Bududa, Uganda | URN | Bulucheke Health Centre IV in Bududa District is struggling to accommodate the increasing number of mothers seeking maternity services, with some women sharing beds while others sleep on the floor. The health centre has only six maternity beds but now receives between six and …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda needs about US$28.1 billion (approximately Shs118.22 trillion) in climate-action financing by 2030, as the Bank of Uganda (BoU) partners with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to strengthen the financial sector’s ability to manage climate-related risks and attract investment. The cooperation agreement, signed on Wednesday …

Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The government is to provide an extra 80 billion shillings to support women-owned businesses through non-repayable grants. Mary Kamuli Kuteesa, the State Minister for Gender and Culture, said the government is introducing the Business Plan Competition Grants to enable women entrepreneurs to access capital …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The conclusion of financing arrangements for Uganda’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project has been pushed from November 2026 to January 2027, delaying the start of the 48-month construction timeline, although preliminary works by the contractor are already underway. The project requires approximately €2.7 billion in …

Arua, Uganda | URN | Arua City Council is seeking to address its growing waste management challenges with a new plan that proposes regulating garbage generation, collection, transportation, treatment, disposal, and recycling. The proposed Solid Waste Management Plan 2026 comes amid complaints over uncollected garbage along some city streets, including …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Finance Minister Henry Musasizi on Tuesday tabled a government proposal in Parliament to borrow up to €142.69 million (approximately UGX 674.114 billion) from Citi Bank to upgrade two strategic roads in the Kigezi sub-region. The roads serve as vital arteries to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, …

Agago, Uganda | URN | A farmer in Agago District has earned Shs4.5 million from three-quarters of an acre of tomatoes, demonstrating the potential of irrigation farming as communities struggle with prolonged dry spells and unreliable rainfall. Titus Okello, a farmer in Tee-Ogwang Village, Parabongo Sub-county, said he earned the …

Masaka, Uganda | URN | Farmers in the Greater Masaka region are raising concerns over the rising cost of agricultural inputs as they prepare their gardens for the expected rains, warning that high prices could undermine food production in the coming season. Some farmers say they have been forced to …

Agago, Uganda | URN | About six in every 10 coffee seedlings distributed to farmers in drought-hit Agago District have survived, despite nearly four months of dry weather that threatened the district’s new coffee crop. The survival rate comes after intense sunshine killed many of the 290,000 seedlings distributed to farmers, …

Arua, Uganda | URN | Refugees and asylum seekers in the West Nile sub-region have been urged to understand their rights and obligations under Ugandan law to promote peaceful coexistence with host communities and avoid conflicts with the authorities. The call follows growing public concern over the need to sensitise …