Uganda urged to rethink corruption fight

SEATINI Uganda Executive Director, Jane Nalunga Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Africa marked the anti-corruption fight day, Uganda was urged to reconsider her own way of dealing with the vice, if a headway is to be made, since the institutions are …

FAO chief urges Uganda to include physical planning in PDM

Dr. Qu Dongyu  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Director-General, Dr. Qu Dongyu, has called on Uganda to integrate physical and spatial planning into the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM). …

EU–UTA and Development Partners Unite to Champion Sustainable Tourism in Uganda

On July 21st, the Uganda Tourism Association (UTA), in collaboration with a broad coalition of international development partners, held a high-level hybrid meeting to address the pressing challenges and unlock the vast potential of Uganda’s tourism sector. …

South Sudan and Uganda validate national Early Warning for All roadmaps

National workshops were driven by local stakeholders and assisted by the four pillar leads of the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) Initiative: WMO, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU …

Clean cooking drive across Kenya, Uganda and Zambia

Tens of thousands of households across Kenya, Uganda and Zambia are set to have access to electric induction cookers under a new clean cooking programme. The African Development Bank (AfDB), via its Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), has awarded a …

WB to fund Uganda-TZ power line

DODOMA: THE World Bank has committed to financing construction of a 400kV high-voltage transmission line linking Uganda and Tanzania, a strategic project aimed at enhancing regional electricity trade and improving energy security. The announcement was made …

KeNHA Gives Update on Kenya to Uganda Highway Road Works

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced the commencement of rehabilitation works on the Kisumu–Busia highway, a crucial regional transport corridor that has been in disrepair for a long time. In a statement issued on Thursday, KeNHA …

Director-General's oficial visit to Uganda

Entebbe, Uganda – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visited Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) on Tuesday, praising the institute’s researchers for driving the transformation of the country’s agrifood system with the trust of …

Ghana and Uganda join forces to boost renewable energy and combat climate change

Sheema Citizen Writes to Museveni on Road Carnage

Your Excellency,  I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Your Excellency,  road accidents are finishing us.  Our roads have turned into death traps. No one is safe.  Professionals, employers,  mothers, servicemen, the clergy, children, accidents …