Month: September 2024

Accused: Tanga Odoi The Makerere University Convocation chairman, Dr. Tanga Odoi has been accused of trying to rig the forthcoming association assembly elections. Charles Odongotho, one of the contestants for the post of chairperson speaking to Uganda Radio Network said Dr. Odoi, the outgoing chairman of the Convocation has usurped

Schools are yet to recover fully from the effects of the COVID-19-induced closures nearly a year after their reopening. Uganda had the longest closure of schools anywhere in the world. The 22-month closure caused profound disruptions to children’s learning and overall well-being, exacerbating the pre-existing learning crisis by increasing learning losses, and

Sakit Kokop is a reformed Female Genital Mutilation-FGM surgeon in Kween district. Kokop is currently struggling to make ends meet because of the FGM ban. Prior to the enactment of the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act 2010, Kokop used to earn between 30,000 and 50,000 for each girl she

A model farmer in Ayabi Sub County pumping water from his dam. Residents of Odalowang in Ayabi Sub County in Kwania District have failed to utilize the Shillings 2 billion dam constructed by the government in 2017. The World Bank-funded dam was meant to provide water to the farmers for irrigation

President Yoweri Museveni has told the people of Kiruhura and Kazo to stop lamenting about bad roads in the districts as the cause of their poverty but instead focus on doing things that will improve their household incomes. Accompanied by the First Lady, Janet Kataaha Museveni on Wednesday met farmers

Uganda’s Public debt is set to increase from the current 48.4 percent to 53.1 percent in the financial year 2023, according to the estimated budget for the financial year 2023/24 released by the Ministry of Finance. For a debt to be sustainable, particularly for developing countries of which Uganda is part,

Edward Katongole being ferried to Kiira regional police command for further interrogation. Kiira Region Police have confirmed the arrest of Edward Katongole, a Kampala-based scrap dealer accused of participating in the illegal sale of vandalized electricity equipment. Katongole was arrested from his hideout in Seguku along Kampala- Entebbe road before being transferred

Sixty-two percent of Ugandans aged fifteen and above had received two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine or more by the end of August, a survey by the Uganda Bureau of Standards (UBOS) and World Bank has revealed. According to the report, the youngest respondents aged fifteen to twenty-four had the lowest

Pit latrine coverage in Atongtdi Sub County in Kwania District has increased from 35 percent to 85 percent, Uganda Radio Network [URN] has learnt. Atongtidi had the poorest latrine coverage in the whole district after Aduku, Inomo, Nambieso, and Chawente Sub Counties. A baseline survey conducted by Kwania District Health Officers in June

Government’s budget estimates for the financial year 2023/2024 have revealed that the Human Capital Development programme, which comprises education, health and water sectors, will have the biggest allocation for the second consecutive year. The Human Capital Development programme has in the past had its budget increased from 7.5 trillion in