Leaders and residents in Bududa were left unhappy over an alleged diversion of water supply meant for Nabweya hill to the town council. The project is under the Bududa-Nabweya gravity flow scheme. The aim is to provide clean water to Nabweya hill, Bushiribo, Bushiyi, Bukigayi, and Bududa Town council. A meeting held by councilors accused the Ministry of Water and ...

A construction startup has made a breakthrough in supplying clean water to schools in rural areas. It uses locally available material to build big stone tanks to harvest and save rainwater. The 100,000 to 500,000-liter ‘Walugendo Model Tank’ could become the game-changer in rural schools without access to piped water. Through a three-year pilot project, UMUDRU, the company behind the ...

Solan Kolli, an Ethiopian journalist on Tuesday won the Rory Peck prize for his coverage of the Tigray region. He won in the news category for a report commissioned by Agence France-Presse on massacres of civilians. Upon granting the award, the judges noted that the conflict had been underreported. They added that Kolli’s work contextualized and addressed the political realities ...

Makerere University Business School has suspended the entry of students carrying bags into the university until further notice. Apparently, they will only allow transparent bags with books inside the university. The announcement came due to the rising terror threat after twin bombs went off; one exploding at IPS building along Parliamentary Avenue, and another at CPS in Kampala. The bombings ...

Two bomb blasts in the center of Uganda’s capital, Kampala have left at least two people dead. Along with these, many have sustained severe injuries and also lost property, including cars. A number of police officers are admitted in Mulago hospital's casualty ward where they are receiving treatment for injuries sustained after an explosion went off at the Central Police ...