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INSIDE SPEAKER ANITA AMONG’S WEALTH IN UK: President Museveni orders probe  

President Museveni has directed the Inspectorate of Government and Ethics Ministry to probe into Speaker Anita Among's UK wealth after he was briefed by the UK government prior to...

UNESCO: 70% of environmental journalists attacked for their work

A new report published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-UNESCO on World Press Freedom Day...

Africa’s Anti-LGBT+ Laws: A big setback in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Progressive voices across the world will have to double their efforts in countering the escalating threats to LGBT+...

CLIMATE CRISIS: Floods kill 72 in Tanzania, Kenya & Uganda as Heavy Rains Persist

Floods have killed 58 people in Tanzania and 13 in Kenya over the last two weeks, as heavy...

HOW UGANDAN MARKET WOMEN ARE THRIVING AMID CHALLENGES

In 1990, Ms. Jane Bigirwa lost her husband, becoming a young widow at the age of 26. She...

NWSC Mbarara struggling to supply enough water

The National Water & Sewerage Corporation-NWSC is struggling to collect enough water for supply,due to pollution of River Rwizi. The most affected areas are...

No access to water without Ugx1000 in Nakivale refugee settlement

A daily burden;walking long distances & braving the hot sunshine to fetch water from swamps & dams - since they can’t access the tap...

SHEEMA SAND BUSINESS MAYHEM: Prof Mesharch Katusiimeh & MP Dicksons Kateshumbwa implicated

TENSION IN SHEEMA AS SAND BUSINESS TURNS THINGS UPSIDE DOWN - CONCERNED CITIZEN, June 8,2022. Chaos might emerge from the impasse between sand dealers,...

Support fruit growing for food security – Laban Kanywa

Lack of fruits in different homes both for home consumption and commercial purposes has been raised as a growing threat against food security, prompting...

Environmental defenders brutalized as authorities give away wetlands

Environmental defenders, whistleblowers and concerned citizens in Kayabwe town council Mpigi district central Uganda,and other parts of the country continue to cry out to...

Two arrested with 24 hippo teeth & 12 elephant tusks  

Police in Mitooma district western Uganda has arrested 2 men found in illegal possession of 24 hippo teeth & 12 elephant tusks. The duo were...