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From Farm to Fortune: Two African Agri-Firms win first-ever UN-Bayer loans to fight hunger

Uganda, April 24 -- For Iganachi Razaki Omia, the math was simple and brutal. In war-scarred Northern Uganda, a tomato left in the sun for two days is a tomato lost. For the 90,000 smallholders his co... Read More


'We love children but not enough to have them'

Uganda, April 24 -- Sabrina Agasha, 35, journalist The desire simply is not there I did not grow up knowing I did not want children. For a long time, I assumed I would follow the script; marriage, c... Read More


Teachers stuck in debt trap

Uganda, April 24 -- Today's economic hardship is real, with many Ugandans, especially teachers, feeling the pinch. The burden of debt is palpable, and it is affecting the quality of education. Wi... Read More


Four arrested over murder of Mukono doctor

Uganda, April 24 -- Police in Mukono District have arrested four suspects in connection with the brutal killing of a radiography specialist. Peter Mubiru who was attached to Happy Doctors Hospital in... Read More


Nansana widow, 84, cries foul after home demolished for road expansion without compensation

Uganda, April 24 -- Ms Regina Nampiima, a resident of Wamala Mukataba village in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District whose rental buildings were razed down during the enforcement of the new trade or... Read More


Murdered Entebbe couple's children given burial rights

Uganda, April 24 -- The Family Division of the High Court has ruled that the biological children of an Entebbe couple who were murdered last year at their residence in Nakiwoogo, Entebbe have the fina... Read More


Ggaba daycare killings: Okello cites distress, denies intent to kill four toddlers

Uganda, April 24 -- BY JULIET KIGONGO & ANTHONY WESAKA  Christopher Okello Onyum, the man accused of killing four toddlers at a Ggaba daycare centre, has begun his defence by denying intent and ... Read More


Govt halts enforcement of trade order

Uganda, April 24 -- The Minister of state for trade, industry and cooperatives (industry), Mr David Bahati on Friday told Parliament that the government had suspended the enforcement of trade order ac... Read More


Man, 46, sent for trial over neighbour's murder in land dispute

Uganda, April 24 -- Ntungamo Magistrate's court has sent a 46-year-old man to the High Court for trial over the murder of his neighbor following a land row.Alex Kwatirayo is accused of hacking Robert ... Read More


Stop turning mosques into personal Sacco's- Mufti Mubajje warns Muslim leaders

Uganda, April 24 -- The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, has cautioned Muslim leaders in West Nile against registering mosques for personal gain, including ownership of Saccos.  Sp... Read More