Walter Ocen, the Environmental Officer for Lira District, informed the assembly that the district alone has over 927 wetlands.
Year: 2024
Posted inEnergy
2024 global energy forum successfully held
KERUI is dedicated to providing customized and all-round solutions and developing efficient and energy-saving intelligent equipment to help customers raise their resource utilization efficiency.
Posted inWildlife News
UWA, WildAid recognise excellent journalism
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has pledged continued collaboration and recognition of excellent reporting on wildlife and conservation.
Posted inKenya News / Politics
Gachagua, impeached while hospitalised
On Thursday night, Kenyan senators voted overwhelmingly to impeach the Deputy President of Kenya Rigathi Gachagua.
Posted inNews
Major initiative to alleviate mobility poverty in Tanzania by 2026
Mobility poverty remains a pressing issue in Tanzania, where 68% of the population lives in rural areas and struggles to access basic services.
Posted inPolitics / Special Reports
Past elections and how rights were violated
Use of money, intimidation by security personnel and arrests are some of the issues that marred past elections.
Posted inCrime
Soldier extorts Alebtong family and abuses teenage members sexually
The UPDF soldier extorted a total of shs2,700,000 and valued each at shs900,000.
Posted inHealth
US pumps shs15b to Uganda’s mpox response
Before mpox funding, this year, the United States announced nearly $14 million in new humanitarian assistance to refugees and host communities.
Posted inEnergy
Developing economies move away from fossil fuels in clean energy surge
Developing countries can catch up with rich nations’ renewables deployment within five years as they move away from fossil fuels.
Posted inSecurity
EA Standby Force launches a child protection course
Uganda, Kenya and other countries have signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the Establishment of the Eastern Africa Standby Force.
Posted inCrime
Gangs arrested for attempting to rob a financially stable family
National police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke stated that on October 4, 2024, their intelligence unit from Kajansi police received information about a group of youths gangs armed with machetes.
Posted inBusiness / News
Uganda to host Global Sericulture and Silk Industry Congress in 2025
Convening the Congress in Uganda is a strategic initiative that has the potential to catalyse the growth of the region’s silk industry.