Author: Robert Atuhairwe

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) has launched the Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH), a new mechanism to improve how data and evidence are leveraged to successfully identify and reach the millions of children who have not yet received a single routine vaccine shot – “zero-dose” children – and the missed communities in which they live. The goal of the ZDLH collaboration is to supplement existing and ongoing monitoring efforts by building deeper understanding and sharing learning on the complex array of factors that impact efforts to reach zero-dose children, particularly in lower-income Gavi implementing countries. Funded and coordinated by Gavi, ZDLH…

Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom is today celebrating 100 years since the death of Omukama Chwa II Kabaleega. Kabaleega died on April 6, 1923 on his way back home. He was returning from Seychelles Island where he was held by the British colonialists for 23 years. The main function is being held at Buyanja Secondary School, Kibaale Town Council in Kibaale district. The day is being celebrated with a book written by Isaac Kalembe Akiiki who is also the Omutalindwa (Speaker) of Rukurato (Parliament) of the kingdom about Kabaleega’s successes and challenges during his 28-year reign over Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom.

The ministry of water and environment has started setting up boundary pillars on Wambabya riverbanks in Hoima City to demarcate the original area of the river to stop encroachment. Wambabya, is an ecological sensitive asset to the locals since among other functions, it powers the nine megawatts Kabalega hydro power plant in Buseruka sub-county in Hoima district. The Albertine Journal has leant that the demarcation exercise which kicked off on Monday, with no specific date for its completion, might take four weeks. The exercise starts from the river source in Kihomboza Cell in Hoima City-West Division up to Lake Albert. Gilbert…

Bank of Uganda held a stakeholders engagement in Hoima City on March 22-23 to raise awareness on their mandate, policy actions and accountability to the public for its policies. They received feedback from the community and sensitised them on financial literacy so that they can manage their money better. The two meetings at Kolping and HB Hotels were punctuated by suggestions of strategies to stir financial inclusion to boost economic growth and recovery. Residents were urged to embrace digital money transfer given the benefits and them being readily available across the whole country. The meeting also discussed issues such as…

Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom has expressed surprise at the continued British hesitance to return priceless artefacts taken from the kingdom by colonial officials. One of the artefacts was a nine-legged wooden throne known as Nyamyaro, a traditional treasure and symbol of royal authority which was snatched from the palace. All kings including the legendary Omukama Cwa II Kabaleega sat on the stool to proclaim the assumption of power. According to the Bunyoro folklore, Nyamyaro was sacred as it is still today that it could never be left unattended to at any one time. At least two of the king’s wives stayed with…

Police in Hoima are hunting for Justus Mukiibi a teacher at Premier Secondary School in Hoima City for allegedly assaulting a senior two student because of conversing during an academic test. The rowdy teacher assaulted a sixteen-year-old, Joan Nyangoma on the evening of March 17, as they were writing an entrepreneurship test. Sources allege that the teacher who was supervising the learners asked them to stand up and handover the papers since time was up. While in the line as learners were placing the papers on the table, a colleague asked Nyangoma to help her hand in her paper but…

The occupants of the former Nguse Ranchers land had expected peace after the compensation of the landlords two years ago. But last week’s events in which police and security forces dismantled makeshift structures erected by fresh wave of encroachers, is an indication that peace and tranquility for the residents is still a distant dream. The land on Plot 86 block 2 measuring almost 866 hectares formed what was known as the Nguse Ranchers Limited in Nsozi village, Kyangwali Sub-County, Kikuube district. Nguse Ranchers Limited was incorporated in 1990s and acquired a piece of land but 98% of it was encroached…

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has started translocation of 200 Kobs from Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve to Kidepo Valley National Park in North Eastern Uganda. Sam Mwandha, UWA’s Executive Director in a speech delivered on his behalf by John Makombo, UWA Director for Conservation, while launching the exercise at the reserve which is situated within the Western side of the Albertine Rift Valley in Kikuube district on Thursday, said this is expected to last two weeks. On the first day, 30 Kobs were captured and immediately trans-located on a 485 kilometres distance by road to Kidepo Valley National park in Karamoja…

The Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, one of Uganda’s oldest monarchies, is fighting to preserve its unity against the backdrop of calls for breakup by secessionists said to be driven by the appetite for oil royalties. Those counter-secession efforts appear to be holding, according to confidant kingdom officials. They say that rebellious tendencies were first noticed in Bunyoro in 2013 when some elements from Bagungu began agitating for their own cultural institution. The Bagungu are one of the 64 indigenous communities in Uganda as of February 1, 1926, according to the third schedule of the amended constitution of Uganda. But for thousands of…

Hoima City’s business community is growing increasingly frustrated as road construction projects progress at a snail’s pace, disrupting their day-to-day operations. In November of last year, China Railway 18 Bureau Group Company Limited (CR18G) was awarded a contract worth sh30 billion to upgrade four kilometers of roads. These upgrades are being carried out as part of the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development Programme-Additional Funding (USMID-AF), financed by a loan from the World Bank. The project aims to transform gravel roads into bitumen standards. The affected roads, including Perse-Commercial Street (0.4KM), Government Road Extension (0.46km), Circular (1.00km), Bikunya (0.26km), Tayali-Crown-Eka…