Delivering his speech during the World Malaria Day 2025 commemoration, Dr. Medard K. Bitekyerezo, the UCCM Chairperson, commended the Government of Uganda, civil society organizations, and development partners for prioritizing evidence-based approaches.
The 48 youths are part of the 240 youths from across 8 districts, a municipality, and a city in the Acholi sub-region who underwent six months of vocational skill training at the Acholi Regional Industrial Hubs in Gulu District.
The project, titled "Human Rights – Our Concern! Community Action to Strengthen Evidence-Based Advocacy for Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and Freedoms in Uganda," is being implemented by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in partnership with Chapter Four Uganda and the African Institute for Investigative Journalism, with funding from the European Union.
To tackle teacher absenteeism and improve monitoring, the Ministry introduced a smartphone-based system called the Teachers Effectiveness and Learner Achievement (TELA) tool. TELA was designed to provide real-time data on teacher attendance and classroom activities.
Meanwhile, the prepaid metering is self-monitoring as supply is tabulated based on the amount of money deposited either through the mobile money accounts to the system or through bank services.
Ketty Lanyero, a Clinical Psychologist at CCVS Kitgum, disclosed that the center has been overwhelmed with rising cases of depression, reporting between 200 to 400 new cases every three months.
Gulu City Education Officer, Richard Irwenyo, highlighted the growing demand for special needs education. He pointed out that the three existing special needs schools have become referral centers, even drawing students from neighboring South Sudan.
Charles Dra'ecabo, the Chairperson of the West Nile Education Trust Fund, explained that the goal is to increase the number of beneficiaries by supporting more students in the coming years.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson says they received intelligence information that the suspects were traveling in a vehicle registration number UBB 824L Prado heading towards Kampala. Security immediately mounted a road block and intercepted the suspects on Friday morning and arrested them.
The evening of September 17, 2024, dressed up on black- short with a white T-shirt and a cross on the neck, Johnson Kidega recites his ‘cross’ as he stands at the gate into the mortuary at Lacor hospital.
Speaking to journalists in Kampala, Lumu said ever since he was granted leave of parliament last week to introduce the bill, he has been subjected to unwarranted attacks, particularly from the National Unity Platform, the current holder of the office of the leader of the opposition.
During the regional ULGA meeting on Friday in Nabilatuk district, local leaders in the Karamoja sub-region demanded recognition as an independent region to unify their communities and promote development.
The plantation has witnessed a series of fire outbreaks in the past years, which has affected its production. The company is reported to have lost Shillings 3 billion, according to Police annual crime report of 2020 following 2019 regular fire incidences. The December 2021, fire is projected to have caused the factory a loss of 3,000 of the 7,900 acre sugar plantations.
Laker Sharon Peace, the newly elected Speaker of the Institute, noted that many students have been robbed by thugs from their different rental places within the city. Female students have been the most affected, and keeping them in safe hostel facilities is the best solution.
“We have engaged the Ministry of Health and the answer they gave us is that now we have a result-based funding in place and Lacor should earn from that and you must do certain activities, have a certain quality to earn this money,” Ogwang told Uganda Radio Network in an interview.
Dr. Kenneth Cana, the Gulu District Health Officer told the Uganda Radio Network in an interview that the medical camp has exposed a number of neglected surgical conditions, which include goiter and hernia.
A baseline survey conducted by Tango Consultants across 19 Northern Uganda districts with support from UWEAL notes that although Shea butter and nuts are on high demand, the fact that they are seasonal and grow as wild trees makes the value chain is inconsistent.
