENCE AFTER UGANDA WAS DECLARED FREE OF SUDAN EBOLA VIRUS By Goodluck Musinguzi 11 January 2023 Mubende, Uganda ‒ Uganda declared the end of Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus on 11 January 2023. The health authorities worked intensely, ramping up outbreak control measures that helped to …

UK pleased with the support it gave Uganda to manage the Ebola outbreak By Goodluck Musinguzi   United Kingdom Team joined World Health Organization joined the Ministry of Health and other development partners to discuss and endorse the post-ebola recovery plan to be implemented in 180 days in the country(Uganda). …

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTRIBUTED $34 MILLION, AND UGANDA CANOLONGER SHIP SAMPLES OF EBOLA  By Goodluck Musinguzi Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Accountability Forum is a follow-on to our November 10th discussions, where we agreed to reconvene to take stock of our collective efforts and impact.  I am so …

Thursday, 9 February 2023 By Timothy Eodu Karamoja leaders moot for community involvement in security roads construction. Several leaders from Karamoja have called upon the ministry of works and it’s constructors to consider using the local population especially the karacunas (youth). The leaders urge that some of these karacunas (youth) …