Uganda Launches Monthly National Cleaning Days
KAMPALA, UGANDA — The Government of Uganda has introduced a nationwide monthly cleaning programme aimed at improving sanitation, reducing environmental health risks and...
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Non-Tariff Barriers Behind Uganda’s $376m Trade Deficit With Kenya, Tanzania – Report
KAMPALA: Uganda’s trade deficit with its East African Community (EAC) partners widened sharply in May, driven by rising imports and persistent non-tariff barriers that...
New telecom taxes renew debate over whether Uganda is taxing financial inclusion
Kampala, Uganda | URN | A renewed parliamentary push to review taxes on mobile money has reignited concerns that Uganda’s tax regime is making digital financial service...
SLEEPING SICKNESS FIGHT IN DISARRAY! Inside Missing Assets, Unclaimed Millions & Shambolic Handover at MAAIF’s COCTU
The government’s once-celebrated war against tsetse flies and sleeping sickness may have succeeded in wiping out Human African Trypanosomiasis in Uganda by 2020, but th...
ROSACU Calls for Coordinated Action as Child Road Fatalities Rise
Road safety advocates have called for urgent action to protect school-going children following alarming road crash statistics contained in the Uganda Police Annual Crime...
Inside The Monday NUP Meeting Where NEC Members Ganged up on Secretary General Rubongoya & Refused to Pass Party Budget Inspite of IPOD Deadline
Before addressing the Monday press conference at Kavule, NUP national executive committee members of NEC first attended a NEC meeting. In that meeting, the secretary gene...
Long distance walk forcing Apac learners out of school
Apac, Uganda | URN | Long walks to school are forcing dozens of children in Aganga Parish to stay away from school. This has exposed many to school dropout, early marriag...
How to save Lake Victoria
Over 651 freshwater species, like fish, molluscs, and dragonflies on Lake Victoria, face a risk of extinction. FILE PHOTOSmarter farming can protect a fishery whose expor...
As forests vanish, chimpanzees are turning into human threat in Kagadi
boy fetching water pauses cautiously as chimps passFor generations, communities around Muhorro town council in Kagadi district lived alongside chimpanzees, separated by f...
Developers to Help Tackle Uganda’s 2.4 Million Housing Deficit
Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba (in blue) officiates at the event.Uganda’s government has called on private real estate developers to take a leading role in addressing...