By: Ismael Kasooha KAMPALA The United Nations (UN) has set priorities for Uganda for the year 2023 through the Sustainable Development Framework . “We are prioritizing Development of key agricultural value chains, Promotion of job creation with a focus on sustainable livelihoods, youth and skills, improving access to finance for Small and Medium Enterprises
By: Ismael Kasooha Kampala The Government of Uganda has earmarked a compensation package of shs.17 million to relocate homesteads settled in landslide prone areas in Elgon region. The affected homesteads are expected to use that money to relocate to areas of their choice. This marks a shift from the earlier approach where affected persons were
By: Joyce Babirye and Kisiriko Vincent The Statistical Disaster Monitoring Network ranks Uganda 15th in the world and first in Africa for disasters. This is due to the enormous disasters the country has experienced in the last two decades. This phenomenon is exhibited in mudslides, landslides, flooding, storms, fires, earthquakes and droughts. Kampala, Northeastern
