Brenda Alezuyo with her 3-month baby and Rukia Lekuru at Kubala trading center on Sunday BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI TEREGO: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024 When Brenda Alezuyo, a teenage mother went into labour three months ago, she worried about the long distance to Omugo HCIV. More terrifying was …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI TEREGO: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024 The construction works to upgrade Uriama Health Center to a grade three health center has hit 85% and is on course to be finished on time. This is a sh1.4b infrastructure project funded under the Covid-19 preparedness program of …
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BY ANDREW COHEN AMVESI ARUA: NOVEMBER 25, 2024 Organic mulching is a practice often overlooked by farmers who are still stuck in traditional agriculture. However, for Kefa Ondoma, 47, a banana farmer in Arua district, mulching has helped him …
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BY DRAMADRI FEDERICK ARUA: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024 The National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), has commenced research into developing new suitable varieties and technologies applicable for rice farming to reverse the effects of climate change due to …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Thursday, November 14, 2024 Human trafficking used to be a crime heard of from faraway countries, but now it has come closer to home raising alarm among the leaders in the Arua district and Arua City. The leaders who are involved in human rights protection called …
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Prophetess Grace Ayikoru at FAVOUR Revival Church in Arua DistrictBY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024 It was a moving message during a deliverance session at the Odia based revival church in Arua district on Wednesday to assuage many heartbroken couples seeking emotional and spiritual support. Prophetess Grace Ayikoru …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024 The Uganda National Academy of Science (UNAS), an independent, non-profit and nonpolitical organization that prides in advancing academic excellence and societal transformation through evidence-based research and policy formulation has received a boost of new breed of scientists whom it has enrolled into …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU KAMPALA: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2024 At a slummy suburb of Uganda’s Capital City, Kampala, Dr Charles Niwagaba, an associate professor of civil engineering at Makerere university is spearheading research basing on human urine as a source for cheap fertilizer. It is hoped that this could bring a …
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BY DOREEN BAZIO ADJUMANI: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2024 In West Nile, a sub-region of Uganda that is prone to drought and adverse vagaries of weather, the food security situation is worsened by the hosting of a large number of refugees in the country. Many households receive only 30% of food …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND DRAMADRI FEDERICK ARUA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2024 For the second time during routine inspections, Hon Mario Obiga Kania, the State Minister for Lands in-charge of Urban Development has extended the deadline for completion of the two bridges on Enyau River in Arua district and Arua City. …
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