Otafiire has since confirmed he had been informed about the arrests and evictions but called it anarchy. “What is your problem? What do you want to write? I am aware of the evictions. Is the army court to say they are giving back the land to the owners? The matter has been decided by court; don’t tell me about the army, that is anarchy,” Otafiire said, without revealing his next plan.
Alachu encouraged farmers to properly store harvested food, reduce unnecessary sale of food crops and embrace farming practices that can withstand changing weather conditions...
The report attributes the month's performance to lower international coffee prices amid expectations of improved global supplies, particularly following a favourable production outlook for Brazil's 2026/27 coffee season.
In Agago District alone, health authorities have recorded 351 cases of malnutrition between January and July this year. Of these, 45 are severe cases currently admitted to health facilities, while 294 are classified as mild malnutrition.
Prepared by senior officials at the OPM, the report outlines the declining food production in affected regions and proposes interventions aimed at preventing food shortages and protecting vulnerable communities from a potential humanitarian crisis.
The forecast is consistent with the June–July–August seasonal outlook previously issued by the Ministry of Water and Environment, which projected suppressed rainfall across Uganda due to the developing El Niño phenomenon over the Equatorial Central and Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Now meteorologists from the water and environment ministry are warning that Uganda is likely to experience the above conditions and other devastating effects of El Niño towards the end of this year and early next year.
Joab Tugume, the Head of Plant Quarantine at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, said Uganda’s participation in the programme is addressing one of the country’s major challenges, weak plant pest surveillance systems.
The call was made during the African Ecofeminism Convening that took place in Harare from July 6 to 10, where delegates from Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and other African countries shared growing concerns over the human cost of extractive industries.
Rwankenzi is one of the schools in Kabarole benefiting from transformative model programmes for WASH (Water and Sanitation) in Schools by IRC WASH (International Water and Sanitation Centre). The school health club and management committee are trained to influence positive hygiene attitudes among peers and to advocate for improved budget for water and sanitation for the learners, respectively.
Using discarded paper, Primary two pupils made dustbins, laundry baskets, necklaces, sandals, shopping bags, gift bags, road signs, chandeliers and decorative fruits. Each classroom also displayed framed photographs of every child using recycled paper.
According to a recent re-categorisation exercise by WFP, the agency has phased out food assistance entirely for 63% of the refugee population, cutting over one million people off from food aid and prioritising only the most critically vulnerable.
Information from FAO indicates that Africa's agricultural exports face up to 30% rejection rates due to sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) non-compliance.
The research showed that 28 percent of British adults said they felt unwell because of the heatwave. Moreover, 47 percent of those whose financial situation is difficult or very difficult and 44 percent of disabled people said they were left unwell due to the high heat, according to the research.
"Some of the wishes of our farmers out there are to make these exhibitions rotational. As the Ministry of Agriculture, we shall see it and agree on how to come up with regional exhibition centres. This time if we are in Jinja, next time we can be in Gulu to cater for Acholi and Lango," Muhooza said.
The past month has become the hottest June since France began such records in 1947. The average temperature in the past June reached 22.7 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 normal, Meteo-France said Friday in its monthly climate report.
The earthquakes damaged 885 buildings and caused 189 others to collapse, he said, adding authorities had set up 59 temporary camps to accommodate those affected by the disaster.
Residents in affected areas have been asked to refrain from watering gardens, filling swimming pools, washing vehicles and other non-essential water use during daytime hours.
A postmortem was immediately carried out at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre animal hospital in Entebbe, where teams of veterinarians from Ngamba and the Uganda Wildlife Authority established that Asega died from blunt force trauma to the head.
“The country's wetlands are under threat, with over 70,000 hectares lost in the past two decades, equivalent to nearly a quarter of Uganda's wetland cover,”Otafiire said during the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) third annual sustainability awards 2026 at Serena Hotel in Kampala over the weekend.