A dark cloud has fallen as Hellen Baguma passes on; Pictorial Exclusive

By Prossy S Will – Updated at 0946 GMT on Monday 31st May 2021 WAKISO – David T Baguma Former Executive Director of Association of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda (AMFIU) has lost wife moments ago. Hellen Baguma, a resident on Namasuba Hill who hails from Ntungamo has passed on while being taken to Doctors’ Hospital…

Experts Warn M7 on returning nation to Lockdown

By Prossy S Will – updated at 1843 GMT on Sunday, 30th May 21 KAMPALA – Experts have advised Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta T Museveni on returning the country to a lock down amidst fear within citizens. Museveni on Sunday night while addressing the nation said he will be returning this week to the airwaves…

Skin-to-Skin Contact Could Boost Survival of Premature Babies

By Robert Preid Sunday, 30th May 2021 – In a finding that demonstrates the power of a mother’s touch, new research shows that immediate and continuous skin-to-skin contact with mom reduces the risk of death for low-weight newborns in poorer nations. “The idea of giving skin-to-skin contact immediately after delivery to very small, unstable babies…

Profiling Ugandan Politician Betty Amongi

By E K Benj updated at 1335 GMT on Saturday 29th May 21 KAMPALA-HICGI News Agency today profiles Betty Amongi Akena, (née Betty Amongi Ongom), but commonly known as Betty Amongi, a Ugandan politician. Until recent cabinet end of tenure, she has been Cabinet Minister of Kampala Capital City in the Cabinet of Uganda effective 14 December 2019….

NEMA, Hoima Sugar and UG Govt sued for Destroying Bugoma Forest

Robert Turyakira has asked Uganda High Court to stand with Ugandans in saving Bugoma Forest. Robert Turyakira is an environmental and climate activist. He is the Deputy Executive Director of the Environment Shield, a CSO based in Uganda involved in environmental litigation advocacy for environmental Justice. Robert is a member of the Climate Action Network…

Lukwago, City Councillors set for swearing in Ceremony

HAPPENING NOW: Updated at 1228GMT on Wednesday 26th May 21 By E K Benj KAMPALA – Swearing in ceremony for the Kampala City Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago elect and Local Council IV (Authority Councillors) at the City Hall. In a Facebook post earlier , Lukwago says “ This is the day the Lord has chosen…