Month: December 2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries not to panic but to prepare for the likely spread of the omicron COVID-19 variant The WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier has stressed that data suggesting that Omicron was highly transmissible was only preliminary and repeated advice against blanket travel bans, except for

Residents of Amudat town council in Amudat district of Karamoja sub-region have resumed sharing dirty water with animals after the system constructed by the ministry of water and environment under small and urban towns water supply drying up due to the scorching sunshine. The system which was constructed, installed and

The military operation launched against the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF in the Democratic Republic of Congo will only come to an end when the group is completely defeated, the UPDF has announced. Early this week, the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF and the DRC forces launched a joint operation code-named “Military Suja

DPP Jane Frances Abodo The Director of Public Prosecutions Jane Frances Abodo has decried the high levels of understaffing in her office saying that currently, at least 201 out of the 238 operational courts do not have Prosecutors. This amounts to 84.4 percent of the courts lacking a prosecutor, which hinders the

Farmers in Luwero district have abandoned drip irrigation, a farming method introduced to them by president Yoweri Museveni five years ago, citing water shortage and labour costs. Drip irrigation, sometimes called trickle irrigation involves dripping water onto the soil from small diameter bottles and pipes which are applied close to

Bus operators in Kampala on Thursday did not hike the charges they have proposed for passengers traveling to different destinations across the country. The operators through their umbrella body, the Uganda Bus Owners Association – UBOA announced a raise in the transport fares on Wednesday, citing high fuel prices and

Gulu University management and students have disagreed over the payment of additional living out allowances. Representatives of the students have since September this year been demanding payment of additional living out allowances for what they describe as an extended period of the second-semester academic calendar. The student leaders argue that

Nkwanga reaching out to the needy A fresh graduate from Kyambogo University has given his life to sustaining the needy, other than focusing on massive job losses and unemployment during a nationwide lock down to curb the spread of Covid-19. Mike Nkwanga, a graduate with a degree in accounting and

Laura Walusimbi, Corporate Communications Manager - UCDA and UCDA MD Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye pose for a photo with the award Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has been recognized as the best visionary Coffee Government Regulatory Agency of the year by the Visionaries of Uganda at the 9th edition of awards