Author: Robert Atuhairwe

A tree planting drive along the paved Kigumba-Kyenjojo road meant to conserve the environment and enhance beauty has started. It is being implemented under the Green Right of Way (GROW) programme which is funded by Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). Under this partnership, Bunyoro Think Tank with support from UNRA and Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, will plant 40,000 trees along the 200 kilometres road reserve. The programme which was launched on Saturday at Mparo Royal Tombs in Hoima City, follows months of engagements between Bunyoro Think Tank and UNRA. The arrangement is that Bunyoro Think Tank will be mobilising communities to participate…

Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom has cancelled this year’s Empango-coronation anniversary celebrations citing Omukama Solomon Gafabusa Iguru’s ill health, sources have said. Always marked on June 11, empango is a ritual the Omukama performs as he is enthroned. Iguru first performed these rituals on June 11, 1994 when the kingdom was restored by the current government and since then it has become an annual event. It attracts thousands of subjects from the eight districts of Hoima, Masindi, Kibaale, Kakumiro, Kiryandongo, Buliisa, Kikuube and Kagadi, which constitute the kingdom to attend the function and listen to their king. Various troupes play out-drama, poetry and…

The state minister for lands Sam Mayanja on Thursday rushed to Kabwoya sub-county in Kikuube district after allegations that security tortured and harassed more than 20,000 encroachers who were evicted from the land claimed by Hoima Sugar Limited. The land was offered by Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom in 2016 for 99 years at sh3.9b to cultivate sugar. The allocation which was first contested by the National Forestry Authority (NFA) and ecologists claiming it is part of Bugoma central forest reserve, was given to Hoima Sugar in the 2019 Masindi High court ruling. Subsequently, the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) cleared Hoima sugar…

Hoima Sugar Limited continues to be on the spot for ignoring conditions in the Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report during the clearance of trees to pave way for Sugarcane growing in the land, which ecologists allege is part of Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district. Conservationists cite lack of adequate enforcement on the side of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) and weak rules as the reason the sugar firm is getting away with such an offence. The ESIA report was meant to ensure the sugar firm addresses potential environmental and social impacts aimed at developing suitable mitigation…

Ronald Aheebwa (not real name) recently secured a contract to supply 80 chickens per week for a 10-month period to feed oil workers in Uganda’s Albertine Graben. However, with only 400 chickens and lacking the resources to expand his business to meet his contractual obligations, he had to forego the opportunity. This situation highlights the challenges faced by many small business owners in the oil-rich Bunyoro sub-region who aspire to participate in the oil and gas industry but lack the necessary capacity to supply goods and services in this capital-intensive sector. One major obstacle for these entrepreneurs is the high…

Livestock farmers in Tonya parish, Buseruka sub-county, Hoima district are counting losses following an outbreak of a strange plague that is killing goats. The infected goats are developing diarrhoea before they become weak and die. Sam Isingoma, an area resident, said he has lost over 90 goats to the strange disease. He says he has lost sh13.5m from 90 goats in case each goat is sold at sh150,000. He suspects that the goats could be dyeing for eating fall armyworms in pasture. Hoima is among the districts that have been hit by the fall army war. The affected areas are…

Ronald Aheebwa (not real name), was recently awarded a contract to supply 80 chickens per week for a period of 10 months to feed oil workers. But because he had only 400 chickens, and did not have resources to expand his business to be able to meet his contractual obligations, he gave up the opportunity. With no plan in place for expanding his business capacity as Uganda embarks on the development phase to extract its 6.5 billion barrels of oil in place, Aheebwa is frustrated. And he is not alone. Many small business people like him in the oil-rich Bunyoro…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…