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OPINION: The Patriot’s Focus on Uganda’s Unemployment Question

Article By, Gad Kanyesigye_The Patriot_ a community empowerment advocate.  To begin with, many Ugandan parents are not business-oriented, which is a significant reason why their children often finish school...

UGANDA: 4 out of 10 children suffer stunted growth due to malnutrition

Locals in Isingiro district,western Uganda and other parts of the country have been challenged to embrace better feeding...

A Polio Survivor Turns His Disability into a Powerful Plea for Vaccination

CREDIT - UNICEF, DRC.  Rajabu Vampise deftly manoeuvres his wheelchair through the backstreets of Kindu in the Democratic...

INSIDE THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF HOMOPHOBIA IN MODERN-DAY UGANDA

By Hyowon Park , International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).  In March 2023, the Ugandan...

DR Congo’s Reliance on Charcoal threatens Forests and Fuels Armed Conflict

Elodie Toto - KANYARUCHINYA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Amid a circle of spectators, a troupe of performers takes...

OPINION: The Patriot’s Focus on Uganda’s Unemployment Question

Article By, Gad Kanyesigye_The Patriot_ a community empowerment advocate.  To begin with, many Ugandan parents are not business-oriented, which is a significant reason why...

KIGO LAND SCANDAL: KIHAM ENTERPRISES SEEKS TITLE CANCELLATION,SERENA HOTEL KIGO ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL TRESPASS

Ugandan businessman Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham through Kiham Enterprises, has run to court seeking the cancellation of a land title created on the contested...

WAS LT. COL. (Rtd) AHMAD KASHILLINGI FORGOTTEN BY PRESIDENT MUSEVENI & HIS GROUP?

The National Resistance Army (NRA) Commander, Lt. Col (Rtd) Ahmad Kashillingi is dead. His death was confirmed by current Minister of Security Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi on...

THE GAPS HINDERING YOUTH EMPOWERMENT & SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION!  

The government of Uganda and other stakeholders have a lot to play in supporting youth empowerment and general socio-economic transformation. In this article, Mr....

Conserve biodiversity & culture to boost tourism – Miss Tourism Ankole 2022/23 contestant Lillian Namara Kigundu

Variety of life on Earth at different levels; genes to ecosystems encompassing the evolutionary, ecological and cultural processes that sustain life. There is a...

KARAMOJA: At least 30 learners with nodding syndrome abandon school as hunger bites harder 

KARAMOJA SUB-REGION. At least 30 learners with nodding syndrome in Alune primary school in Kitgum district Karamoja sub-region have abandoned school as hunger bites...