Court awards Kakwenza Shs50m for torture
The High Court in Kampala has ordered the government to compensate novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija with over Shs50 million for torturing him and invading his privacy. In...
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Report Unmasks Intriguing Facts About State Of Uganda’s Children
The 45.9m people live in a total of 10,698,913 households whose average size is 4 persons. This is how the number of households is shared out among the statistics sub reg...
New Gov’t Report Makes Interesting Poop Findings
The newly released 2024 census report by UBOS is 380 pages and covers many things including the availability of toilet facilities and the ease with which majority Ugandan...
Apac health worker arrested over defiling maid
Police in Apac District are holding a 27-year-old medical on allegations of defiling a 15-year-old maid. The suspect, identified as a nurse at Florence Nightingale Hospit...
Digital technology will make bad education worse
Soon, laptops, smartphones, tablets, and other digital devices may be available for use by learners and teachers in primary and secondary schools. This follows the launch...
Govt seeks Shs36.6b to equip refugees with vocational skillsÂ
The government faces a Shs36.6 billion shortfall needed to equip refugee learners with vocational skills, threatening efforts to help them secure jobs and become self-rel...
How long does digestion take?
Usually, I take two days before pooping. Is this normal and how long does food take to move from the mouth to the anus? Tobias Dear Tobias, What we eat as food is digeste...
Should landlords limit the number of tenants?
When Linda Namugerwa, a landlord in Nakawa, Kampala, rented a two-bedroom house to a family of five, she didn’t anticipate the challenges that would arise. The fam...
Kampala Abattoirs Struggle with Serious Hygiene Issues
Kampala’s abattoirs are grappling with significant sanitation challenges that raise concerns about public health and safety. Uganda Meat Packers Limited (City Abat...
Where are Uganda’s green jobs?
Resty Namata began her career at Kiteezi Landfill as a sorter earning about Shs7,000, and eventually advanced to a picker, earning at least Shs10,000 daily. But more than...