By Tony Achidria, Senior Environment Awareness Officer, NEMA Adjumani, West Nile, as Uganda answers the global call for climate action, the nation prepares to host one of its most significant…
By Christine Keehe Long before satellites tracked weather systems and mobile phones delivered seasonal forecasts, Uganda’s first climate experts lived among the people. They were elders seated beneath sprawling fig…
By James Ongora, Economist and Head of Policy Advocacy, Steel and Tube Industries Ltd For decades, heavy manufacturing has been viewed as a zero-sum game with the environment. The conventional…
By Gilbert Kibekityo, Research and Policy Analyst, Uganda Manufacturers Association In the 1950s, plastic emerged as one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. Light, durable, affordable and versatile, it quickly replaced…
By Ssenkayi Marvin Ezra It is a Tuesday morning on Entebbe Road, and the queue at the fuelling station snakes onto the tarmac. On the roadside, a digital display ticks…
By Ssenkayi Marvin Ezra Across many communities in Uganda, environmental degradation, plastic pollution, poor waste management, deforestation, and inadequate access to sustainable construction materials continue to threaten livelihoods and the…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has delivered a stern warning to leaders and citizens during the State of the Nation Address 2026 at Kololo Independence Grounds, insisting that Uganda’s transformation depends…
By Caroline Parliament’s Committee on Appointments has vetted 42 of the 81 individuals nominated by President Yoweri Museveni for Cabinet and State Minister positions, with several nominees using the exercise…
By Caroline The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has officially launched the National Budget Month for the Financial Year 2026/27, marking the beginning of a nationwide campaign aimed…
As Uganda develops, doctors are warning that hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease are increasingly becoming diseases of ordinary people living ordinary lives. Heart diseases are not sparing the young, too;…
