Month: January 2025

Teenage mothers that lined up for free Medical services and essential supplies by Rotarians at Bunjako landing site A free medical camp organised at Bunjako landing site in Buwama sub-county, Mpigi district attracted hundreds of teenage mothers bringing to fore, the problem of teenage pregnancies that has spread across the

As the country continues battling the COVID-19 outbreak, the environment has equally been hit hard by the pandemic. In Bunyoro sub-region, most of the people who lost their jobs resulting from the closure of certain companies and offices turned to Mother Nature for survival. Most of these people have invaded

Rural communities in Lamwo and Pader districts are living in fear of experiencing new cases of nodding syndrome due to an upsurge of blackflies. People living along the belt of the fast-flowing river Aswa, says that since November last year the population of black flies has been growing significantly. Although

Impounded fish Fish traders whose trucks are being held by Uganda government authorities have sued the head of the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU on Lake George and Edward, the Director of Fisheries Resources in Entebbe and the Attorney General for illegally confiscating their fish. On October 3, 2021, Uganda Revenue Authority

Adjumani district authorities have expressed concern over hesitancy among South Sudan refugees to embrace Covid-19 vaccination campaign. Authorities think that the low uptake of the vaccines by the refugees may affect the opening of schools next year. The district chairman Mr Ben Anyama disclosed that he is dismayed to learn

Owino market The week ended with a dubious situation featuring the chairperson of St Balikudembe market commonly known as Owino who was evicted on THursday by the Resident city commissioner for Kampala central division Hajjati Hawa Namugenyi Ndege, reoccupying her office under heavy security. Ms Suzan Kushaba, has held this

The Cultural leader of the Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu-OBR institution in Kasese District Charles Wesley Mumbere has halted his 12th coronation anniversary celebrations that were due to take place on Tuesday. OBR had looked set to celebrate its first coronation anniversary in 5 years since the arrest of Mumbere when the

An agro-input dealer explains how to spot a fake product during an exhibition. The committee set up to investigate poor quality agro-chemicals has been urged to create a data bank to be able to estimate how big the acaricides business is in Uganda and how much of that has been

On Saturday the 16th of October, 2,814 people got vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Kololo Independence Grounds, the biggest number to be achieved from a single location in one day.Of these, 2,483 received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while 331 received their second jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine.The