Tag: Lake Kyoga

FORMER ENTEBBE HOSTAGE RETURNS TO UGANDA AFTER 50 YEARS

Reflecting on the 1976 incident, President Museveni noted that although the hijacking was a tragic event, the rescue operation became a turning point in weakening the grip of former dictator Idi Amin, whose prestige and fear among the population were significantly shaken by the events that followed.

Opposition Parties Want State to Reverse Karua’s Persona Non Grata Status

National News

Michael Phillip Lulume Bayigga, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party Deputy President for Buganda region revealed that the declaration of Karua as Persona Non Grata doesn’t represent Uganda as a leading actor in the East African Community, which guarantees the East Africans the freedom of movement.

National News

Museveni Pledges to Create Special Spy Network to Curb...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate, has promised to institute an independent spy network...

Obituary

Seven Confirmed Dead After Boat Capsizes on Lake Kyoga

The territorial maritime police in Amolatar District have confirmed a tragic boat accident that claimed the lives of seven...

Agriculture

Museveni Heads to Teso Region to Boost Sustainable Fishing...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will this week meet fishing communities surrounding Lake Kyoga belt in the Teso sub-region, in...

Environment

Gov’t Commits to Establish Nine Search and Rescue Centers...

According to the study carried out by Makerere University Institute of Public Health between 2016 and 2018, approximately 70% of drowning incidents occur in lakeside districts around Uganda, with an estimated 287 cases reported and 3,500 cases reported annually.