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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU MOUNT KEI: FRIDAY, Jun 24, 2022 This story was produced with support from the Rainforest Journalism Fund in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. A rough, dusty road from Yumbe town in West Nile sub-region of Uganda passes through Mount Kei national forest reserve (formally known as Mount …

BY LAWRENCE OKWAKOL BUKEDEA: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has given sh640m support to 128 groups from the three sub counties of Kamutur, Aminit and Kolir in Bukedea district. Zipporah Akol, the political assistant to Rt Hon Among, who is also the woman member of …

BY CHRIS JAMES WOO OYAM: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022 Oyam district in northern Uganda is eyeing a 40% increment in vegetable production through promotion of smallholder irrigation farming. However the district is placing its faith in the German Development Agency, GIZ to help it realize that vision. Last week it …

BY FEDERICK DRAMADRI ARUA: THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2022 Dr Ronald McGill confirmed that despite Uganda having 11 regional cities without plans, available funds could only allow them to prioritize four cities of which Arua city is the first one to get a physical development plan. The others to get their …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022 Barirega Akankwasah, the Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority has said that the Tilenga Bio-diversity protection and conservation program would leave the Murchison Falls National Park in a better state. Calling it “a pilot on biodiversity offset” project in Uganda’s …

BY LAWRENCE OKWAKOL BUTEBO: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022 Dr Monica Musenero, the minister of science, innovations and technology has been applauded by the youth in Butebo district for helping them to understand the pillars of the parish development model (PDM) program. In fourth sensitization training held at St Paul SS Petete, …

ARUA: MONDAY, JUNE 06, 2022 Acting Arua Resident district commissioner, Ham Ezama Muzamil, has exhorted defaulters of the Presidential Initiative on wealth and job creation known as Emyooga to pay back their loans and prepare progress reports. Muzamil who is also the regional coordinator of Emyooga for West Nile said …

  BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 01, 2022 Ezama Ham Muzamil, the embattled Arua deputy resident district commissioner, has opened up on the eviction of his property from shop No.2 on Plot 12, Avenue road in Arua City, saying that at the centre of their squabble was a verbal …

BY DANIEL BWAMBALE KAMPALA: TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2022 At the height of the Cold War -1965 to 1975- TAZARA, a proposed 1,860 kilometers (km) railway from Dar-se-Salaam to Zambia was mooted. Zambia, a landlocked country was so desperate to export its copper outside the links through Apartheid South Africa. Presidents …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2022 Dr Charles Niwagaba, Makere University’s second-best scientist and Uganda’s overall third is not new to winning awards and recognition. From a village in Kabale, Western Uganda, his rise through the academic ranks has been glittery. He joined Kigezi College Butobere in 1989 …