AGENCY Courtesy photo Uganda’s push to clean up its food system and fix chronic shortages of quality farm inputs has landed squarely before Parliament, with the Ministry of Agriculture seeking an additional Shs213 billion in the 2026/27 budget to revive a national…
By our Reporter Raymond Bernard Opolot-Head teacher Toroma SS (courtesy Photo) Raymond Bernard Opolot, 53, head teacher of Toroma Secondary School in the Katakwi District, is seeking financial assistance worth Shs100 million to undergo brain surgery in India. Medical professionals have indicated…
By Alexander Mackey Okori As Uganda today honors the life and martyrdom of Archbishop Janani Luwum, the communities and leaders of Karamoja have been to embrace peace, dialogue, and clemency to thwart descending back to insecurity, which had plagued the region for…
By Moses Lokeris Bags of posh delivered by WPF to feed School going children in Karamoja (Courtesy Photo) The deputy head teacher of Secondary School John Bosco Bongomin has warned that the closure of the World Food Program (WFP) feeding initiative will worsen…
The World Health Organization has criticised a now-halted plan to conduct a hepatitis B vaccine trial involving thousands of newborns in Guinea-Bissau, deeming it “unethical.” The US-funded study had sought to give one set of babies the vaccine at birth, while another…
By Admin State Minister for Education and Sports (Sports) Peter Ogwang appearing before the House Committee on Education (Parliament Portal) The Ministry of Education and Sports has warned that sharp budget reductions for the 2026/2027 financial year threaten key commitments in education…
By Moses Lokeris Kotido District Veterinary Department is set to roll out a mass animal vaccination campaign to vaccinate livestock against highly contagious and fatal diseases. Among the diseases are; Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP), and Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia…
AGENCIES Parliament has approved the allocation of Shs30 billion to the Ministry of Education and Sports Uganda for the establishment of Karamoja Peace and Technology University, fulfilling a pledge made by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The approval followed the presentation of a…