In Uganda, conditions in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) remain the primary drivers of morbidity and mortality, accounting for 60 percent of years of life lost. The high burden of these conditions can be attributed to a poor quality of care resulting from inadequate financial, human, and …
The leaders of Tanzania and Uganda on Saturday laid a foundation stone for the construction of a Sh360.5 billion crude export pipeline that would pump Ugandan oil for international markets. The 1,445 km-project - set for completion by 2020 - will stretch from landlocked Uganda’s western region, where crude reserves …
THE Government is rolling out the newly proven HIV prevention method of taking an antiretroviral drug before exposure to HIV risk (known as preexposure prophylaxis - PrEP). A report on New Vision TV quoted Dr Flavia Namatovu saying the new method of HIV prevention will be rolled out in seven …
Go to the Kampala Capital City Authority; ask for air pollution levels in Mutungo or Naguru and chances are you will not be given any scientific data regarding those particular suburbs of Kampala. Reason? They simply do not have that information. Everywhere you turn in this city, you see pollution. …
Last week, Tanzania and Uganda signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the supply of electricity to villages along the Uganda-Tanzania border. Tanzania Daily News reported that the rural electrification MoU was signed between the minister of foreign affairs and east African cooperation, Dr Augustine Mahiga, and Uganda's minister for …
Kibuku — The government has evicted more than 7,000 encroachers from wetlands in Kibuku District. The forcible eviction follows the expiry of a six-month grace period that the government had granted to the encroachers. The Minister of Water and Environment, Mr Sam Cheptoris, National Environment Management Authority (Nema) officials and …
Kagera — TANZANIA and Uganda have signed yet another Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the supply of electricity to villages along the Uganda-Tanzania border. The signing ceremony which was held in Bukoba, Kagera Region at the weekend, comes just four days before President John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri …
National environmental body, Nema, has said it is satisfied with efforts undertaken so far by contractors of the Isimba and Karuma hydropower dams to protect the environment. Heavy earth-moving construction at projects such as Isimba and Karuma usually erodes the environment. Construction works at Karuma, located near Murchison Falls national …
The population of the highly endangered white rhinos in Uganda has shot up to 20 following the birth of a male calf at the Nakasongola-based Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary last week. Ange Genade, the South African executive director of Rhino Fund Uganda, the NGO which runs the sanctuary, said that the …
Kasese — Over 1,500 people have been displaced following floods that hit Hima Town Council in Kasese District. The Saturday's downpour left several areas of Hima town flooded. Heavy rainfall that lasted for about two hours, left scores of people homeless; including school children of Junior Angels Primary School. "I …
An earth with a Magnitude of 5.3 and a depth of 10km struck southwestern Uganda at 10:02:29am (EAT) today, Sunday. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake had its epicentre at Kilembe in Kasese district around Lake Edward region. According to various online reports sent to The Observer, …
Mbale — One person has been confirmed dead and two seriously injured in Mbale landslides on Sunday. Peace Sandra Khainza, a 14-year-old pupil of Hilltop Primary School was hit by a rock as she walked from the garden in the hilly Bukhatoko village, Bubetsye Parish, Wanale Sub-County in Mbale District. …
We evaluated a program of payments for ecosystem services in Uganda that offered forestowning households annual payments of 70,000 Ugandan shillings per hectare if they conserved their forest. The program was implemented as a randomized controlled trial in 121 villages, 60 of which received the program for 2 years. The …
Kampala — Save the Wild Fund, a Chinese not-for-profit environmental conservation organisation, has started operations to encourage companies to fund conservation of Lake Victoria. Speaking at the launch last week, Mr Tiang Clody Zhoo, the chairman Save the Wild Fund, said the organisation which was launched last week in Uganda, …
Rome — Poor rains across East Africa have worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock dead, the United Nations food and agriculture agency has warned in a new alert. The most affected areas, which received less than half of their normal seasonal rainfall, are central …
Rains have failed for a third consecutive season in East Africa, wilting crops, killing livestock and entrenching a long drought that has pushed millions into hunger, the United Nations said this weekend. Some 16 million people are in need of humanitarian aid across areas of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and …
Poor rains across East Africa have worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock dead - according to an alert released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The most affected areas, which received less than half of their normal seasonal rainfall, are central and …
Kampala — Rubaga Division mayor Joyce Ssebugwawo has ordered the prosecution of whoever is behind the pollution of the man-made Kabaka's Lake. Ms Ssebugwawo, particularly singled out Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral owned by Pastor Robert Kayanja and St Lawrence University among those allegedly contaminating Kabaka's Lake. The mayor issued the …
Seven African countries — Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal — have been hailed for their support to innovation in the agricultural sector. A new report by Cornell University’s INSEAD Business School and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has called for “digital agriculture” in the face of …
Ugandan government officials recently participated in a collaborative design-thinking workshop, which looked at developing innovative solutions for developmental challenges. ‘Access to reliable and efficient energy solutions is key to Uganda’s socio-economic development’ the Lab of Tomorrow workshop noted. Among the participants were industry experts, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation …
KAMPALA - Parliament again deferred debate on the controversial National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill 2012, pending further consultations. The bill which was number seven on the order paper was not considered by the House after deputy speaker Jacob Oulanyah, who was chairing the House, told MPs that it would be …
