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By Chris Agwokotho Odubi The population of the gorillas  in Bwindi Impenetrable  National Park  is at a  minimum of  400 according to the current census  by the Uganda  Wild Life Authority,  International  Gorilla Conservation Program(IGCP), Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) in DRC  and RDB in Rwanda. The results …

By Julius Odeke The minister for ethics Fr. Simon Lokodo says Uganda is currently besieged with very worrying allegations of grand corruption notably, the mismanagement of funds in the Office of the Prime Minister totaling to Shs. 38.3 billion. He says the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government in 1986 inherited …

By Ronald Musoke The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) plans to retain Luganda language onto the lower secondary curriculum contrary to what sections of the Ugandan public have been saying. Early this week, officials in Buganda Kingdom were up in arms and threatened to petition Parliament should such a move …

By Joan Akello The U.S. Mission to Uganda, and the  Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)  registered  increasing tourism and wildlife conservation in the Lake Albert Region of Uganda, with the conclusion of the three-year, USAID-funded ”Sustainable Tourism in the Albertine Rift” (USAID-STAR) project. The final report was released this week at …

By Joan Akello Labour unions have observed that precarious work is taking over permanent employment especially in the private sector. Uganda Investment Authority has focused on generating new investments and creating employment through foreign, joint venture and local projects.   351,194  jobs were created from a total of  2, 226 licensed …

By Ronald Musoke Ugandans will only benefit from its oil and gas resources if the country’s Parliament comes up with a nationalistic oil and gas legal regime which is futuristic and inter-generational to ensure transparency and accountability. According to Arthur Benomugisha, the executive director of the Advocates Coalition on Development …

By Julius Odeke The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is on a working visit to Paris, France, this November to attend the 50thanniversary of the Pan African Women’s Organisation (PAWO), to be held at the UNESCO Headquarters. This is Dr Dlamini Zuma’s first official engagement to …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition party Uganda People’s Congress has described the late John Odit as a patriot who served his country whole heartedly. Okello Lucima the party spokesperson said that Odit was a man who dedicated himself to serve his country and the people and was highly respected by his …

Two people including a Makerere University student committed suicide after unclear circumstances. Kampala, Uganda |Aloysious Kasoma| Emmanuel Kagina a second year student pursuing a Bachelors of Arts in arts degree at Makerere University jumped to death from one of the tallest buildings at the campus on Sunday and died instantly upon …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Odeke | Ex-Deputy Health Minister without portfolio George Michael Mukula is to appear before court to start his defence in a case where he is accused of embezzling Shs210 million from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation account. The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala ruled that Mukula, has …