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By Onen Samuel Match day 12 of palabek peace building tournament resumed on monday, 29thAugust 2022 with where LIKILIKI CITY FC falling to NORTHERN SHIELD FC by 3-1. Okot Richard scored a opening goal for northern shield in just 1minute with his team mate Okoya Peter doubling the lead in …

By Kasline Gladys Lakareber Being the first day for Karamoja cultural event, local leaders in Abim district have so far been so impressive to welcome visitors from different corners including their Atekere cultural groups from South Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia. As visitors are expected from various places, the home district …

By Calvin Loyas Ochen There is heightened security in Abim District on the first day of Karamoja Cultural gala that’s schedule to kick off today Tuesday 30th-03rd September 2022 as several guests keep arriving from various destinations into the region for the long awaited event that was cut short by …

By Timothy Eodu Karamoja Women Umbrella Organization, KAWUO has kick started it’s preparations to hold the second girl’s conference in Moroto district.This conference which was launched last year will be hosted hosted yearly for the period of the project in the region to show case girl’s and young women’s advancement …

By Kasline Gladys Lakareber Despite the threats of rain on the opening day of the event, the people of Karamoja, surrounding districts and thousands who travelled from as far Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya are ready to enjoy the 7th Edition of Karamoja Cultural event set to expose hidden treasures in …

By Kasline Gladys Lakareber The organizing committee for the 7 Edition of Karamoja cultural event which is scheduled to take place on the 30th August -3rd September 2022 is currently working like donkeys to make the event colorful. With just few hours to the start of the event which is …

By Edward Akaki Shalom peace tournament, Kotido came to a climax yesterday 28th August, 2022 with Agape United edging their counterparts Northern Shirld by a goal to nil at the Kotido Boma grounds. A player only known as Lokong scored the deciding goal handing Agape the trophy in the inaugural …

By Edward Akaki In the just concluded quarter final draws held at Fufa House on Monday 29th August, 2022, Westnile Province after knocking Karamoja Province by an aggregate of 6-0 will now turn their attention to the city boys of Kampala Province. The draw was attended by Fufa officials and …

By Edward Akaki After two weeks of great football and peace drives, the Shalom Peace tournament will come to an end today 28th August,2022  at 3:30 pm at Boma grounds kotido with Northern Eagles playing against Agape united. The tournament that started on the 15th August, 2022 had 10 teams …

By Kasline Gladys Lakareber During this Year’s Mama Irene Gelson Foundation (IGF) memorial charity walk held on the 23rd July 2022 which focused on supporting nodding disease victims in Kitgum and Lawmo, the committee aimed to support 1000 afflicted families with the theme, “walking to support 1000 nodding families”. Nodding …

By James Jemo Muya The ongoing rains in Karamoja Region have brought more happiness to the farmers but also has hindered some other aspects of life especially in places where there are bad roads in the different communities of Karamoja. Karenga as one of the new districts in Karamoja has …

 By Samuel Onen Hon. Okin PP , a Member of Parliament representing people of Chua West Constituency has donated an Ambulance which he had promised during the campaigning periods in 2021 and was welcomed by a group of boda boda riders in Kitgum Municipality. Through his personal assistant Mr. Tolit …

By Timothy Eodu The Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives and Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS have banned the importation, manufacture, sale and distribution of City 5 Gin that led to the death of over a dozen people in Arua district and left some survivors with the risk of going blind. …

By Godwin Agaba “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away” Gen. Douglas MacArthur, I first met Gen. Elly Tumwine in 2006. It was in September while I worked as a reporter with Newline agency of Rwanda Independent Media Group (RIMEG). I had traveled from Kigali to Mbarara with my …

By Kasline Gladys Lakareber. Despite the climatic change challenge in the Karamoja region and the surrounding areas during the first planting season of 2022, some farmers made use of the little Rain drops. A youth in Napumpum village, Napumpum Sub county, Kotido district Moses Evra Lokech while speaking to our …

By Samuel Onen Palabek peace building tournament results for match day 11 held on 26th, August 2022. OBWORO HOME BOYS FC overcame ROCK STARS FC by 3 goals to nil thanks to goals from Makula Simon who scored twice and another from Brian Ochan. Meanwhole the scheduled game between KAL …

By Edward Akaki The State House Anti-corruption Court on Thursday arrested six officials from Gulu City Council technocrats on charges of embezzlement of Public funds. The six include Denis Okot the Chief Finance Officer, George Odokonyero the City Accounting Officer, George Kidega the former Acting CFO, Denis Okwera an Accounting …

By Samuel Onen In 2020, Palabek County in Lamwo District and consisting of 3 Sub-counties decided to increase the number of participating football teams in the peace building tournament to 10 and brought the idea of playing quality matches. The league was started very well but later suspended due to …

By Edward Akaki Upto 15 district officials in Kitgum district have been arrested over the mismanagement of Parish Development Model funds meant to benefit the local communities. Kitgum district registered 72 Saving and credit co-operative organizations-SACCO groups for Parish development model, PDM project. 745 millions shillings out of 1.2 billions …

By Edward Akaki Nabilatuk district that inaugurated in the financial year 2018/19 and has just made four years of existence is defying the odds when it comes to sports organisation with at least 16 well equipped football fields within the district.According to the District Sports Officer Okoboi Amos, all the …

By Lawrence OkwakolPeople from Teso sub region have been asked to utilize the current rains to plant fast growing crops in this second season.Juliet Achayo Lodou the Ngora county member of parliament in Ngora district passed the message in Kobuin sub county on Tuesday while meeting the football players which …

  UPDF officers being trained on Human Rights By Timothy Eodu Over 700 hundred officers from the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) from 3 infantry division have been trained on Human Rights Protection in the different UPDF detachments by the human rights facilitators, aimed at strengthening the knowledge and understanding …

By LAKAREBER GLADYS KASLINE After two years of absenteeism from the prestigious cultural gala of the karimojong due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the smiles are all back as women prepare to showcase the culture of the region in Abim come 30th August to 3rd September 2022. Elders in karamoja has …

By Timothy Eodu and Edward Akaki The state minister for Karamoja affairs, Nandutu Agnes is safe and in Parliament doing her duties. According to the Minister’s tweet yesterday evening, she urged everyone to disregard information circulating on social media that she has been ambushed by suspected Karimojong warriors. Nandutu said …

  Beneficiaries seated  By Mathew Longok Abekson A total of 200 families in Napak district have benefited from relief food aid yesterday given to them by Joy Christian School, a Christian founded Institution based in Kumi district.Among the items distributed were a bar of soap, a sachet of salt and …

Akol hands over cash to Chairperson BoG Osire on behalf of the speaker Anita Among. By Lawrence Okwakol The beneficiaries of Kolir comprehensive secondary school in Bukedea district  on  Monday 22nd August 2022 expressed joy over their rescue by the speaker of Parliament of Uganda Rt. Hon. Annet Anita Among …

By Timothy Eodu The department of Land Registration at the Directorate of Land management in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and urban development has promised to process the pending Communal Land Certificates-CLAs that have been forwarded to its secretariat.This was during a stakeholder’s engagement organized by Land and Equity Movement …

A local Karimojong delicacy commonly known as Angodic By Kasline Gladys Lakareber Various youth across Karamoja region are organizing different activities to present during their Cultural gala to entire world as they prove to the elders that culture shall not be lost with the ever changing world technological trends. Youth …

            By Timothy Eodu The joint security forces of the Uganda Police Force (UPF) and Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have beefed up operations around Abim and routes into the district ahead of the cultural event next week on 30th August 2022.According to the Mt. …

Bicycles donated to councilors by Hon. Peter OgwangBy 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 O𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗺The State Minister for Sports, Hon Peter Ogwang has today Tuesday 22nd, 8, 2022, given out 140 bicycles to Ngariam Parish Councilors in fulfillment of his promise during the 2021 campaigns.This was during Ngariam Leaders meeting at Katakwi Technical School to …

    By Edward Akaki Having a tour in the northern part of Karamoja region in the district of Kaabong and focusing on the sporting activities and how the district is performing in sports, there was no better person to speak to than the Manager Kaabong District Sports Association Mr. …

  National MDD Results By Timothy EoduThe three schools that represented Karamoja at the national Music Dance and Drama (MDD) in Kyotera district put up a spirited performance to earn the region some promising positions.The three schools, Kasimeri primary school, Lomukura primary school and Kangole Girls primary school were not …

  A woman and her child seated at the Nutrition center By Timothy EoduUnited Nations Children’s Fund has vowed to continue supporting the Nutrition program to the children and women in the Karamoja Sub Region as it marked the World Humanitarian day.In its Tweet, UNICEF announced that it received the …

  Emergency Food Vouchers to be issued by Mercy Corps By Timothy Eodu The United States Mission in Uganda has extended support to 4500 pregnant and lactating mothers in the Karamoja sub region.This was confirmed in their official twitter account @usmissionuganda on Friday 19 August 2022 morning.The Tweet stated; “#Karamoja …

  Airtel team distributing food items from Nakidoka village in Loputuk Sub County By Timothy Eodu Airtel Uganda, under their Airtel Cares Program, has Thursday donated food items to over 2,000 households in the Karamoja region, North-eastern Uganda as part of it’s endeavor to support efforts aimed at ending hunger …

Katakwi leaders with the Vice President Jessica Alupo𝗕𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗢𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗺The Katakwi district chairman, Geoffrey Omolo has condemned several social media platforms in the district.Omolo in his speech during the recent fundraising in Usuk,14th-8-2022, says that there are WhatsApp groups which he noted are platforms used to only abuse leaders.“Instead of …

  Photo by Timothy Eodu: An elderly women receiving poshoBy Timothy Eodu & Longok Mathew A total of 320 households in Moroto Municipality have Thursday 18 August 2022 benefited from food aid.The aid was donated by Charitas Alfa Ministry Church, a Non Government Organization based in Mukono.According to Mayor Moroto …

  Kangole Girls Primary School Pupils during the regional MDD Festival By Timothy EoduThree out of 4 quoirs from Karamoja have made it to the national Music Dance and Drama Festival being held in Kyotera district.The three are Kasimeri primary school from Moroto (defending champions), Lomukura primary school from Kotido, …

  Municipal Leaders posing for a photo shoot By Augustine OluleA section of Moroto Municipal councilors have been left in shock after learning that the fencing of the mayor’s garden cost up to sh48m.The councilors and other stakeholders within the Municipality have called upon the Municipal auditors to carry out …

Shukuuru posing for a photo shoot with WestNile province coach By Edward Akaaki After an outstanding display in the fufa drum game between Karamoja Province and Westnile Province collecting the man of match award on 14th August, 2022, Ali Shukuuru has attracted interest from Westnile Fufa Big league team Calvary …

Karamoja province lost 1-0 against visiting Westnile Province in the second leg of the round of 16 game of Fufa drum with Westnile Province progressing on 6-0 aggregate. This is the 6th time the two provinces have met with Westnile winning in five occasions but not scoring more than a …

  Jerrycans of impounded Waragi By Timothy Eodu The police in Moroto district have impounded yet again illicit waragi from Moroto district and cautioned traders who are still dealing in the business throughout the region to abandon it as soon as possible if they want to avoid the losses associated with …

Westnile Province team starts all the strong boys in the squad in the fufa drum second leg tier with Karamoja Province in Moroto. After winning 5-0 at the Green Light stadium Arua last week, the White Rhinos are making no exceptions for the return leg expecting a tough game from …

By Edward Akaki During the pre-match meeting  held at Lavender Inn Hotel Moroto for the game between Karamoja Province and Westnile Province to be played today at 3pm at Naitakwae Sports complex, Moroto, the attendees collected a total of 150000/= to support the save Karamoja campaign. Toko Badru Tok the …

By Edward Akaki After two years of inactivity in the fufa drum, the celebration of the ancestry returns to Karamoja with the province hosting their counter parts of Westnile in the second leg of the knockout round of 16. The technical team of the Karamoja province has named a strong …

Karamoja province head coach Amos Okoboi was hosted on UBC radio 90.0 FM located at the slope of mountain Moroto, Singila village, Moroto district in a one on one with Dj jones. We bring you the details. Host: Tell me about yourself in details. Coach: My birth name is Okoboi …

      By Edward Akaki The Leopards of Karamoja will at exactly 3pm today, Sunday 14th August 2022 at Naitakwae sports complex, Moroto, in a heated contest host the white Rhinos of Westnile in a decider of who goes to the next round of the competition. Although Karamoja province …

MSC Staffs posing for a photo shoot with their clients By Timothy Eodu The Microfinance Support Center Moroto Zonal office has awarded a number of best performing clients across the nine (9) districts of it’s operation in Karamoja with certificates.This was done on Friday 12th/August 2022 from Hotel Africana in …

By Edward Akaki Karamoja province is hosting West Nile Province in the return leg of this year’s FUFA Drum at Naitakwae Sports complex on Sunday 14th August 2022 in Moroto. The team that arrived in Moroto on Friday 12th August 2022 is constituted of 20 players and with team captain …

  Westnile team welcomed by Karamoja Province  By Edward Akaki At exactly 10:45am when the grounds of Moroto Municipality was still recovering from the heavy downpour of the previous night, the minibus Costa UBJ 022D carrying the Westnile Province team parked at Rapona Apartments, Senior quarters, Moroto Municipal. The team …

RDC Moroto briefing the team before the walk By Timothy Eodu The microfinance support center has today conducted an awareness walk to implore communities in the Karamoja region to harness good culture of saving.This was done when the MSC marked it 20th year in service, providing micro-loans to MSMEs and …

BY GLADYS LAKAREBER KOTIDO: FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022 Kotido district is grading the road network via Potongor Parish, Kanair sub to Turkana county in Kenya. The grading of the road murram is meant to make easy access to markets and enable transportation of agricultural produce. The road is being constructed …

BY GLADYS LAKAREBER KOTIDO: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 The district leaders in Karamoja and neighbouring districts in Acholi, Lango and Teso have turned to the elders and women in an effort to end cattle rustling. During a recent cross border dialogue organized by German Development Agency, GIZ at Kacheri sub …

BY GLADYS LAKAREBER ABIM: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2022 Abim district will host the 2022 Karamoja cultural gala which is aimed at promoting cultural norms, practices and bring the young generation to term with their traditional heritage. The event will take place at Abim secondary school from August 30 to September …

BY EDWARDS AKAKI MOROTO: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2022 There is a sigh of relief in the Northeastern district of Moroto where prices of fresh foods has significantly dropped in the wake of the first rain season’s harvests. These are the essential food stuff such as onions, tomatoes, vegetables, cabbages, egg …

BY GLADYS LAKAREBER KOTIDO: TUESDAY, AUGUST 09, 2022 At least 400 households in Kotido district have received food aid donated by the Gida Yardimi, a charity organization from Turkey, the local leaders have said. Paul Komol Lotee, the Kotido district LC% chairman said each beneficiary family received 25 kilograms of …

BY TIMOTHY EODU NAPAK: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 Over 500 pupils from the nine districts of Karamoja have turned up for the regional Music, Dance and Drama Festival being hosted by Kangole Boys Primary school in Napak district. Each district was expected to present the best choirs after the recently …

BY JAMES MUYA KARENGA: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 A farmers’ group in Karenga district in Karamoja has taken on fish farming and vegetable growing to fight malnutrition. “We had 20 malnourished children in our families that were being given plumpy’nut. Only six of them got well, so, we decided to …

BY TIMOTHY EODU MOROTO: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 Moses Kaukon, says the vegetable gardens have helped him to supplement his salary, provide food for the family and also teach small scale gardening to other farmers. He teaches at Musas primary school in Katikekile Sub-County, 19km from Moroto town. His demonstration …

BY MATHEW ABEKSON MOROTO: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 A new dormitory for female students has been commissioned at Moroto Core Primary Teachers College. The 42-bed capacity dormitory was constructed by the German humanitarian organization, Welt Hunger Hilfe. The commissioner for teacher education at the Ministry of Education and Sports, Jonathan …

BY GLADYS LAKAREBER KOTIDO: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 Isaiah Lokech, the LCV councilor representing Kapeta sub county in Kotido district has urged farmers in Karamoja sub-region to utilize the current rain season to enhance agricultural production. “Go out, especially men, plant more crops like millet, maize, sweet potatoes, simsim and …

BY JAMES MUYA NAPAK: MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022 Peter Iriama and Mario Lochen are a team of the well-known warriors who have been reportedly raiding cattle from the neighboring districts using a gun. They on Sunday peacefully handed over the gun to Francis Obed Lochoro, the local council III chairman …

BY TIMOTHY EODU MOROTO: SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2022 The crowd roared in ovation as reformed former Karamojong warriors from Lokeriaut primary school joined the school choir and made their way on to the podium. It was a rare occasion at Kasimeri Primary school in Moroto district where a music dance …

  BY WALTER KUMIRA GULU: SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2022 Fourteen of the youths graduated with skills in motorcycle repair and maintenance, 12 in hairdressing, 11 in tailoring, 11 in knitting and weavings, 10 in decoration and design, and eight electronic repair and maintenance. Farouk Musema, the Principle of the Gulu …

BY EDWARDS AKAKI MOROTO: SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2022 The traders in Moroto central business area known as Camp Swahili have welcomed the ongoing construction of reads under the Uganda support to municipal infrastructure development (USMID) program with excitement. These are the upgrading of the two streets of Jie and Lopeduru …

BY JAMES MUYA KARENGA: FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2022 The Karamoja sub-region is famous in the media for growing insecurity, cattle rustling and starvation but amidst this chilling narrative, one young man in Karenga district is on a mission to offer news of hope to Karamoja. “Not the whole of Karamoja …

BY EDWARDS AKAKI AND MATHEW ABEKSON MOROTO: FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2022 As the bright morning sun dapples, the semi-arid plains of Karamoja sub-region in northeastern Uganda spring to life. After the morning household errands, they throng with empty jerrycans to Nakapilimen, a local brew cellar, one kilometer from Moroto town …

BY MATHEW ABEKSON MOROTO: TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2022 Kasimeri primary school, Karamoja sub-region’s perennial representative at the national music, dance and drama festivals has vowed to win this year’s competitions. The school’s officials made their intent known after they hosted the zonal competitions to get participants for the district level …

BY TIMOTHY EODU AND MATHEW ABEKSON KOTIDO: TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2022 As the current disarmament exercises marks one year and 10 days, the joint security forces of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF and Anti Stock Theft Unit-ASTU have boasted for having achieved 88% of the set targets. This was revealed by …

BY EDWARDS AKAKI MOROTO: MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022 Youths in Moroto district have petitioned the district to eliminate child marriage, teenage pregnancy and school drop out of Adolescents. They content that during the COVID-19 lockdown that lasted for over two years, many of the school going adolescents in the Karamoja …

KIGALI: MONDAY, 25 JULY 2022 BirdLife International has called for increased push for the safeguarding of protected and conserved areas at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) in Kigali, Rwanda. “This inaugural APAC is an opportunity for stakeholders to link up and work …

BY TIMOTHY EODU KOTIDO: SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2022 The site clearance for construction of a 2km long water dam to support pastoralism has commenced in Maaru sub-county in Kotido district. The dam named “Sinat” is being constructed with funding from the ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. The sh25bn …

BY MOSES OTIM KITGUM: Saturday, July 23, 2022 Farming has resumed in Namokora sub-county and the Naiboring sub-county of Orom East constituency and Kiteny and Namokora town council in Chua East constituency, Kitgum district after Karamojong worriers left the area. The warriors had invaded those sub counties in early January …

BY TIMOTHY EODU KOTIDO: FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022 A section of local leaders in Karamoja are proposing various ways to boost agricultural production and end famine. The local leaders say since karimojong livelihood rotates around cattle keeping, government should come up with various interventions that will allow them to keep …

BY MATHEW LONGOK MOROTO: FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022 The Karamoja regional police spokesman, Mike Longole, has refuted media reports that some relief food rations that were meant to benefit over 100 people in Moroto district had been stolen. “This is to inform the general public that, Police in Karamoja has …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

On the streets of Bidi Bidi refugee camp in Uganda, the wheels of a boda boda (a motorcycle taxi) stir up red dust as the driver manoeuvres slowly through the settlement, music blaring from a loudspeaker strapped to the back of his bike. The driver is a mobile messenger with the speaker broadcasting …

Kampala, Uganda — The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has tasked leaders from Northern Uganda to consider working in unison to redeem the region, saying it ranks poorest in the country. Oulanyah said the Northern region has received numerous ‘helping hands’ from government and development partners, but that the disunity …

Lira and Mbarara Cities have embraced officials of MTN along with their senior broker representatives during town hall visits aimed at promoting awareness of the MTN Initial Public offering (IPO) with the goal of encouraging participation of Ugandans in its IPO. The cities which are part of a series of …

Anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela liked hearty, simple meals, like oxtail stew. It was a favourite dish of South Africa’s first black president and now fills ravioli served in his former home, which has been transformed into a boutique hotel. The inside of the building, hidden on a quiet street in …

The Uganda men’s basketball team, Silverbacks will play no part in the Fiba World Cup Qualifiers that start Friday in Benguela, Angola. Fuba President Nasser Sserunjogi confirmed this in a press statement released yesterday after confirmation that Uganda, through the National Council of Sports (NCS), does not have the required …

As URA redirected their derailing StarTimes Uganda Premier Leagu campaign in a six-star style yesterday, striker Steven Mukwala was red-hot and a marvel to behold. Like a man on a mission, Mukwala beat the Tooro United offside trap to divert Saidi Kyeyune’s long range shot into the net on 21 …

The fruit canker disease has destroyed hundreds of mango trees in Gulu and Nwoya districts. The bacterial disease attacks mango leaves and fruits of both natural and grafted species whether still flowering or mature. Farmers in both districts say that the disease started appearing between July and October this year …

Tax. Whereas civil society has already raised a red flag, Uganda Revenue Authority says the Global Tax Agreement, reached recently presents Uganda with an opportunity to tax companies that have no physical address in the country. Until the rich economies started suffering the brunt of tax abuse in a typical case …

Covid-19 has forced many to change the way they shop. There’s a strong shift to online shopping as people get confined by lockdowns, and then many continue to work from home. There has been other shift towards digital consumption with shoppers keen on where to find the best price.  Paul Murungi caught …

What you need to know: Hard times are not an excuse for one’s failure to save. Find something that inspires you to save, Racheal Nabisubi writes. If saving has ever faced any difficult time, it can’t be worse than now. Covid-19 has devastated incomes and taken away jobs. Economies across the globe, …

KABAROLE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2021 The parliamentary committee on health has inspected health centers in the districts of Kabarole and Bundibugyo with an aim of assessing their status. The MPs said they were interested on finding out how different projects in the respective health centers are being implemented, the staffing …

GULU: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2021 The Acholi religious leaders have been asked to preach against teenage pregnancies and early marriages in their routine sermon and talk about good moral behaviors. Charles Serwanja, the manager Public Health and UNFPA Coordinator at Inter-religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) said there are increasing teenage …