Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the office of the Prime minister has distributed 23,655, livestock to families in Karamoja under community empowerment program since its inception in 2014. Mr. Francis Okori the commissioner for Karamoja development said the animals were distributed since the program was rolled out by the first lady …
Read More »Rukungiri gears up for Museveni campaign visit
Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of National Resistance Movement-NRM party supporters have poured in the streets of Rukungiri town ahead of presidential candidate, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s campaign meeting. The NRM supporters are riding around on motorcycles fully dressed in the yellow party t-shirts and carrying flags. The former …
Read More »UPDF probes extreme extortion on lake Albert.
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF has commenced investigations into extreme extortion of Ugandan fishermen by members security forces on Lake Albert. Since March this year when government suspended fishing on lake Albert as a means of combating the spread of COVID-19, fishermen operating on lake …
Read More »Napak women fight malnutrition and extreme poverty by growing vgetables
Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Like many communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, the population of Karamoja region, located in northeastern Uganda, is highly dependent on subsistence agriculture for food security and livelihoods. This makes them extremely vulnerable to climate change. The region receives little amount of rainfall with long period of drought from September …
Read More »Completion of UGX 61M NUSAF market in Sironko excites vendors
Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The completion of the new Salalira market in Bukiise Sub County in Sironko district has excited vendors. The market was built with a grant of Shillings 61 million from the Office of the Prime Minister under the NUSAFU III project. The works comprised the …
Read More »MOH starts oxygen plant installation works at Entebbe hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health- MOH has commenced installation works of an oxygen plant at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. The casualty ward at Entebbe hospital is currently undergoing remodelling to host the oxygen plant. This includes breaking walls of the two-roomed ward to create three rooms for the oxygen …
Read More »UPDF recovers 135 illegal guns in Karamoja
Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has recovered 135 guns, 4 grenades and 1954 bullets from Karimojong rustlers. The firearms were recovered from rustlers in the nine districts of Karamoja Sub-region including Kaabong, Abim, Kotido, Moroto, Amudat, Napak, Nakapiripirit, Nabilatuk and Karenga during the disarmament exercise spanning from January to December …
Read More »Fr. Athanasius Mubiru returns to Soroti diocese after 10-year suspension
Soroti , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fr. Athanasius Mubiru has bounced back to Soroti Catholic Diocese after his long “holiday” spanning 10 years. Fr. Mubiru is one of the pillars of the Soroti Catholic Diocese Integrated Development Organization- SOCADIDO and the brain behind the establishment of Kyoga Veritas and Delta …
Read More »Excitement as NGO launches communal land registration program in Karamoja
Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Moding, a resident of Rengen village in Rengen Sub County in Kotido district is pondering his next move after it emerged that part of his land is a gold depot. Government has leased part of the land to an investor for mining. However, Moding is not …
Read More »Health ministry launches UGX 4B project to fight elephantiasis in Lango
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health has launched a 3-year project worth Shillings 4 billion aimed at eliminating hydrocele and lymphatic filariasis (LF) commonly known as Elephantiasis from Lango Sub-region. The Lango LF Morbidity Management and Disability prevention- MMDP project will support the provision of surgeries for hydrocele …
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