Francis Winnyi, a Councillor representing Mazinga Parish to Buwunga sub-county says that the absence of staff quarters at Mazinga government health Centre; the only facility in their area, has rendered health workers inefficient because patients cannot be attended to in time.
Read more ...Kitgum District had a target of 48,309 children under five to be vaccinated against polio type two during the first phase of the nationwide mass vaccination campaign which was scheduled to last three days from January 14 to January 16.
Read more ...In most areas, the farmers have started clearing their plots of land through, ploughing with oxen, and rudimentary farm tools while others also sorting their seeds ready for planting in the coming months.
Read more ...David Kagimu, a teacher at Kajuna Church of Uganda Primary School says that despite the underlying COVID-19 threat, parents have failed to provide facemasks to their children as they go to school; frustrating the overall enforcement of COVID-19 prevention interventions. He says that it is difficult to enforce the guidelines without support from parents.
Read more ...In the poem; Wagwoko Kabedo Ma Orumuwa (Let’s Protect Our Environment), Ongom allows the shea nut tree to lament in an attempt to squeeze sympathy out of the shea tree destroyer.
Read more ...On 7 December 2021, Peter Lokeris, the Minister of State for Energy led officials from the Ministry and introduced the Bill to Parliament’s Committee Environment and Natural Resources for scrutiny. The Minister disclosed that the Ministry is lobbying the lawmakers to expedite the amendments when plenary resumes because several private mineral license holders are not performing to capacity as required.
Read more ...Godfrey Bemanyisa, the Masaka City Clerk, says that the current arrangement is inconveniencing them hence the need to put all administration offices under one building to ease coordination of services and staff.
Read more ...Anthony Kujawa, the U.S. Embassy Spokesperson in Kampala said that B1 and B2 visitor visa interviews have temporarily been suspended in response to recent challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more ...Reports indicate that an estimated 100 residents surrounded the animals of Willis Morokole in an attempt to drive them out of the sub-county following the expiry of the January 10th, 2022 deadline issued to the Balalo to vacate the district.
Read more ...A number of private secondary school headteachers told Uganda Radio Network that many parents are sending their children back to schools without the required scholastic materials, like books and pens, while some have only basic personal requirements.
Read more ...Susan Akany, the Agago Resident District Commissioner told Uganda Radio Network that some residents have fled their homes and sought refuge in the homes of relatives and friends as the armed rustlers hide in hilly areas in the district and attack at night.
Read more ...Muwonge says that in addition to emotional stress, the victims are also suffering from strange health complications, which occasioned the gross mistreatment and torture they suffered during the period they stayed in confinement.
Read more ...Fred Eregu, a booking clerk with Larem Safaris, which operates on the Northern route, says that they have been experiencing low passenger turn-up in Kampala since Saturday forcing them to deploy more buses upcountry.
Read more ...The University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eli Katunguka Rwakishaya, says the freshers should not wait for the admission letters since no one is sure when they will be released.
Read more ...A team of cultural leaders from fifteen chiefdom's in Agago district on December 15, 2021, embarked on an operation to stop the cutting of the endangered tree species.
Read more ...Deogratias Bwanika, the Kibinge Sub County Chairperson says that from their inspection, they have established that many of the headteachers in both government and private schools are currently stuck and uncertain of how they will reopen for classes on Monday.
Read more ...The decision is in contrast to a directive for the automatic promotion of learners, to the next class, as recommended by the Ministry of Education and Sports when schools reopen their doors for learners next week.
Read more ...Reports from the health department indicate that 3,200 teenage girls were impregnated in the Amuru district since the closure of all learning institutions.
Read more ...According to Lakareber, the termination of his contract triggered sadness and stress since it was hard for him to settle without any source of income. He wondered how he would take care of his wife, son and the four other children under his care because he could not even dig due to his disability.
Read more ...Anne Florence Nakabuye, the in-charge of Misanvu Special Needs Education Unit which operates under Misanvu Demonstration Primary School in Bukomansimbi district argues that automatic promotion is illogical to their learners who largely remained unattended to in the entire the Covid-19 lockdown period.
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