The shilling has been depreciating since December 19, 2024 when dollar was quoted by Bank of Uganda at 3,633.55 buying and 3,645.55 selling till mid this week when it hit 3,707 selling.
The Rotary Peace Centre at the University is the first in Africa. Currently, the Organization has seven peace centers around the world and these centers train change-makers devoted to peace-building, conflict prevention, and transformation.
Records from Agago district authorities indicate that by September 2022, rustlers had stolen 3,657 animals, killed 23 people, and caused significant damage to crops and property. While recent incidents have not resulted in deaths, it indicates the persistent threat to livelihoods in the region.
The interdiction was communicated by Atwine while meeting the top Hospital leadership and local leaders at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital on Friday.
The children are a 9-year-old boy and a baby of two months, who was abandoned by her mother after a referral from Bwizibwera Health Center III in Mbarara District.
Led by Shartsi Musherure, the leaders are appealing to the Buganda Kingdom to offer them the required land to enable the district to obtain a general hospital from the central government to respond to the underlying healthcare burden.
According to information from Serere, Emunot absconded from duty after the residents of the Sub-County accused him of extorting money from the applicants seeking PDM funds.
The Minister received the iron sheets acquired due to the loss of public property, an offence under Section 10 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2009 as amended -Prosecution
After killing the children, the driver fled the scene but attempts to to chase him down, they were unsuccessful. The driver is known to be from Kachumbala and has a history of driving the Land Cruiser while under the influence of alcohol.
For years, Grace Achola, 48 years-old businesswoman in Omiya-Anyima village, Kitgum District did not think about her blood pressure. At 43 years, she was focused on her career and raising her children. It was not until on her normal business journey to Lira City when she was rushed to the hospital and screened for high blood pressure revealed consistently high blood pressure that she realized she was living with a condition known as “the silent killer” –hypertension.
The National Housing and Population main census report released in December 2024 has revealed that only 7,392,769 (16.7%) of the total 45,905,417 people have land in Uganda.
The Parliament urges the Executive to abide by the rule of law, while some legislator said the judiciary let down their colleague by denying him bail that he needed to get treatment abroad.
Geoffrey Filbert Ocailap, the Resident District Commissioner Karenga says that the officials forged documents claiming to have supplied 500 bags of cement yet they only supplied 150 bags for the installation of the culverts on the Kaaalokol- Karenga Headquarters road.
Oceng told Uganda Radio Network in an interview that the donation targets to boost food security and ensure farmers in the region join the viable food export market especially to the neighboring South Sudan.
Maria Kamara Mabinty, the ICC Public Information and Outreach Officer for Uganda told Journalists Thursday in Gulu city that targeted outreaches and notifications efforts are currently being undertaken by the ICC to ensure Kony gets information about the new date of the confirmation of charges hearing.
Saidha Masach, the Masindi district Entomology officer in an interview said that, the fire started from the nearby bush at around 5:00 pm leaving the Entomology store burnt to ashes.
Alupo warned that without proper ideological orientation, the young people and all citizens for that matter are bound to lose direction and be completely off target.
