East Africa
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Errant Boda-bodas Warned: You Will Be Banned
MASINDI – Errant Boda-bodas in Masindi District have been buffeted with warnings of the risks of flouting the presidential lockdown directives meant to slow the spread of Covid-19. Iddi Onyera, the chairman…
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Lira Vendors Protest Eviction
LIRA – Vendors in Lira City have continued to rally against their eviction from the streets. On June 17, city authorities resolved to suspend street vending because it draws crowds, which are…
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Victims of Flooding in Kwania Get Food
KWANIA – At least 757 displaced people in Nambieso Sub County in Kwania District whose houses and property were destroyed by extreme flooding last December have received relief food. Last December, over…
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Covid-19 Stirs Scramble For Lemon, Ginger
HOIMA – Lemon and ginger prices are climbing higher in Hoima as demand soars for the fruits deemed to have immunity-boosting properties against the rampaging novel Coronavirus. There have been more than…
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Gulu Opportunistic Pig Farmers Under Attack
GULU – Across northern Uganda, Marcelo Peter Okwonga is pitching a switch to a more sustainable pig farming model to get rid of the many opportunistic small holder farmers. Interviewed recently in…
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2nd Lockdown: Food Prices Double in Gulu
GULU – People in Gulu are struggling to feed their families as food prices soar, spurred largely, by the second national lockdown and ban on inter-district movement and cattle markets. Essential food…
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Cooperatives Fail The Loans Acquisition Test
NWOYA – Without assets to stake as collateral, cooperative societies in the northern district of Nwoya have failed to snap up agricultural loans available in several banks. John Bosco Odong, a member…
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Rising Layoffs Worry Nwoya Casual Workers
NWOYA – Commercial farmers in Nwoya are cautiously scaling back operations and increasing layoffs of casual labor jobs largely to cope with the grim Covid-19 restrictions on movement. The rising lay-offs of…
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Amuru Traders Stuck With Piles Of Rotting Food
AMURU – To traders in Amuru, piles of rotting food stuck on their market shelves are a sour pain inflicted by the government’s recent cross border movement restrictions of Elegu border. These…
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Farmers Launch Push To Save Bugoma Forest
KIKUUBE – The continued destruction of Bugoma Forest Reserve by Hoima Sugar Limited has stirred a heave of anger among farmers in the western district of Kikuube. Angry local communities recently launched…
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