The government of Uganda, with support from the World Bank, has launched the GROW project, financed by a grant from the World Bank worth USD 217 million, to boost women enterprises.

A group of protesters were intercepted by the police as they attempted to make their way to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to deliver a petition over the delayed compensation of the Project Affected Persons (PAPs).

Celebrating the kindness of humanitarian workers is not enough; in Uganda and beyond, they should be protected, respected, and funded adequately when in the course of their work.

Police in Albetong are investigating circumstances under which a nursing officer was caught with stolen government drugs in his drug shop.

The government currently holds over 60% of the land in Kasese district, with the three tribes of Bakonjo, Basongora, and Banyabindi squeezed into a corridor to share the remaining portion.

Ssali, together with MPs Michael Mawanda Maranga, Wamakuyu, Akamba, Lawyer Julius Kirya Taitankonko, and Leonard Kavundira, a trade official, are accused of allegedly diverting around Ugx 3.4 billion meant for war loss compensation to Buyaka Growers Cooperative Society.

The policy reversal is aimed at allowing farmers to purchase vaccines directly, which will help them resume their commercial activities more quickly.

The history of cooperatives can be traced back to colonial times in 1913, when peasants came together to oppose the exploitative terms of trade imposed on them by Asian traders through organized local middlemen.