Tag: Budaka

South Africa: Mother Sentenced to Life for Trafficking Her Own Daughter

A 35-year-old South African mother and two accomplices have been sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping and trafficking of her own six-year-old daughter Joshlin Smith an act that has shocked the nation and left...

Court Declines to Grant Besigye, Two Others Mandatory Bail

Court

The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has declined to grant mandatory bail to opposition leader Col (Rtd) Dr. Kizza Besigye, Hajji Obeid Lutale, and Capt. Denis Oola, citing lack of jurisdiction. Presiding magistrate Christine Nantege ruled on Wednesday...

Agriculture

BIG WEALTH: Budaka 80-Year-Old Man Makes Shs300M from Fish...

When President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni introduced the four-acre model farming strategy to create wealth in every household, some people...

National News

Gov’t Plans to Establish Animal Feed Manufacturing Plants in...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced a government plan to establish animal feed manufacturing plants in the Bukedi Subregion. He...

Education

Balaam Seeks Collective Action to Combat Teenage Pregnancies in...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) statistics indicate that 21 million girls aged between 15 and 19 years and two million girls less than 15 years become pregnant every year. About 16 million of these girls give birth each year, mostly 90% in low-income countries at 25%. Uganda has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in sub-Saharan Africa.

Crime

Security Nab Impostor Claiming to Offer State House, ISO...

Muyaki arrest serves as a stark reminder of the growing trend of individuals exploiting the desperation of job seekers in Uganda.

Business

NAADS Distributes Fingerlings, Feeds to 22 Districts to Boost...

The fingerings can stock up to 500 fish ponds at an average of 4,000 fingerings per standard fish pond of 20 meters by 50 meters.

National News

MPs Task Gov’t to Fast Track Establishment of FMD...

Members of Parliament have requested that the government expedite the establishment of a vaccine manufacturing plant for Foot and...

National News

Internal Affairs, Police, GIZ launch Program to Combat Trafficking...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs Coordination Office for Prevention of Human Trafficking (COPTIP) has partnered with German International Cooperation...

Crime