Farmers in the western Uganda district of Mitooma and Bushenyi have contact this newspaper seeking for government's intervation after thousands of poultry died from a suspected virulent H5 strain of avian flu. The shocking news...
Six sub counties in Gulu District have received Shs 16 million from the now rooted government venture endowment , the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Fund aimed at supporting women entrepreneurs’ with affordable credit as well as technical...
The district leadership of Gulu has for this quarter of the financial year 2016/2017 turned its focus on improving community access roads. According to the Chief Administrative Officer of Gulu, Ms Odwar Santa, the District...
Agriculture is at the heart of addressing poverty in Africa. I was reminded of that during my recent trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where different stakeholders had gathered to explore how to transform smallholder agriculture...
A multi billion gravity scheme water project on River Kahengye in Rukungiri District has stalled over bitter rivalry over land rights during the sale of a piece of land. The disagreement stems from the sale...
Masaka municipality MP Mathias Mpuuga has continued his verbal attacks on President Yoweri Museveni on Monday, December 19, over the government’s anti-poverty programmes. Mpuuga using his favourite medium, Facebook once again openly criticised NRM’s flagship...
Former vice president Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe has called upon the youth to actively engage in agriculture and support government programs meant to create jobs with in the country. Kazibwe said that whereas government is...
Locals have applauded the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development’s strategic interventions required to summersault to middle income status by 2020. Indeed, officials from the ministry are currently out in the field to collect...
Giving up smoking is tough, but quitting the tobacco industry may prove even harder. The government has waged a very public war against smoking. Billion-shillings lawsuits, in-your-face anti-smoking campaigns and rigid marketing restrictions have reduced...
Plenary has resumed today after a month in recess with Members of Parliament discussing, among other things, the National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill, popularly known as the GMO bills which was tossed around by the...
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