East African Legislative Assembly has passed a motion that prevents trafficking of persons, protects victims of crime of trafficking and prosecution of the culprits of trafficking in persons in East Africa. The motion has been moved by Uganda’s EALA representative Dora Byamukama and seconded by EALA Burundi MP Frederick Ngenzebuhoro during a session chaired by […]
Government has authorized a total of 24 exporters to sell overseas fresh fruits and vegetables to European markets after meeting the required minimum standards. This happened as government examines the quality of agricultural produce being exported to the European market following reports of noncompliance to EU standards by a number of Ugandan exporters. Several EU member […]
Early this morning a litter of piglets was left at parliament. The piglets painted yellow red and blue were left in protest against the act by parliament, mainly the opposition, to dine with the NRM MPs and have the constitutional amendments passed which the jobless brotherhood say was betrayal to the citizens who had a strong input […]
Cabinet has agreed to create and operationalise four new districts by 1st July 2016. The districts include Kagadi which comprises the counties of Buyaga east and West; Another district is Kakumiro which has two counties of Bugangaizi west and east and both districts are being curved out of Kibaale district. The third district is Omoro which will comprise […]
Religious leaders in the country are being advised to strongly desist from engaging in partisan politics as the country moves towards the 2016 general elections with the strong call geared towards avoiding conflict of interest and misleading the followers. Speaking at the launch of the Regional Peace and Stability forum today in Kampala, the Arch Bishop emeritus […]
Australia overcame rivals New Zealand 58-55 to win their 11th title in front of netball record crowd of 16,849 at Allphones Arena. Congrats to @AussieDiamonds! 3rd Netball World Cup, beating NZ in front of a record crowd! @netballworldcup pic.twitter.com/JpDYwMFJLf — ConsuladoEspañaMelb (@ConsuladoEspMel) August 16, 2015 The Silver Ferns had come into the final unbeaten after […]
Experts in nutrition reveal that the country is still faced with a big burden of maternal nutrition which is thought to be under looked by the population and government. According to the nutrition expert, Brenda Namugumya, 12% of women in Uganda are malnourished with 23% (3/10) pregnant women are anaemic which causes huge problem at times of giving birth. Statistics […]
Government said that the UPDF troops will continue to be in South Sudan despite Members of Parliament’s fresh demand for the withdrawal of the troops. Ugandan troops were deployed to South Sudan in December 2013 but on several times have ignored pleas from MPs, mediators and the international community to withdraw its troops from the conflict. […]
Government is concerned about the mushrooming unemployment levels among the youth and need to address the problem permanently. The Minister of Defence Dr Chrispus Kiyonga, while on the floor of Parliament said unemployment is a structural problem in Uganda and therefore needs time to resolve it as one way of creating jobs for the youth. He […]
As climate change effects continue to become real in the face of Ugandans, government is now taking the issue by the horse’s mouth by now undertaking a vulnerability risk assessment in areas that have previously suffered a series of natural disasters associated with climate change. While in the policy action on Climate Change Adaptation Learning […]