Tag Archives: Uganda

  The East African country’s HIV progress is running into a stubborn diagnosis gap, as prevalence stands at 7.3% among women and 4.1% among men   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s HIV prevalence among adults aged 15 years and above has remained at 5.9%, with women almost twice as …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police has warned charcoal dealers, transporters and even domestic users that the ban on charcoal burning and trade in northern Uganda remains in full force, declaring that carrying even a single bag will not be spared. The warning came as inter-agency enforcement …

  Uulaanbaatar, Mongolia | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has presented Uganda’s significant milestones in advancing women’s representation in leadership, highlighting the country’s growing number of women in both Parliament and the Cabinet. Speaking at the prestigious World Women Parliamentarians Forum in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tayebwa, who is …

  Cotton output fell from 78,000 tonnes in 1972 to 14,000 tonnes in 1976 and just 2,000 tonnes in 1987.   NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | As Uganda marks 64 years of independence, cotton remains one of the country’s traditional cash crops, but production and export earnings have fallen far …

  For Evelyne Masika in Kasese, carbon payments have become livestock, school fees and a plan that runs to 2030.   Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On her half-hectare farm in Kogere Village, Rukoki Sub-county, Kasese District, Evelyne Masika has transformed how she uses her land. Until 2021, the …

Busia, Uganda | URN | Uganda has been urged to urgently complete a 12-kilometre road linking Lumino Sub-county in Busia District to the Mulwanda border point, where Kenya has already extended its road network to the border river. The proposed road would open a third border connection between Uganda and …

    PRAU@50: Building a Stronger Profession for the Next 50 Years   COMMENT | IRENE NAKASIITA |  As the Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) marks 50 years, we celebrate a profession that has evolved alongside Uganda’s institutions, economy, media and society. Our Golden Jubilee is an opportunity to honour those …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Psychiatrists from across the country gathered in Kampala Wednesday to celebrate a milestone that has taken Uganda decades to achieve; the country now has 100 psychiatrists actively in service. Dr Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga, President of the Uganda Association of Psychiatrists, says Uganda operated for …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | URN | Sebei leaders are pressing the government to extend its cattle-restocking programme to the sub-region, arguing that communities that lost livestock through cattle raids have been left out of an intervention currently benefiting other parts of the country. The demand comes as the government moves to …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | A candidate vaccine against the Bundibugyo Ebola virus has entered a new phase of clinical trials in Uganda, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday, as efforts accelerate to develop vaccines against the virus driving the ongoing Ebola outbreak in …