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WESTERN UGANDA: Kabale journalists decry intimidation by LCV Chairman Nelson Nshangabasheija

Kabale-based journalists in Kigezi sub region western Uganda have decried continued intimidation by the Kabale district LCV Chairman, Nelson Nshangabasheija. The journalists on December 1, 2023 stormed Kabale Resident District...

WORLD AIDS DAY 2023: LET COMMUNITIES LEAD

Statement by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS-UNAIDS as the world marks World AIDS Day...

UGX186 MILLION SCANDAL: Uganda Netball Federation president Sarah Babirye Kityo remanded

Embattled president of the Uganda Netball Federation (UNF) Sarah Babirye Kityo has been remanded to Luzira prison by...

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM 2023: Invest to Prevent Violence against Women & Girls

The global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a key international moment to call for an...

UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSOLIDATES PETITIONS & APPLICATIONS

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has this morning, November 28, 2023 consolidated four (4) petitions and nineteen (19)...

SRHR GAPS: BUSHENYI DISTRICT REGISTERS 330 TEENAGE PREGNANCIES IN 3 MONTHS

Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights-SRHR experts and other concerned stakeholders want the government and partners to increase sensitization campaigns and other sustainable interventions...

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, GOES INTO SELF-ISOLATION

OFFICIAL STATEMENT: Ugandans, especially the Bazzukulu. Greetings. Congratulations on the Heroes’ Day of tomorrow and Congratulations on Mwalimu Nyerere’s Prayer Day (the 1st of...

HIGH POPULATION & CONGESTION: HOW INCREASING CASES OF PNEUMONIA ARE THREATENING REFUGEES IN NAKIVALE SETTLEMENT

BY AARON AINOMUGISHA. Refugees and other concerned stakeholders in,and around Nakivale refugee settlement in Isingiro district western Uganda have cried out to the government,...

FIVE SUSPECTED MEASLES CASES REPORTED IN MBARARA

Health authorities in Mbarara city have swiftly taken action to mitigate the spread of measles after five suspected cases were reported in Nyamityobora central ...

TWO ARRESTED: HOW RUKUNGIRI DHO CONNIVES WITH PRIVATE CLINICS TO STEAL & SELL GOVERNMENT DRUGS

The District Health Officer-DHO Rukungiri, Dr Akasiima Mucunguzi is in trouble over theft and sale of government drugs and other medical stores in the...

NO MEDICAL STORES: THE DILAPIDATED KAMBUGA HOSPITAL WHERE MINISTER CHRIS BARYOMUNSI WAS RUSHED & LATER AIRLIFTED

Poor service delivery is evident in many parts of Kanungu district,other areas across western Uganda and the country at large. This situation has yet been...