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LOOKING FOR PROSPERITY FOR ALL? INVEST IN CLEAN ENERGY, NOT OIL AND GAS

June 17, 2024    By Balach Afiego

BY ABIGAIL NAKAZIBWE As Uganda’s Minister of Finance, Hon. Matia Kasaija, read the 2024/2025 national budget in Kampala on June 13, 2024, Ms. Rose Alinaitwe from Buliisa district was pre-occupied with one thing: where to find some money to buy plates for her family. A month before the national budget […]

For the love of Bugoma: The young Ugandans defending Bugoma forest

June 5, 2024    By Balach Afiego

Nuriat Keitesi, a 17-year-old student from Kikuube district in Western Uganda, is a curiosity. While her age-mates are preoccupied with light-hearted matters, Keitesi is focused on an important task: the conservation of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve, which neighbours her home. Bugoma forest, which measures 41,144 hectares and was gazetted in […]