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World Day Against Child Labour: 138 million children still trapped in child labour

On this year’s World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June, the International Trade Union Confederation-ITUC has called on the global community to act with renewed urgency as the world...

How Trans Ugandans are building power through business

Achen, not her real name, is a soft-spoken 26-year-old from northern Uganda. She never imagined she would run...

CORRUPTION SCANDAL! Energy Ministry PRO Solomon Muyita & Other Govt Bosses in Trouble  

The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has ordered the Chief Administrative Officers-CAOs of Bundibugyo and Dokolo District Local Governments...

Minister Kahinda Otafiire and Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa Cited in Mitooma NRM Election Violence 

The National Resistance Movement-NRM party electoral commission chairperson Dr. Tanga Odoi has revealed that the election of Mitooma...

BOBI WINE TO MUSEVENI: Stop Using Judiciary to Suppress Opposition 

The National Unity Platform-NUP party leader Robert Kyagulanyi Bobi Wine, has warned President Yoweri Museveni against using the...

FIGHTING HIV/AIDS: Uganda’s experiences in Implementing long-acting injectable ART

Uganda is on track in the fight against HIV/AIDS, with efforts enhanced by the rollout of long-acting Cabotegravir (LA-CAB). In 2024, the Uganda AIDS Commission announced the introduction...

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 for children. ALSO READ - POLIO ERADICATION: Kenya...

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 Republic of the Congo (DRC) as...

UGANDA: HOW A QUACK DOCTOR INNOCENT SSEMANDA OF CLEVELAND SPECIALISED WOMEN’S CLINIC HAS TERRORIZED PATIENTS FOR YEARS

This story exposes a fake Dr Innocent Ssemanda of Cleveland Specialised Women’s Clinic Wampewo,Wakiso in Uganda who has terrorized patients for years. This imposter whose...

POLIO ERADICATION: Kenya and Uganda cross-border polio vaccination reaches 6.5 million children

Health authorities in Uganda, Kenya and counterparts from the World Health Organization-WHO have confirmed that between October 3 and 6, 2024, more than 6.5...

MARBURG VIRUS OUTBREAK: 8 Killed in Rwanda as Authorities Limits Funeral Sizes

BBC. Authorities in Rwanda have restricted funeral sizes for victims of Marburg virus in an effort to curb an outbreak of the highly contagious...