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By Ronald Musoke Uganda has registered an increase in the number of people who are classified as disabled, according to Edison Ngirabakunzi, the executive director of the National Union of Disabled People of Uganda (NUDIPU). While speaking at the health journalism conference recently, Ngirabakunzi noted that after reviewing data of …

By Ronald Musoke Much as reporting on the health sector in Uganda has made progress over the last decade, there is still room for improvement, according to Michael Wakabi, The East African’s Uganda Bureau editorial head. Wakabi, a veteran journalist, was speaking to a group of health journalists during the …

By Ronald Musoke There is a steady rise in the number of Ugandans suffering from various forms of cancer, according to a cancer expert. Dr Fred Okuku who is based at the Uganda Cancer Institiute in Mulago National Referral Hospital said in the last three years alone, the number of …

By Ronald Musoke Rather than channeling more than half of the health budget into curative and rehabilitative health programmes, health experts have urged the government to increase its budget allocation for preventive health if Uganda’s disease burden is to be controlled. The experts were engaging hundreds of health journalists from …

By Ronald Musoke Judith Payne, the e-business Advisor at USAID in Washington has reminded agriculture-dependant countries like Uganda to harness the potential of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) if their farmers are to improve their livelihoods. With about 70% of Ugandans believed to derive their livelihood directly from agriculture, Payne said …

By Ronald Musoke Uganda’s Vice President, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi has urged the Ugandan youth to learn all the three stanzas of the national anthem if they are to escape embarrassment at public functions and during job interviews. Ssekandi passed on the advice while closing this year’s national youth conference in …

By Ronald Musoke A high level oil and gas conference is scheduled to take place in Arusha early next month according to information from the East African Community Secretariat. The conference will be the sixth since the region’s oil and gas profile gained international approval. Caleb Nyamajeje Weggoro, the East …

By Ronald Musoke The massacre of African elephants that have been going on in Africa for decades and have escalated to record levels over the last 30 years have been linked to religious practices on the Asian continent. This alarming rate, according to the Society for Conservation Biology—a global community …

By Ronald Musoke A new study released this month by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has noted that one third or over 30% of the food produced around the world for human consumption every year –approximately 1.3 billion tonnes—gets lost or wasted. Interestingly, food wastage and loss is …

By Ronald Musoke Multichoice, the South-Africa-based digital broadcasting company has today (Jan.23) announced that applications for the eighth season of Big Brother Africa, the continent’s biggest reality television show are now open. The winner of this year’s show stands to win up to US $ 300,000. Entries are officially open …