Sewerage Overflow Threatens Health and Livelihoods in Kisoro
Village health teams (VHT) from Kisoro Municipality are raising concerns about the overflowing Kamonyi sewerage into neighboring gardens in Karumena village, Kamonyi ward...
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Non-performing loans drop but credit extension remains subdued
The ratio of non-performing loans declined to 4.9 percent in the quarter ended June compared to 5.2 percent in March. In its Monetary Policy Report for the period ended J...
On contraceptive misuse among university students
Health education Nowadays, emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) are increasingly being used as “a daily meal” by young women, especially in universities, as a means...
US to donate 1 million mpox vaccine doses to halt outbreak in Africa
U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to African countries to support their response to the...
Sudanese ex-leader Bashir moved to northern town for treatment
Sudanese former leader Omar al-Bashir has been transferred from Sudan's war-ravaged capital to the northern town of Merowe for medical treatment, his lawyer said on Tuesd...
UNHCR calls for long-term solutions for Uganda’s refugees
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative, Mr Matthew Crentsil, has expressed optimism that the refugee response in Uganda will be fu...
The new Ugandan tribes. How cool?
Over a year ago we reported on what we called the “new Ugandan tribes”, good people who have formed social, cultural, economic, and philosophical communities around a...
KCCA to get new directors in three months - Museveni
President Museveni has fired Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director Dorothy Kisaka, her deputy Eng David Luyimbazi and the director of Public Health...
How EU rule will change coffee sector
The blanket regulation by European Union (EU) compelling farmers to prove that they did not contribute to deforestation before growing the produce has a massive potential...
Support systems lacking as poisoning cases soar in Eastern Uganda
Fionah Auma, not real name, a resident of Busia District, was in 2019 chased from her husband's home by her in-laws after he died of hepatitis B. Auma says her in-laws cl...