President Yoweri Museveni has called upon all Ugandans to actively participate in safeguarding wetlands at individual levels. During the national World Wetland Day celebrations in Gulu City on February 2, 2024, Museveni emphasized that the responsibility of preserving wetlands extends from grassr
Justice Minister Norbert Mao has recommended the removal of soldiers associated with the Fisheries Protection Unit from all water bodies in response to a petition from fish maw traders associations. The traders accuse the soldiers of the unit of engaging in torture and brutal arrests.Minis
President Yoweri MuseveniJust a day after elevating 382 officers across various ranks, the President has now appointed a new set of Chiefs, Commanders, and Defence Liaison Officers to key positions within the military structure. This latest update was officially confirmed by Defence Spokes
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has emphasized the imperative recognition of the Palestinian people's right to establish their own state.Speaking at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Uganda on Saturday, Guterres condemned the refusal to accept a two-state solution f
We early this week reported about how Internal Affairs Minister had last weekend stormed the Njeru stock farm in a bid to evict government from his land which houses the only diary breeding, research farm in Eastern Uganda which was set up in the late 1960s.When he stormed the farm on a br
The State House Anti-corruption Unit is investigating allegations of bribery in the deployment of medical interns.Seven medical interns were scheduled for interrogation on Thursday in the continuing investigation into concerns of corruption and bribery within medical internship deployment
A medical facility built to serve nodding syndrome patients in the Acholi sub-region sits idle for two years, a stark symbol of the struggles these families face. With over 2,000 patients in desperate need of care, Acholi leaders are urging the Ugandan Minist
Uganda has added 14 new field epidemiologists to its ranks, bringing the total number of disease surveillance and detection experts in the country to 93. At the graduation ceremony, concerns were raised about the shortage of such experts in Africa, with some countries operating with only two or t
The National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI), a government-owned farm under the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) within the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, has undergone a significant relocation. The institute’s headquarters, previousl
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has recommended allocating Shs4 billion and Shs2 billion in the National Budget Framework Paper for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, specifically catering to post-summit activities related to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and G77+China for the next three ye
