Kitaka Sserwadda, the Chairperson of Kyedikyo settlement camp, says that pregnant women, children, and the elderly are most affected by hunger. He explains that due to severe hunger, no single child has returned to school as they have decided to stay home to assist their parents to look for food.
Read more ...Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, the Minister of Health who also doubles as the Lira City Woman MP, said that although people think such a disease is no longer common and therefore place less emphasis on it, bilharzia is one of the tropical diseases, which still affects so many people across the country.
Read more ...Triggered by a lack of nutritious food and repeated bouts of disease – such as diarrhoea, measles and malaria – the condition, also known as severe wasting has been listed as one of the conditions that compromise a child’s immunity.
Read more ...The pilgrims will make stopovers along the way for prayers, rest and exercise sessions. The faithful spent Tuesday night at St. Mary's Catholic parish Loro from where they will set off to their next resting place at Dima in Kryandongo district.
Read more ...Speaking at the flag-off, the Uganda Vintage Car Club President, James Ayo, said that many of them have been forced to re-register their cars using the current registration and number plate series when changing ownership or acquiring vehicle insurance.
Read more ...Winnie Atim, a primary four pupil who is walking with her grandmother acknowledges the hardship she is about to endure but is ready to face the hurdle, praying for good health for her grandmother who will in turn support her through school so that she can become the speaker of parliament in future.
Read more ...“Today about 33,000 Indians in a population of (over) 40 million natives claim to be responsible for 62 percent of the country’s economic output, they are inching close to 75 percent of the colonial period,” he points out pointing to the fact that Uganda’s economy is already back in hands of the Indians as the case was prior to 1972.
Read more ...After the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, many Poles ended up in forced labour camps deep in Siberia. Others who managed to escape found new homes in East Africa. In Uganda, between 1942 and 1951, over 7, 000poles were settled at Koja in Mpunge and Nyabyeya in Masindi district.
Read more ...The program is a new strategy designed to improve household incomes and lift Ugandans out of the subsistence economy to the money economy.
Read more ...Residents accuse Molly Nabadda, who claims to be their new landlord of instigating the dubious evictions. Nabadda has been feuding with the residents over the land since last year.
Read more ...Longole Tebakol, a parent and a resident of Kauriki Akine village in Iriiri sub-county of Napak District said government needs to declare total free education for Karamoja children adding that it is the only way children in Karamoja can attain education.
Read more ...Most times, the hospital operates with a shortage of critical medical items essential for responding to sudden emergencies including gloves, cotton wool, and gauze for treating the injured. The hospital receives patients from Kasese, Kyenjojo, Kyegegwa, Bundibugyo, Kamwenge, Kitagwenda, Ntoroko and Bunyagabu District.
Read more ...Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Police Spokesperson explained that Aryong who is believed to be the owner of the guns was traced and arrested later. He said the suspects will be charged with illegal possession of firearms upon completion of investigations.
Read more ...The situation became chaotic when dozens of Muslim faithful rose up and protested the speech by Masaka Resident District Commissioner Teopista Ssekungo.
Read more ...Brian Mauso, the Mbale City Youth Chairperson, who read a memo on behalf of the other youth leaders, said that they are tasking Kadaaga because she is a member of the Central executive committee of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party and should therefore deliver their cries to the president.
Read more ...In 2019, the National Forestry Authority-NFA demarcated the area, planted more trees and asked the residents to vacate. They instead ran to the high court claiming ownership of the land. In February this year, UPDF established a detach in the area to enforce the eviction process.
Read more ...The Out-growers started planting oil palm trees in May last year and are entitled to loans through their Buvuma Oil Palm Grower’s Cooperative Society Limited-BOPGCo. So far, over 60 farmers have grown oil palm.
Read more ...Helen Muyomba, the in-charge of the information and referral service at the library, says that 150 authors submitted 17, 096 books last year, a good sign that Ugandans are writing and recognizing the importance of the National Library.
Read more ...Richard Byarugaba, the NSSF Managing Director, says that there has been a very significant reduction in the number of applications the fund receives every day and the situation is seemingly normalizing and becoming manageable.
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