Month: January 2025

Mukasa Mbidde current Uganda’s Representative in EALA  (C) addressing the media as Kisembo (R) looks on   As the 11th Parliament gears up to elect members representing Uganda on the East African Legislative assembly (EALA), Ronex Kisembo has expressed interest in joining the hotly contested seat, with a promise to

Over 80% of grain-based food produced and consumed in Northern Uganda is contaminated with mycotoxins, research by Gulu University Faculty of Agriculture and Environment has shown. The three-year-long research titled Holistic Approach to Combat Mycotoxin Contamination in Northern Uganda (HAMNU) was conducted in twelve districts in Northern Uganda between August

The adverse effects of climate change partially triggered by the uncontrolled cutting down of trees for Charcoal production for a living in the Greater Luwero region, has prompted the Catholic diocese of Kasana-Luwero to invest in Cocoa farming. The diocese through Caritas Kasanaensis which is its social development arm has

A team of state house anticorrutpion unit investigators on friday left Bukwo after spending two days in the are carrying investigations into the alleged misappropriation of public resource by officials. The team led by a senior legal officer Mr. Peter Ndomugyenyi got shocked after searching for three non-exiting roads in

The Ministry of Education and Sports is pursuing another grant to revamp and transform the nation's educational system. The grant, to the tune of USD 216.3 million (approximately 840 billion Shillings), is expected to be obtained from the Global Partnership for Education-GPE. Dr Jane Egau, the Director of Higher, Technical,

Two residents at Bulima Village Busamuzi Sub County in Buvuma district have protested the clearance of their plots of land by Buvuma Oil Palm Uganda Limited -BOPUL. After the introduction of palm oil growing in Buvuma, locals surrendered part of their land to National Oil Palm Project to enable the

The Bank of Uganda has raised the Central Bank Rate, the rate the regulator uses to control the cost of money from the banking industry, to 9 percent from 8.5 percent, at which it has been for only five weeks. The frequent Monetary Policy Statements announcing the upward adjustments are

A section of farmers in the Acholi Sub-region has opted not to tilt their gardens this second farming season over the uncertainty of the rainfall. The long dry spell experienced in the first farming season left many farming activities within the region greatly affected with many farmers registering very poor

A section of legislators have blasted Government for postponing the celebrations for international youth day, arguing that this shows that Government doesn’t prioritise youth matters. The castigation was led by Boniface Okot (Youth MP Northern Region) while addressing the media at Parliament, who said that although 12th August is earmarked as

The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has set Busiro North Member of Parliament Paul Nsubuga free of charges of theft of a mobile phone. The Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Siena Owomugisha on Friday discharged and set Nsubuga free upon reconciliation between him and the complainant Nicholas Karuhanga, as