President Yoweri Museveni urged elders in the fishing communities of Uganda to take a leading role in protecting the lakes from overfishing and the catching of immature fish because it has led to the depletion of stock and pledged to deploy the army to support them. “Lake Victoria is here but it’s a dead lake […]
A team of Natural Resource Conservation Network (NRCN) officials and the Police have seized 6 African Grey parrots from Entebbe at Kigungu landing site in Wakiso district. A joint team of Police, NRCN, in collaboration with UWA, mounted an operation on Saturday 5th , following a tip off that some wildlife traders from Kalangala are holding parrots destined […]
YOUTH under Generation for Growth and Development call parents and Guardians to encourage children to take up vocational skills as they get academic knowledge. This as the youth were unveiling a mindset project known as chinalizing Uganda, intended to create jobs for youth in Kawempe as pilot area and later in other parts of the […]
The Uganda Debt network is calling for increased funding of government institutions that work on children rights if the cases of violating children rights are to be fought in the country. This as Uganda Debt Network together with Save the children launched the study of a survey that was done on “CHILDREN BUDGETING IN UGANDA” where it […]
Local herbalists are strongly decrying the continued cutting down of forests across the country which are the source of the medicinal roots of the products they make for the clients. The representative of the herbalists on the NDA board, Haji Mukwaya Jamilu Lutakome says that as people try to earn a living through timber selling, among other activities in […]
The deputy speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah has asked members of parliament to consider domesticating chemical weapons convention to decrease on misuse of chemical science. Oulanyah made the call while addressing a sensitization workshop on the prohibition of the Development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons held at parliament. He said that chemical hazards […]
As climate change effects continue to become real in the face of Ugandans, government is now taking the issue by the horse’s mouth by now undertaking a vulnerability risk assessment in areas that have previously suffered a series of natural disasters associated with climate change. While in the policy action on Climate Change Adaptation Learning […]
Despite significant efforts to address food security problems, food and nutrition security remains a fundamental challenge for the welfare and economic growth of Uganda with almost half of all Ugandans is food energy deficient. The research carried out in more than 30 districts of the country by RECO, a nutrition food manufacturing company in collaboration with […]
President Yoweri Museveni held a meeting with the the Rwenzururu King, Charles Wesley Mumbere, who assured him that the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu is a law abiding cultural institution that does not condone violence but is rather committed to promotion of culture of the people of Rwenzururu. “Our institution is law abiding and denounces the violence that […]
Women Members of Parliament have condemned the acts of women stripping naked in some parts of the country over land grabbing. Addressing a news conference at parliament, the women MPs under the Uganda Parliamentary Women Association said that they do not support women stripping naked to demand justice for any matters. The chairperson of the Uganda […]