Environment

Climate Change: From floods to droughts, struggles of an East Africa under threat of a food crisis

By Sarah Biryomumaisho (Uganda), Lenah Bosibori (Kenya), Emmanuel Ngabo (Rwanda), Yanne Mbiyavanga (DRC), Daniel Samson (Tanzania)...

Gender

Voices Unheard: Maternal Health Challenges Among Uganda’s Batwa Community

In Kanyamahene village, Rubuguru Town Council, Kisoro District, lives 20-year-old Ampeire Genesta and her husband Guma...

Environment

A Lake on Its Deathbed; Who Can Save Lake Victoria?

By Sarah Biryomumaisho and Nalweyiso Barbra In the bustling urban heart of Kampala and its neighbouring...

Environment

Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in West Nile Thrive Amidst Challenges

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption and a two-year dry spell in 2021 and 2022, West Nile...

Feature

An indigenous womens group is addressing food insecurity while preserving traditional foods in Kibera- Africa’s largest slum

By Diana Taremwa Karakire An indigenous women’s group in Kenya’s Kibera slum is undertaking backyard sack...

News

Climate-Resilient Agriculture: USD 190M World Bank-funded project to benefit 63,200 farmers

State Minister for Animal Industry, Hon. Rwamirama Bright Kanyontore, represented the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry,...

Environment

NEMA calls for immediate action as plastic waste chokes Uganda’s environment

The Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Akankwasah Barirega has highlighted the grave...

Feature

The Economic and Social Outcomes of Kabaale Refinery PAPs years after resettlement

When Tumuhiirwe Fausta starts singing praises for Uganda’s oil, not even David and his Song of...

Gender

Nodding syndrome victims raped, impregnated and infected with HIV

Ariemo Milly had beaten all odds and the future was looking brighter for her. Despite being...

Feature

How involvement of men in Family Planning could harness Uganda’s Demographic Dividend

An average of three to five men receives vasectomies at Reproductive Health Uganda clinic in Arua...

Feature

How COVID19 Lockdown spiked teenage pregnancy in Uganda

By Sarah K Biryomumaisho, Stuart Tibaweswa & Miriam Watsemba Northern Uganda continues to emerge out of...

News

2021 Poll; Democracy in Undemocratic times

Democracy in Undemocratic times; the case of Uganda’s 2021 Presidential Election With tougher policing, tighter ministry...

Crime

Five-Year-Old Electrocuted in Kibuli, Kampala

Police at Kabalagala Police Division are investigating a tragic incident in which a five-year-old girl was...

Politics

Museveni Calls for Problem-Solving Leadership at UPDF MPs Election

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF),...

Health

Health Ministry Seeks UGX 32.5bn to Digitise Public Hospitals

The Ministry of Health has requested UGX 32.5 billion to digitise major public health facilities across...

Politics

UPDF Elects 10 Representatives to Serve in 12th Parliament

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has elected 10 representatives who will legislate on behalf of...

Gender

Uganda Prisons Hosting 294 Babies Living With Incarcerated Mothers

The Uganda Prisons Service has disclosed that at least 294 babies are currently living in prisons...

Business

UWA Seeks UGX10 Billion for Helicopter as MPs Question Maintenance Costs

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is seeking UGX10 billion to procure a helicopter for monitoring national...

Crime

Suspect Arrested After Sniffer Dog Tracks Stolen Motorcycle in Nebbi

The Police in Nebbi District are holding Munguryek Morgan in custody on allegations of stealing a...

News

Museveni Says 70% of Ugandans Now in Money Economy as he Marks 40 Years of NRM Rule

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that 70 percent of Ugandans are now participating in the...

Crime

Police Arrest Suspect Over Theft of Vehicle Number Plates in Kajjansi

Police in Kajjansi are holding Ainembabazi Joshua, a 22-year-old resident of Bukerere Village in Mukono Town...

News

President museveni hails judicial convergence as dr. Flavian zeija takes oath as chief justice

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commended the growing judicial convergence in Uganda, saying it has strengthened...