Teso Youth, Women Equipped with Solar Skills to Boost Jobs and Clean Energy
Young people and women in the Teso sub-region have completed solar photovoltaic training aimed at equipping them with renewable energy skills to create employment opportu...
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FOCUS ON BUSIA: How 19,000 PDM Beneficiaries Are Turning Government Support into Wealth-Creation Opportunities
BUSIA, Uganda — More than 19,000 people in Busia District have benefited from the government’s Parish Development Model (PDM), with local officials creditin...
UNBS Warns Against Roadside Fuel Sales Over Safety Risks
UNBS Deputy Executive Director Daniel Richard Makayi Nangalama said the bureau regularly inspects and tests petroleum products entering the country and those distributed...
Prolonged Dry Spell Devastates Crops, Sparks Hunger Fears in Teso
An unusually prolonged dr
Government Warns Against Forest Destruction for Coffee Farming as Export Rules Tighten
The government has intensified efforts to stop the destruction of forests for coffee cultivation, warning that the practice threatens environmental conservation and Ugand...
Uganda unveils new coffee brand in Brussels, targets 20 million bags of export
Uganda has set a target of increasing annual coffee production to 20 million 60-kilogram bags, while simultaneously promoting value addition, specialty coffee production...
Kanungu Residents Warned Against Defaulting on PDM Loans
Residents of Kanungu District have been warned against defaulting on Parish Development Model (PDM) funds under the mistaken belief that the money is a government grant.T...
The shilling keeps depreciating against the dollar. Here's what Ugandans are doing about it
If you have been following the exchange rate lately, you already know the story. The Uganda shilling has been under sustained pressure against the US dollar, and for ordi...
Climate Change Linked to Increasing Domestic Violence In Homes
Gender based violence is increasingly being linked to the effects of climate change.Ann Nassamula, a Senior Programme Officer at the Centre for Domestic Violence Preventi...
There is still hope for Uganda
Uganda’s political landscape is dominated by stories of imprisonment, intimidation, exile, and internal divisions.Dr. Kizza Besigye, one of the country’s mo...