Proceeding the Extra Ordinary Summit will be the meeting of the Chief of Defence Forces, Permanent Secretaries and the Ministerial Session tomorrow of the ATMIS TCCs and Somalia due 25th and 26th April 2023 respectively.
Year: 2023
Posted inAgriculture / Karamoja
Karamoja: Amb. Julius Moto on botched valley dams, cattle and incompetent OPM
“Karamoja sub-region had 2.3 million (19.8%) cattle and the rest of Northern Uganda had 1.6 million (14.4 %) just about the exact numbers of cattle in Botswana,” Ambassador Moto said, quoting animal census of 2008 by UBOS.
Posted inSudan
Sudan conflict: US, France evacuates citizens from volatile country
Around 16,000 US citizens were registered with the embassy in Sudan, but officials said this number is likely inaccurate as US citizens are not required to register their presence in the country, nor are they required to notify the embassy if they leave.
Posted inEnvironment
Earth Day: Communities need resources for climate action
The African Coalition of Communities Responsive to Climate Change is an organisation that harnesses the voices of communities impacted by climate change so as to provide evidence-based advocacy for policy actions
Posted inUnited Kingdom
UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigns
Dominic Raab described the finding into the allegations against him as “flawed” but accepted to step down as UK’s Deputy Prime Minister.
Posted inCrime / Karamoja
UPDF captures 1 alive, recovers a gun and cattle in Kaabong district
Joint security forces headed by the UPDF remain committed in execution of their mandate and conduct of disarmament operations in order to pacify the Karamoja sub-region, he promised.
Posted inRegional / Tech News
The ‘height and depth’ of advancing internet rights to fight GBV
In Uganda, according to UN Women Global Database, 50 percent of women aged between 15-49 have or will experience IPV or GBV with the leading being lifetime physical or sexual intimate partner violence.
Posted inOyam News / WASH
16,000 households in Oyam district without latrines
In Otwal sub-county, Oyam district, 45 people have been registered with a strange disease similar to bilharzia.
Posted inAdjumani / Education
Over 160 Adjumani secondary school teachers demand salaries for two months
Richard Edema, the Principal Assistant Chief Administrative Officer of Adjumani acknowledged the plea of the teachers, saying it is in line with the guiding principles of the public standing orders.
Posted inChurch News / Crime
2 held for stealing Church’s salts, beans in Oyam town
Jimmy Anna Odoc, the Catechist of the Church believes that the recovery of the stolen items was possible with God’s intervention and collective team work from community members, bodaboda cyclists and the Police of Oyam.
Posted inCrime / Lango
Lango leaders speak out after arrest in sabotaged anti-Karamojong council meeting
Lango sub-region’s LC5 chairpersons and their speakers were meant to hold a meeting over the theft of animals by Karamojong cattle rustlers.
Posted inNews
UPC on low immunization turn up and Eid Al-Fitr
UPC would like to congratulate our Muslim brothers and sisters who are about to complete fasting the holy month of Ramadan.