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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023 Once considered extinct, Africa’s largest soft-shell turtle known as the Nubian Flapshell turtle has made an unexpected comeback in river Nile sections in Uganda’s West Nile and parts of South Sudan. However, the river shores along Enyau, a tributary of river Nile …
Read More »ADJUMANI DISTRICT BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF SH1.6 BILLION INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
BY MARKO TAIBOT ADJUMANI: WEDNESDAY, 15 MARCH 2023 Adjumani district local government has launched the construction of a multi-billion Intensive Care Unit (ICU) worth Shs1.6 billion. The facility constructed with funding from the World Bank under the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) will handle critical cases. Once completed, …
Read More »TEREGO TO SUBSTITUTE TOBACCO WITH CHIA, 5000 METRIC TONS NEEDED FOR JUNE 2023 HARVEST
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU TEREGO: FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 In terms of labour requirements, chia has a clear comparative advantage over tobacco since it takes just two-and-a-half months from planting to maturity and doesn’t require weeding. It is also said to be good for people with diabetes, hypertension and other non-communicable …
Read More »UNBS CERTIFIES EIGHT NILE NATURAL FRUIT PRODUCTS, ARUA JUICE FACTORY TO PROPEL PDM
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 08, 2023 The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has approved eight product lines of the Nile Natural Fruit products, allowing the Arua juice factory to use the Uganda standards certification mark (Q-mark) on its labels. The Private Sector Foundation Uganda paid sh5m to …
Read More »6 Turkana suspects handed diplomatic pardon
By Edward Akaki – Moroto The 3rd infantry division of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces(UPDF) has today 6th/March/2023 released 6 Turkana suspects that were arrested together with 8 native Matheniko in a cordon and search operations in different areas of Karamoja.Brigadier General Felix Busizoori Nim, the Deputy 3rd division commander said …
Read More »LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS FOR EX-POACHERS HELPING TO PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY IN QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU KASESE: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 While a 14-year old pupil in primary five in 1994, Julius Tumushabe got lured into poaching by peers and turned his back on school. On his debut day, he went out into the wilderness of the sprawling Queen Elizabeth National park in …
Read More »Botched Iron Sheets Deal Lands Karamoja Minister in Trouble
February 16, Thursday 2023 By Timothy Eodu & Edward Akaki-Karamoja A deal gone wrong between Karamoja leaders and Minister for Karamoja affairs, Hon. Mary Goretti Kitutu has landed the latter in trouble after the Internal Security Organisation-ISO arrested her Mother and brother for allegedly possessing government iron sheets meant for …
Read More »Nakapelimen FC confident of frustrating UPL side Soltilo in the round of 64 Uganda Cup fixture, Moroto
By Edward Akaki Stanbic Uganda Cup first ever match on Karamoja soil is full of expectations from the home based side Nakapelimen FC who is hoping to pull a shocker by progressing through to the round of 32.The match which is scheduled for tomorrow Saturday, 4th February,2023 4pm at …
Read More »UGANDA AMONG FIVE COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST TB TREATMENT COVERAGE-WHO
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2022 Uganda is one of the five countries with the highest level of treatment coverage for tuberculosis (TB), the World Health Organisation has confirmed in its latest report. It joins China, Bangaladesh, Brazil and Zambia in that small league of countries to have …
Read More »FOOD PRICES FALL IN PADER DISTRICT AS HARVEST PEAKS
BY KASLINE GLADYS LAKAREBER PADER: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2022 The prices of leading food crops have gone down in Pader district as harvest season peaks. Mark Ojok, a farmer based in Pagwari village Pader town council, attributed the dramatic fall of prices to dominance by middlemen and absence of farmers’ …
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