Alfred Okuonzi the LCV Chairperson of Arua district urged political players to avoid politics of disunity, hate, lies and the discretion of others if peace is to prevail ahead of the general elections.
Lakony noted that he equally needed to enjoy the government since all efforts of removing President Yoweri Museveni for the last 39 years has failed by the opposition.
The fire broke out at the collapsed Kiteezi landfill around 9:00 am sparking widespread fear among nearby residents.
Residents are expressing deep frustration and disappointment over the government's unfulfilled promises, leaving them to live in constant fear for their lives. Many are adamant that they will not vacate the area until they receive compensation, stating that they have nowhere else to go.
Hassan Mwinyi, the Site Engineer, states that construction of the mosque component has reached 20 percent completion rate after site clearance and foundation level are done.
However, Ochola’s optimism was hampered by the immediate ‘cutting’ down of police budget year in year out. In his first year, police budget of 2018/2019 was slashed by more than 200 billion shillings. In that year, police had presented a budget framework which was more than a trillion shillings but they were allocated only 540 billion shillings which was 200 billion less to the force’s funding of the 2017/2018 financial year.
The ED KCCA says that information received from the experts indicates that the fire may have been triggered by the accumulation of methane gas that is beneath the landfill’s surface.
The meeting is expected to achieve consensus on Africa’s priorities for sustainable development and strengthen the capacity of individual countries in conducting their voluntary national reviews, which are essential for the 2025 High-Level Political Forum.
Hussein Ssebaggala, the Senior Entomologist at the Ministry of Agriculture who is leading the team, says that they have set out to conduct an assessment on the population of tsetse flies, targeting the different landing sites and Islands within Kalangala where a high prevalence rate of insects have been reported.
The pastoralists have for decades been burning bushes to clear spaces for rat hunting, killing ticks, and allowing fresh grass to germinate for their livestock. This has continued for over the last three months despite the ongoing community sensitization on the measures to mitigate fire outbreaks.
Innocent Piloya, the Chief Executive Officer Ribbo Coffee says many coffee farmers in the region are struggling to harvest high yields from their coffee crop because they have neglected some important aspects such as water conservation, soil nutrition and health and incorporating agroforestry in their coffee farms.
Brig. Gen. Oluka, 57, is reported to have shifted to his newly constructed three-story mansion, which had a chapel where various priests visited for Holy Mass, by the time of his demise on January 29, 2025.
Doctor Monica Musenero, the Minister for Science Technology, and Innovations, confirms that the newly discovered natural medicines, manufactured from locally grown plant species, successfully passed the efficacy clinical trials among humans and did not cause any harm.
The centre will be constructed at Agudi cell, Angai ward in Kangai Town council, the place where Omukama Kabalega and Kabaka Mwanga Mwanga II of Buganda were arrested by the British colonialists in 1899 while in battle.
