Eighteen districts under the Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organisation (LAKIMO) are urging the government to offer alternative livelihoods to fishing communities affected by ongoing oil exploration activties in the Lake Kyoga basin.Earlier this year, Mr Joshua Lukaye, Acting Assistant
VisionFund Uganda has opened an office in Iganga District, Eastern Uganda, making it the first in Busoga Sub-region and bringing the total number of branches to 24 and seven field offices.Previously, VisionFund Uganda customers from Busoga travelled to either Tororo, Mbale and Soroti distr
The amount of money that the Uganda Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (UETCL) spends to transmit electricity has significantly risen due to an ageing grid, a 2023 value-for-money audit by the Auditor General (AG) has revealed.The audit shows that the actual expenditure for some of the activi
A recent study reveals a troubling rise in violence against nearly half of children and youth in Uganda's refugee settlements, with boys increasingly becoming victims. The study found that almost 50% of males and females aged 18-24 had experienced some form of violence before adulthood.“
On the morning of Sunday Sept. 1, Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was preparing to go to church from her home in the highlands of western Kenya. Her ex-boyfriend called a friend of his to ask if he could borrow a lighter.
Retail credit card interest rates have reached an all-time record, according to new data from Bankrate.The average APR for retail credit cards is 30.45% this year, which is up from 28.93% a year ago, 26.72% two ye
Sunday in Uganda was always the day when people repented of their sins and called the week, a week. On this day, we would raise our hands in the air, chant out lines such as ‘I wanna be tried by fire, purified…’ All one had to do was make it to Church, and
Police in Kyankwanzi District are holding two suspects in connection with the death of a baby whose body was retrieved from a newly dug pit at the home of her parents in Kiryanongo Sub-county.The body was recovere
The United States of America (USA) has promised further support towards the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda through ensuring accessibility to preventive and treatment measures in the East African country.Early th
A water cannon salute went off at about 6:25pm Nigerian time on Thursday, as the Uganda Airlines aircraft touched ground at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, in Abuja, marking a historical first direct flight between Entebbe and Abuja for Uganda’s
