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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 and Uganda cross-border polio vaccination...

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...

How Africa is facing disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs

By World Meteorological Organization. Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for...

EQUITY BANK UGANDA CITED IN FAKE GOLD SCANDAL AS A CANADIAN NATIONAL LOSES OVER UGX3 BILLION

Uganda Police and sister security agencies have tasked Equity Bank to explain circumstances under which a Canadian national, Clifford Potter lost over Ugx3 billion...

HOW 6 AMERICANS WERE ARRESTED FOR SPYING ON SPEAKER ANITA AMONG’S BUKEDEA COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

Authorities in Uganda are investigating circumstances under which six American tourists were on Friday, July 5, 2024 arrested and detained at Bukedea police station,...

REFORMED & FIT FOR OFFICE? How & Why former ‘fraudster’ David Kalemera has become State House Revenue Intelligence Unit boss

INSIDE STORY. The appointment of Mr. David Kalemera, a former Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) official to head the newly established State House Revenue Intelligence...

PARLIAMENT SPENDS UGX600 MILLION ON SPEAKER ANITA AMONG & HER HUSBAND MOSESE MAGOGO’S KENYA HOLIDAY

Uganda’s Parliament has reportedly spent about Ugx600 million to fund the holiday of Speaker Anita Among and her husband Moses Magogo, which has sparked...

PATRICK BITATURE SPEAKS OUT ON DAUGHTER NATALIEY BITATURE’S LEAKED NUDES

Relevant authorities in Uganda are investigating circumstances under which nude photos suspected to be for businessman Patrick Bitature’s daughter, Nataliey Bitature have been leaked...

MEGA SCANDAL: UGANDANS LOSE TRILLIONS OF MONEY IN PONZI SCHEMES,FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY FREEZES CAPITAL CHICKEN ACCOUNTS

BY AARON AINOMUGISHA. Capital Chicken, an “investment scheme” that targeted mostly corporates who were interested in investing in poultry but didn’t want to directly...