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BY GLADYS LAKAREBER KOTIDO: THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 The Kotido district has received five truckloads of relief food from the office of the Prime Minister to respond to drought induced food shortage in five sub counties. These are Kapeta, Kacheri, Rengen, Nakapelimoru and Kotido Sub-Counties which are said to be …
Read More »SAVING MT KEI FOREST FROM CROSS BORDER CRIMINALS
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU MOUNT KEI: FRIDAY, Jun 24, 2022 This story was produced with support from the Rainforest Journalism Fund in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. A rough, dusty road from Yumbe town in West Nile sub-region of Uganda passes through Mount Kei national forest reserve (formally known as Mount …
Read More »NAPAK RECEIVES COVID VACCINES FOR THIRD ROUND VACCINATION
BY TIMOTHY EODU NAPAK: THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2022 Napak district in Karamoja Sub Region has received a consignment of Covid-19 vaccines to be rolled out in the third phase beginning early next month. The officials of the district, which is among those that performed poorly in the previous campaigns, are …
Read More »OYAM DISTRICT EYES 40% INCREASE IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION THROUGH IRRIGATION
BY CHRIS JAMES WOO OYAM: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022 Oyam district in northern Uganda is eyeing a 40% increment in vegetable production through promotion of smallholder irrigation farming. However the district is placing its faith in the German Development Agency, GIZ to help it realize that vision. Last week it …
Read More »KITGUM GETS 51000 VACCINES FOR THIRD ROUND OF MASS COVID-19 VACCINATION
BY GLADYS KASLINE LAKAREBER KITGUM: TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022 Kitgum district health department has received 51,602 vaccines for the third round of Covid-19 mass vaccination campaign which is to kick off on June 21, 2022. But unlike the previous campaigns, the focus this time is on children age 12 to …
Read More »WHY GIRLS MUST UGANDA IS TRAINING WOMEN ON SAFE BROWSING
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2022 Over the weekend, Girls Must Uganda, a local civil society organization, summoned over 20 young women activists, feminists, rights defenders, councilors, probation officers and journalists in Kabale and Rukiga districts for a lesson on digital safety. Maurine Tukahirwa, the chief Executive Officer …
Read More »THE QUEST FOR QUALITY HEALTHCARE FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN ACHOLI
BY OKELLO JESUS OJARA GULU: WEDNESDAY,Jun 15, 2022 When Knight Akwero, a resident of Patwol ward in Anaka town council, Nwoya district conceived her first baby in 2006, she hoped to deliver at a health facility under the care of a trained midwife. When labor pains hit her during the …
Read More »KARAMOJA CALLS FOR CLOSE COORDINATION IN DISARMAMENT DURING MOROTO COURT OPEN DAY
BY TIMOTHY EODU MOROTO: MONDAY, JUNE 06, 2022 Karamoja residents have called for close coordination and cooperation from security forces during the operations to disarm cattle rustlers. They made the appeal during a Court Open Day, the first time Moroto district has hosted such an event, bringing together district leaders, …
Read More »WHY EACOP MUST BE CONSTRUCTED
BY DANIEL BWAMBALE KAMPALA: TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2022 At the height of the Cold War -1965 to 1975- TAZARA, a proposed 1,860 kilometers (km) railway from Dar-se-Salaam to Zambia was mooted. Zambia, a landlocked country was so desperate to export its copper outside the links through Apartheid South Africa. Presidents …
Read More »CELEBRATE EASTER LIKE A CHRISTIAN, BISHOP CHARLES ANDAKU URGES
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022 Rt. Rev. Charles Collins Andaku, the bishop of Madi and West Nile diocese has issued a seven-point guide on how to celebrate Easter in a Christian way. “Meditate on Christ’s suffering and sacrifice, witness to others the proclamation of his rise from …
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