By Catherine Bekunda THE Government has sent relief items to victims of the Nadunget fire tragedy in Karamoja. Fire razed five settlements in Nawanatau village, Komeret parish in Moroto district on...
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Uganda: Fire leaves 500 people homeless
By Olandason Wanyama A massive fire razed down five settlements in Karamoja on Saturday, leaving over 500 people homeless. The three-hour blaze began in Nawanatau village in Komeret parish, Nadunget...
Uganda to get new meningitis vaccine
Wednesday, 15th December, 2010 By Conan Businge UGANDA, like many countries in Africa, may soon procure the new vaccine that promises to rid the continent of meningitis. The West African nation of...
Uganda gets sh470b for water, energy
By Raymond Baguma UGANDA and Germany have signed a bilateral financing agreement worth over sh470b to support the promotion of renewable energy, energy efficiency, water and sanitation provision as...
Uganda: Katakwi floods destroy property worth sh10b
By Simon Emwamu and Felix Osujo PROPERTY worth over sh10b has been destroyed by the ongoing rains in Katakwi district, a report released by the chief administrative officer, Milton Kato, has shown. ...
19 percent of Ugandans are ill-fed
By John Kasozi and Rachael Ninsiima ABOUT 19% of Ugandans are malnourished, the gender, labour and social affairs minister, Gabriel Opio, has said. "Most affected are children below five years...
Uganda: Karamoja gets sh10.5b for food relief
By Steven Candia THE US has donated $4.8m (about sh10.5b) to improve food security in the drought-stricken Karamoja region. The donation, to be channelled through the United States Agency for...
Uganda: Cholera kills seven in Kotido
By Olandason Wanyama SEVEN people died of cholera last week following an outbreak in Nangodia village in Panyangara sub-county, Kotido district.They lived in Aurukan Kraal, which has a population of...
Uganda: Butaleja schools still in shambles after floods
By Daniel Edyegu DESPITE the reducing rains in the eastern region, schools that were hit by floods in March in Butaleja district are still grappling in the aftermath of the disaster. Primary schools...
Uganda improves crops
By John Kasozi THE National Crops Resources Research Institute at Namulonge has developed new drought resistant varieties of maize, cassava, beans and upland rice crops. Speaking to journalists...
Southern Sudanese march in support of seceding from north
By Taddeo Bwambale HUNDREDS of Southern Sudanese living in Uganda marched through Kampala streets yesterday to show their support for a separate state ahead of a referendum on January 9, 2011. The...
Uganda: Bududa children shun camp schools
By Daniel Edyegu OVER 600 displaced pupils in Bulucheke camp, who enrolled for primary education in the aftermath of the March 1 Bududa landslides, have dropped out of school. Last term, the...
Uganda lacks half of required health workers
By Conan Businge UGANDA is short of 50% of the required health workers in the public service, according to a report by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The 2010 report...
Uganda: Floods leave 3,000 jobless at Lake Katwe
By John B. Thawite A TOTAL of 3,000 labourers at Katwe salt lake in Kasese district are jobless after floods ravaged the lake.Salt prices have also gone up from sh30,000 a bag to sh100,000 during the...
Deadly cassava disease hits Uganda
By Barbara Among CASSAVA brown streak, a new strain of disease that affects the edible part of the crop, has hit several parts of the country. According to the agriculture ministry, the disease has...
Uganda: Janet calls for deployment at food centres
By Vision Reporter THE First Lady and state minister for Karamoja, Janet Museveni, has requested the army and the Police to deploy more security personnel at food distribution points in Karamoja...
Uganda needs $4billion to rehabilitate forests
Tuesday, 18th May, 2010 Over 4 billion dollars is required for the rehabilitation of 2 million hectares of forest cover country wide. This was revealed by the climate change experts at the National...
Uganda: Huge cracks form on Mountain Elgon
By John Kasozi A 40km-crack has developed on the slopes of Mt. Elgon in Manafwa district, threatening about 8,000 residents in eight sub-counties. "The crack runs through the sub-counties of Mukoto,...
Uganda: Red Cross launches tree planting campaign
By Daniel Edyegu THE Uganda Red Cross Society has launched a tree planting campaign to restore vegetation and avert natural disasters. Speaking at the celebrations to mark the Red Cross week at...
Uganda: Government offers land to Bududa landslide victims
Each family displaced by landslides in Bududa is to receive 2 acres of land from the Government, the prime minister's office has announced. The minister for General Duties in the Premier's office...