How far can we go to save our fragile ecosystems?

Updated at 10:00 EAT on Friday 8th July 2022. Growing up in Kosim village, Atoot sub-county  in Ngora district was fun. Blessed with a serene environment and a beautiful atmosphere, Kosim was a place to live. Even with the majority of the residents living in grass-thatched houses, nearly all households had access to basic needs…

China locks down again over fresh COVID-19 outbreak.

Updated at 0951 EAT on Friday 8th July 2022 Tens of millions of people were under lockdown across China on Wednesday and businesses in a major tourist city were forced to close as fresh COVID-19 clusters sparked fears of wider restrictions. Chinese health authorities have reported more than 300 infections in the historic northern city…

Scattered’ MPs demand for offices under one roof

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0940 EAT on Friday 7th July 2022. The speaker of parliament Anita Among has tasked the attorney general to expeditiously process the acquisition of offices for MPs under one roof, because the legislators are ‘scattered’ in different buildings and parliament is spending colossal sums of money on rent. Among…

Uganda now middle income country, govt insists.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2323 EAT on Thursday 7th July 202 The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) insists that Uganda has entered into the threshold for lower-middle-income status based on its own statistical data computations, despite a divergent view by the World Bank. In a statement released Wednesday, the government statistical body indicates that…

4 students of Lyantonde SS arrested over attempts to burn school.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2218 EAT on Thursday 7th July 2022. Police are holding four students of Lyantonde senior secondary school in Kaliiro sub-county, Lyantonde district on accusations of attempting to torch their own school.  The suspects, all senior four candidates, were arrested following a fire outbreak at the administration block on Wednesday…

US jobless claims rose last week to highest since January.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2105 EAT on Thursday 7th July 2022. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up 4,000 from the previous week, US data shows. More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that…

How Soroti guard shot wife dead at workplace.

Updated by Kafeero Twaha The injured guard is wheeled from Soroti hospital in preparation for his referral to Mbale hospital. The suspect a resident of Bululu sub county Kalaki district reportedly trailed his wife to the bank shot her dead before fleeing the scene on a motorcycle. Grief engulfed people in Soroti city yesterday after…

Israel asks Saudis to let Mecca pilgrims fly in from Tel Aviv.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1859 EAT on Thursday 7th July 2022. Israeli official asks Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel Aviv for Muslim pilgrims ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the kingdom Isreal’s rgional cooperation minister says that he has asked Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel…