Agriculture has always been deeply dependent on the weather. Farmers need a steady mixture of sun, warmth, and rain in order to reliably produce the food that all of humanity depends on for survival. Now, these once predictable growing cycles are at risk from climate change. Smallholders farmers are on the front lines. About 80 percent of the world’s food ...

Local singer Eric Opoka also know as Eezzy of the “Tumbiza Sound” fame has accused the Ministry of Health of failing to fulfill their promise of paying for the remix to his popular song “Tumbiza Sound.” Eezzy says the ministry of health officials asked him to withdraw the song and issue a remix that was less contentious than the original. ...

The Bishop for the Evangelical Orthodox Church (EOC) in Uganda, Jacinto Kibuuka has described as barbaric, the continued acts of brutality meted by security agencies towards Ugandans. The military police on Wednesday assaulted journalists who had gone to cover Robert Kyagulanyi’s petition to the United Nations Human Rights body in Kololo. A number of them sustained severe injuries from the ...

When a few homes and businesses go dark for several hours due to power blackouts, usually people run to the UMEME social media pages to vent their frustrations. What they forget is the fact that the power distributor, Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) is most times responsible. These blackouts have also exposed the fact that UETCL isn’t doing anything ...

Police have arrested an NRM official in Jinja yesterday for allegedly stealing money meant to pay agents of President Museveni in last month’s elections. Norah Bamutaze, a staff at the office of the National Chairman (ONC) is currently detained at Nalufenya Police station. to answer charges of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds. According to a reliable source in ...