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Residents suffocate as Lake Victoria chokes on pollution

Residents suffocate as Lake Victoria chokes on pollution

Research. Science professors conduct research on water pollution in Lake Victorian in October last year. Their findings indicated that the lake contained heavy metals, pesticides and other chemicals. PHOTO/FILEAt dawn, the cool breeze from Lake Victoria should carry freshness, the soft rus

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UIA and Lagan Exhibit Neglect As Floods Disrupt Namanve Park Operations

UIA and Lagan Exhibit Neglect As Floods Disrupt Namanve Park Operations

A massive sinkhole and persistent flooding in Namanve Industrial Park’s South ‘C’ Estate have disrupted transport and business operations, angering investors and triggering renewed criticism of the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) and its infrastructure developer, Lagan Dott, over what has

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Ruto Appoints Odinga’s Widow as UN Environment Programme Permanent Representative

Ruto Appoints Odinga’s Widow as UN Environment Programme Permanent Representative

President William Ruto has appointed Canon Dr. Ida Betty Odinga, widow of the late former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, as Kenya’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The announcement, issued on Friday, by Chief of Staff and Head of t

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Why Hajati Madina Nsereko Won Kawempe South

Why Hajati Madina Nsereko Won Kawempe South

Hajati Madina Nsereko is the Kawempe South Member of Parliament-elect. Running on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket, Nsereko defeated candidates from both opposition parties and independents, securing victory in a constituency often viewed as competitive and politically diverse.

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Ugandan lured to Russia, forced to join military surrenders to Ukrainian army

Ugandan lured to Russia, forced to join military surrenders to Ukrainian army

The 44-year-old Ugandan, Akantorana Richard, who was lured with promises of employment as a supermarket attendant in Russia, only to be forced into the Russian militaryA 44-year-old Ugandan man has recounted how he was allegedly deceived with promises of employment in Russia, only to be f

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SECRETS EXPOSED! How fight over UN Agriculture Fund’s Sh30bn landed Hongera Sana boss in trouble

SECRETS EXPOSED! How fight over UN Agriculture Fund’s Sh30bn landed Hongera Sana boss in trouble

Ashraf Muyomba the Director Hongera Saana Uganda, Office of the PresidentA bitter scramble for billions from a United Nations agriculture fund has landed the national coordinator of Hongera Sana Uganda in serious trouble, exposing deep cracks within Uganda’s security establishment and ra

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Uganda: Kyagwe Chief, Religious Leaders Call for Peace Ahead of Elections

Uganda: Kyagwe Chief, Religious Leaders Call for Peace Ahead of Elections

Religious leaders have urged Ugandans to uphold peace, love, and unity as the country approaches the general elections amid rising political tensions.The call was made during New Year's Day Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Parish in Mukono Municipality, where Father Paul Sebitoogo appealed to c

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NEMA Cracks Down on Wetland Encroachment, Arrests Prominent Jinja Investor

NEMA Cracks Down on Wetland Encroachment, Arrests Prominent Jinja Investor

JUganda’s environmental watchdog has sent a strong warning to developers after the arrest of prominent Jinja businessman Magan M. Patel over alleged illegal encroachment on the Bugembe wetland, a critical ecosystem along the Jinja–Iganga Highway.The National Environment Management Auth

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What Museveni, Bobi must show to win Kampala, Wakiso

What Museveni, Bobi must show to win Kampala, Wakiso

In Kampala and Wakiso, politics has narrowed to something brutally simple.Voters are no longer weighing ideology or history. They are measuring clinics without drugs, schools without teachers, roads that flood, and services that exist on paper but not in life.For President Museveni,

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Suspected Karimojong Bandits Target PDM Beneficiaries in Kitgum

Suspected Karimojong Bandits Target PDM Beneficiaries in Kitgum

Lamwaka revealed that since mid-November, reports have emerged of raiders moving through villages, targeting PDM beneficiaries and demanding the money they received through the government programme.Suspected armed Karimojong raiders have shifted their focus from livestock theft to targetin

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