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Agriculture is the domestication practice of crop and animal husbandry at household level. Globally 80% of the rural households derive their livelihoods entirely from subsistence animal and crop agriculture. Suffice to note that in Uganda agriculture is key sector that has for centuries been the biggest contributor to the economy by 70% and 90% of the households in Busoga are rural agriculture-based households. Rural agriculture economics must be addressed with great concern because it has a direct impact on rural households which are close to the environment and play a crucial role in climate change a factor for sustainable development.…
According to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, the word “scourge” is what causes suffering or trouble. The assumption in this topic is that environmental illiteracy is causing suffering and trouble not only to the peoples and communities of Uganda but also to the country as a whole. Before I delve further into this topic, let me introduce you to the term literacy. When one mentions literacy in Uganda, the general perception evoked is that one wants to know how many people can read and write. The Other day the Government of Uganda was boasting that the literacy rate in the…
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), once Uganda’s strongest opposition party, is currently facing a bitter split that threatens its unity and relevance in the country’s political landscape. As the party expected to reinvent itself after the departure of its prominent leader, Dr. Kizza Besigye, it finds itself trapped in a complex situation with two factions vying for control. The recent chaos was sparked by the party’s grassroots elections, leading to a clash between party leaders and causing deep divisions within the FDC. The chaos within the FDC began with the party’s grassroots elections. Claims emerged that a faction led…
More than 89,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the nine districts of Karamoja are in dire need of immediate assistance due to severe malnutrition. This distressing revelation comes from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, an internationally recognized standard for assessing food security and nutrition. The analysis indicates that all nine districts of Karamoja namely; Kotido, Kaabong, Karenga, Nabilatuk, Abim, Moroto, Napak, Amudat, and Nakapiripirit, have been classified as IPC Phase 3. This classification signifies a crisis level of food insecurity, leading to a surge in malnutrition rates. This…
Is masturbation a method of Family Planning (FP)?” asked a student in a gathering of school stakeholders organized by Busoga Health Forum and Makerere School of Public Health. Startled but keeping her composure, the FP service provider answered no to the student’s question, and went ahead to counter similar myths, providing information on the different FP methods, including those that could be used by adolescent boys to prevent unwanted pregnancy. From this, it was evident that schools could benefit tremendously from a comprehensive sexuality education, including education about FP. The 2018 National Sexuality Education Framework in Uganda aims at fostering…
The construction of a Shs16b three-star hotel at the Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institutes (UHTTI) in Jinja district is nearing completion, Eng. Michael Pande, the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) lead engineer, has said. CEDP is a World Bank funded project that is mandated to deliver projects and supplies on behalf of government. Among the Ministry of Tourism projects that CEDP is working on include UHTTI, Uganda Wildlife Research Training Institute (UWRTI) in Kasese and a national museum, among others. “The UHTTI project is being handled by ROKO Construction Limited and it will be delivered by December. It…
NATIONAL: The construction of a Shs16b four-star hotel at the Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (UHTTI) in Jinja district is nearing completion, Eng. Michael Pande, the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) lead engineer, has said. CEDP is a World Bank funded project that is mandated to deliver projects and supplies on behalf of government. Among the Ministry of Tourism projects that CEDP is working on include UHTTI, Uganda Wildlife Research Training Institute (UWRTI) in Kasese and a national museum, among others. “The UHTTI project is being handled by ROKO Construction Limited and it will be delivered by December.…
Headship of a school is a crucial matter in the education sector. It is a sensitive matter where capability of the successful candidate must be considered since the head of centre is the accounting officer who over sees the running of the school activities. For schools with big population, the responsibility is most likely to be doubled and a sober intelligent competent individual with a good track record is preferred. In any government school, the founding body, the board of governors, the parents, leaders, association has a say in who the ministry has to post. Other stakeholders like teachers, parents…
Younger Busoga: Busoga, with a population of above four million about 10% of Uganda’s total population, majority of whom are below 31 years, is faced with high poverty levels mainly due to low house hold incomes. That situation is despite the natural endowment of good climate and vast expanses of good arable land all surrounded by big water sources: Rivers Nile, Mpologoma and Lakes Kyoga, Victoria among others. Going by the belief of taking an advantage from every misfortune one has, this semi-illiterate youthful force can be turned into a good productive labour resource if guided into sustainable profitable and…
Uganda is a sugar surplus producer, with local consumption currently at about 400,000 tonnes. Over the last 10 years, the industry has been expanding production by nearly 15% per annum on average, culminating into production of 622,243 tonnes of sugar in 2021, and anticipated production for 2022 in excess of 770,000 tonnes. As of 2021, 34 licenses had been issued by the government for sugar production, with the majority concentrated in Busoga region, eastern Uganda. Most of these mills rely on outgrower farmers to supply sugarcane, rather than on planted nucleus estates. This has led to instability in the sector,…