Tag Archives: Northern Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Cabinet has approved a plan to compensate households in Northern Uganda affected by insurgency, beginning in the new financial year. Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, Minister of ICT and National Guidance, told journalists in Kampala that each targeted household will receive five heifers, valued at one …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has enlisted cultural leaders in Acholi, Lango, and Madi sub-regions to spearhead community sensitization against bush burning, a practice the company says is increasingly destroying electricity infrastructure. Since taking over electricity distribution from Umeme Limited last year, UEDCL …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), under “Operation Harmony”, have evicted over 19,826 heads of cattle from northern Uganda in just over a month, as the military enforces President Museveni’s Executive Order No. 2 of 2023, which prohibits illegal nomadic grazing in northern Uganda. …

  COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | Efforts to promote coffee growing in Karamoja, Acholi, Lango, and West Nile represent a significant advancement; it will allow the inhabitants of these areas to gain more from coffee profits, akin to other subregions such as the Central region (Buganda) and Bugisu. Hats off to …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers from the National Agricultural Research Organisation Coffee Research Institute (NACORI) have turned to art to market coffee growing in Northern Uganda. Through an initiative dubbed WALK—an acronym for West Nile, Acholi, Lango, and Karamoja—NACORI is rolling out an intensive public sensitisation campaign aimed at …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 300 Balaalo cattle keepers have sued the government, challenging a recent eviction directive which they say was issued without a prior verification process to determine land ownership or the legality of settlement in Northern Uganda. In their application filed before the Civil …

Olanya, Aol Accuse President Museveni of Double Standards in Eviction of Migrant Cattle Keepers Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gilbert Olanya, the Kilak South Member of Parliament, has accused President Yoweri Museveni of exhibiting double standards in handling the eviction from Northern Uganda of migrant cattle keepers, commonly known as Balaalo. …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Migrant cattle keepers, commonly known as Balaalo, have appealed to the government to consider carrying out thorough verification before enforcing the forceful eviction of all migrant cattle keepers from Northern Uganda. The appeal comes nearly a week after a 14-day ultimatum announced by the …

GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Balalo herdsmen have been given 14 days to vacate Northern Uganda or face forceful eviction. This was revealed by the State Minister in charge of Northern Uganda, Keneth Omona. In a press briefing held on Friday at his office in Gulu city, Omona noted …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is gradually phasing out the growing of the Elite Robusta coffee varieties in Northern Uganda, opting instead to promote the cultivation of Clonal Robusta coffee varieties. The strategic shift started in 2021, aims at boosting …