How to plant coffee this rainy season
Last week, Seeds of Gold received several calls from beginner farmers enquiring about the agronomy of Robusta coffee. The mad rush for coffee farming by Ugandans has hit...
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South Sudan postpones long-delayed election by two years
South Sudan's government has decided to postpone a long-delayed national election until December 2026, the presidency said on Friday, underscoring the challenges facing t...
Kyoga basin leaders call for oil benefits for fishing communities
Eighteen districts under the Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organisation (LAKIMO) are urging the government to offer alternative livelihoods to fishing communities affe...
VisionFund Uganda opens Iganga branch for Busoga Sub-region
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 se...
Vandals, inside theft and ageing grid damn UETCL
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...
Lukwago demands review of Greater Kampala programme
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has called for a review of the Shs2.2 trillion Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Urban Development Programme (GKMA-UDP) to ensure the eff...
Proposed five new cities to come with a hefty price tag
The Ugandan government is proposing to create more new cities amid concerns that the nine cities, which were created in 2020, are already crippling financially and operat...
About 100 school-going children stranded after Kiteezi disaster
About 100 children, who were victims of the Kiteezi landfill garbage collapse that killed over 35 people, are still stranded with no basics and fees with the final third...
The rising sickle cell disease burden
Tracy Katusiime, 22, a teacher from Wakiso District was born with sickle cell disorder. She says she takes at least two different types of medicines every day to manage t...
John Mutebe: Need to Empower Women WASH Entrepreneurship in Uganda
The duty to provide water and sanitation services in a home, has traditionally been a preserve for the woman in a family. Daily chores include water collection, sanitatio...