Nema officials say the oil tanks that sank after MV Kabalega accident in 2005 are expanding and could explode any time, causing an oil spill in Lake Victoria
June 1, 2021 Written by OUR READERS
In the aftermath of the recent intensive Israeli army bombardment, there were demonstrations across major world cities over the deaths of 219 people in Gaza especially 63 young children.
This was in comparison to only 10 in Israel including only two children. Yet in November 2020 when over 60 people in Uganda were shot dead by security forces, majority of whom were youths, not a single word was spoken by the UN secretary general Antonio Gutteres.
Why wasn’t any attention paid? Don’t young black lives matter? Not that Uganda is a hidden mere jungle country in the heart of Africa, but famous for hosting millions of refugees from all across volatile areas of the region.
May 28, 2021 Girls doing laundry at the banks of R.Nile
To imagine those fun-loving, testosterone-packed young men that used to fling themselves into Bujagali falls to entertain tourists, now digging pit latrines for a living! Or hundreds of fishermen walking away from the only source of livelihood they have ever known. MIRIAM WATSEMBA visits Budondo village, home of Bujagali falls, to count the losses. And gains.
“The Nile is not of significant importance to people anymore,” says Hellen Awori, a 32-year-old, born and raised resident of Budondo village where Bujagali falls were once located.
According to Awori, after the construction of Bujagali dam started in 2007, River Nile stopped benefiting the residents in her locality.
Uganda's National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) estimates that Kampala churns out a staggering 1000 tonnes of garbage per day.Most of it ends up littering the city and causing damage to waterways.But one person's trash is Faith Aweko's treasure, turning plastic waste into handbags."I like to call myself a 'waste-preneur' because I deal in waste and this is something that most people did not want to associate with. Waste, plastics, dumpsites, garbage and yet, this is something that is providing employment to women that are collecting the waste, women who are sorting, to women who are washing and to also women who are processing and making beautiful bags that Reform Africa is making.''Aweko currently employs eight women she hired and trained from the surrounding community.Christine is one of them."I am very happy with this job because it has transformed my life very much. It has created a living for me, my child. I am now also able t
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Telkom Kenya’s mobile money platform T-Kash has now been integrated as a payment option of Kenya’s government digital services platform, eCitizen.
T-Kash customers will now be able to pay for both National and County government services that are found on the portal, said a statement from the integrated telecommunications provider in Kenya.
“Financial services, partnerships, and digitisation form part of Telkom’s focus areas. In this strategic direction, Telkom seeks to enrich its financial services offering in response to the evolving digital lifestyle of the consumer, where convenience and simplicity are paramount,” it said.
In order to pay using T-kash when transacting on eCitizen, users simply have to choose it at the checkout stage and follow on-screen prompts and instructions to complete making the payment.