Jonathan Kamoga
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Ending sexual violence against children
When Jane Akiiki (not real names) lost both parents in a motor accident, her life was shattered. She was only five years old but was forced to drop out of school and was sent to stay with a poor grandmother who barely provided enough to eat. Then an alcoholic uncle eventually raped her. Deep into Kibiito village, Kibiito subcountry in Kabarole district about 8 kilometres from Fort Portal town,… → Read More
Many children are being violated
Assessing the current situation of Uganda’s violence against children en route to formulation of effective national action plan Esther Chandiru pulls her dirty green apron to wipe off sweat her face after serving a cup of tea to a customer. She looks way older than her 18-year-old self and indeed she has to, considering the way the world has treated her since she was five. Every morning, she… → Read More
How movies can promote Uganda
A 22-year-old Colleb Mwine has just returned from China after a short course in the Chinese language, but his short stay in the Asian country filled him with surprise following different encounters with natives that did not know about the existence of a country called Uganda. On his numerous introductions as a Ugandan to the Chinese, they would proceed to pull out a phone to google about Uganda… → Read More
Uganda comes 5th at ITB Berlin Tourism expo
Out of 800 participants from the African continent, Uganda was yesterday voted as 5th best exhibitor in the African Category at the ITB Berlin travel expo 2018 - a spot it held last year in the Germany capital of Berlin. The ITB Berlin expo is one of the world’s four major international tourism expos and one of the most important to Uganda’s tourism sector given that Germany, the host country,… → Read More
East African lions dying of poisoning
Inside East Africa’s largest national park, Ruaha in Tanzania, stands a group of conservationists with six carcasses of dead lions before them. Beside the lions is another carcass of a cow, which they seem to have been eating before they met their death. The Ruaha Carnivore Project (RCP), an organization working with communities living near the park to promote co-existence, said in a statement… → Read More
Tourism to earn Shs 10 trillion by 2020
Uganda’s tourism sector, which has emerged as the country’s leading foreign exchange earner for three consecutive years, is expected to rake in a record Shs 9.4 trillion each year by 2020. Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) executive director, Stephen Asiimwe, told a press conference today in Kampala that the emergence of tourism as the country’s top foreign exchange earner has prompted the government… → Read More
Rotary targets to Shs 122bn at E.Africa project fair
Rotary clubs from District 2911 (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania) yesterday started their first ever projects fair where they will showcase to potential funders projects they intend to work on this year.The East Africa Rotary Projects Fairs 2018, according to district governor Steven Mwanje, “is an event where clubs come together to display their works and also showcase what they plan to do in… → Read More
How about a cultural dance treat?
Female traditional dancers While children grow up watching television and getting exposed to foreign dances, there seems to be little being done to promote our cultural dances. Traditionally, tribes danced to show affection, entertainment, military might and for education among others, but today, it is rare to come across these dances unless there is a big ceremony. → Read More
Oil roads: Unra has two years to deliver 600km
As Uganda pushes to have its first drop of oil out by 2020, the Ugandan National Roads Authority (Unra) is under pressure to deliver 10 critical roads within the oil region measuring 600km within two years. Cabinet in December last year directed Unra to have the roads in place to facilitate transportation of construction materials by the oil companies and to Kabaale International Airport. The… → Read More
Doctors strike: Mothers to give birth in the open
The medical workers’ strike, which started yesterday immediately affected hundreds of patients in government hospitals with many either going unattended to or sent away by staff. Uganda Medical Association members are protesting low salaries and shortages of essential supplies like gloves. An entry-level doctor earns about Shs 1.1 million while a senior doctor earns Shs 3.4 million. The group… → Read More
For poor people, justice is denied or delayed, says report
Corruption and poverty, according to a new report, are the leading reasons why thousands of Ugandans languish in prison having failed to get timely justice in courts of law. The findings are contained in “State of access to justice 2017,” a new report launched on October 19 at Hotel Africana in Kampala. The report noted that seven million Ugandans are trapped in chronic poverty, a situation… → Read More
Race for FDC top job resumes
The five-man presidential race for the Forum for Democratic Change , Uganda’s biggest opposition party, has resumed after a weeklong break. Candidates are traversing different parts of the country in search of votes while at the same time spreading the gospel against a draft legislation proposing the lifting of the constitutional presidential age limits. The candidates, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu,… → Read More
Subsistence farming tops local sources of income
At least 43 per cent of the households in Uganda reported subsistence farming as their major source of income, the 2016/17 household survey has shown. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics survey also found that one in every four households said wage employment was their main source of income. Meanwhile, one in every five households said their income was in non-agricultural enterprises. “Household… → Read More
Adero’s heart pounds for women empowerment
Christine Adero Christine Adero’s career path seemed to take the wrong direction when she became a model after graduating with a bachelor of Social Sciences from Makerere University in 2013. From 2010 to 2016, she worked with Joram Model Management, until Girl Child Network Uganda gave her the opportunity she relishes. She says she offered herself to voluntary work, and would be at office like… → Read More
Age limit: Police arrests scatter opposition plans
Random arrests of opposition politicians and a show of military strength in Kampala dominated much of yesterday as a tension-packed parliament waited but did not to receive a motion for the deletion of article 102 of the Constitution, which caps the lower and upper age for presidential candidates at 35 to 75 years. Outside parliament, police scoured all corners of Kampala and Wakiso districts… → Read More
Museveni warns greedy judges over land compensation fees
President Museveni has promised to investigate and punish judicial officers and civil servants who connive with landowners to defraud government over compensation of land for infrastructural projects. Speaking while commissioning the Fort Portal-Kamwenge road yesterday, Museveni said some greedy civil servants cause financial loss to government when they work with landowners and approve abnormal… → Read More
Clergy asked to spearhead NGO-initiated national dialogue process
As civil society and government lay out plans to have an inclusive national dialogue before October next year, religious leaders have been asked to embrace, promote and participate in the process to ensure it is a success. During the Ankole region national dialogue consultation meeting held Wednesday at Oxford Inn hotel in Mbarara, more than 100 leaders from all religious denominations were told… → Read More
Uganda loses Shs 122bn annually to cyber attacks, says report
As internet penetration in Uganda rises, so does the rate of cybercrime. A new report has put the country’s annual monetary loss through the vice at Shs 122 billion. Cybercrime is any form of misconduct committed on the internet or computers with a main aim of defrauding or stealing from users. According to the new Africa cyber security report 2016, the increase in the cost of cybercrime in the… → Read More
Construction of Uganda’s oil pipeline flagged off in Tanzania
President Yoweri Museveni together with his Tanzanian counterpart, John Pombe Magufuli, have today, Saturday laid a foundation stone to kickstart the construction of Uganda's crude oil pipeline. The $3.55 billion 1,445km crude oil pipeline believed to be the world's longest, will run from Hoima in Uganda to Tanga in Tanzania. At the commissioning event in Tanga, Tanzania, Museveni said that the… → Read More
The youth should lead FDC, says Byamugisha
Moses Byamugisha As the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) prepares to elect new leadership later this year, one of the candidates vying for the top seat, MOSES BYAMUGISHA, believes the time has come for the youth to take up the top leadership mantle of Uganda's biggest opposition party. He told Jonathan Kamoga that his candidature represents the progress of the youth movement within the party.… → Read More