Uganda news

The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, has said men that lure young girls into sexual acts should be arrested. According to her, they are the reason why the country registers early marriages and school drop outs among girls. She said this during the launch of a campaign dubbed ‘Protect the girl, save the nation’. This seeks to address ...

Elders and clan leaders have been strongly warned against their involvement in sexual abuse cases leaving aside the police. While sensitising the west Nile region in refugee camps, Anatoli Muleterwa, the head of community policing pointed out that although local leaders and elders are mandated to prevent crimes such as gender based violence, they are not allowed to handle capital ...

Ebola death toll in Uganda has climbed to eight after the Ministry of Health confirmed that one of their doctors has succumbed to the disease. Dr. Mohammed Ali is the first health worker to succumb to the fifth Ebola outbreak in Uganda. He also becomes the eighth person to succumb to the recent Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Uganda. He ...

Elgon zonal police have launched an investigation into circumstances surrounding six deaths over suspected food poisoning. The six deaths all happened in the past week with the last being a mother along with her two children in Namakwekwe suburb. Apparently, the father of the children also battled for his life at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. “We heard their father groaning ...

Environmental Experts have warned that if people don’t learn how to regulate solar waste, the country is heading towards environmental disaster. Generally, the experts warn that solar technologies are a great danger to the environment. Ashabrick Nantege Bamutaze, the coordinator Appropriate Technology Centre at the ministry of Water and Environment said she has realized that there are also a lot ...