By Chris Mugasha MBARARA: Preparations are in high gear at Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MBAZARDI) in Mbarara city as the institution prepares to host this year’s National World Food Day celebrations. The celebrations are slated to take place on 16th October 2026 at the Institute in Mbarara under the theme; “Innovate Today,…
By Chris Mugasha It has been difficult to find the right words to describe the loss of Dr. Stephen Asiimwe. But let me borrow from Tooro’s recently trending expression: “Amate gatikire!” — the milk has poured away. If you were a close friend of Asiimwe, you will agree with me that the cream is gone,…
By Chris Mugasha Climate Change Is No Longer a Distant Threat The ongoing prolonged dry season should serve as a warning bell to all of us. Climate change is no longer a distant threat that only affects other countries or future generations. Its consequences are already being felt across the world—in Europe, Africa and here…
By Chris Mugasha MBARARA, Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni has called on church leaders and Christians to take a leading role in protecting Uganda’s environment, warning that the destruction of wetlands and water catchment areas is threatening water security and sustainable development. President Museveni urged the church leaders to educate people why God created things like;…
By Chris Mugasha KAMPALA, Uganda — Minister for Water and Environment Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has praised the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) as proof that government institutions can perform effectively, while pledging government support for the utility’s ambitious plan to improve water supply in 50 towns across Uganda. “NWSC is proof that state institutions…
By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Presidential Affairs committee have commended President Yoweri Museveni for supporting the idea of adding value to bananas by setting up the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID). “There some people who are asking whether this banana factory under PIBID has added any value on…
By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: Bushenyi District has been named among the districts with many cases of children living with different categories of disabilities. According to an official from the Equal Opportunities Commission, Bushenyi has got almost the biggest cases in the Western region. Nicholas Natuha, the Bushenyi district education officer in-charge of special needs…
By Chris Mugasha KAMPALA: Authorities of National Water and Sewarage Corporation (NWSC) have disclosed a plan to end the persistent water shortages in parts of the Greater Kampala. According to the authorities by August 2027 when the major upgrades to the water distribution network are completed, the water shortages will be history. The NWSC managing…
By Hillary Keingana KAPCHORWA/KAMPALA: Twenty-one people, most of them pupils, were killed and 70 others injured on Wednesday evening after a school bus lost control and overturned in Chekwatit village, Kapchorwa District. The accident happened at about 7:40pm along the road in Kimawa Parish, Kawowo Sub County, according to police report from Kapchorwa Police Station…
By Hillary Keingana SHEEMA; There is panic across Sheema District and in the neighboring districts following the death of five people who are alleged to have consumed meat from a cow suspected to have been infected with anthrax. The district authorities have also confirmed that several other people have been hospitalized. The most affected cell…