Uganda: Uganda: Teso schools to close over flooding
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaYASIIN MUGERWAKATAKWI - PERSISTENT flooding in Teso region have left local leaders with no choice but to close down some schools as a temporary measure to save...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Epidemics, famine coming after floods
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaPETER NYANZI & FRANK NYAKAIRU KAMPALA FLOODs currently battering the country mostly in eastern and northern Uganda are forecast to get only worse. Experts have...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Floods cut off 25 districts
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaMONITOR TEAM KAMPALA SEVERE Floods have so far killed 18 people, cut off 25 districts in the country and the worst is yet to come, the government announced...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Flooded arears under state of emergency
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaEMMANUEL GYEZAHOCABINET yesterday endorsed a presidential directive declaring a state of emergency in the flood-hit parts of eastern and northern Uganda. After...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Cholera outbreak in West Nile kills one, eight hospitalised
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaWAROM FELIX OKELLO WEST NILEAN outbreak of Cholera in the West Nile district of Nyadri has killed one person and left eight others hospitalised. "Our investigation...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Flooded arears under state of emergency
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaEMMANUEL GYEZAHO PARLIAMENTCABINET yesterday endorsed a presidential directive declaring a state of emergency in the flood-hit parts of eastern and northern Uganda....
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Teso floods damage estimated at Shs120b
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaAGNESS NANDUTU & STEPHEN WANDERA PARLIAMENTTHE cost of the damage caused by floods in Teso sub-region has been put at Shs120 billion. The figure covers six...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Govt stakes Shs20b for emergencies in flooded areas
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaMERCY NALUGOKAMPALA - THE government has staked Shs20 billion to address emergencies in flood-hit areas in northern and north eastern Uganda. President Yoweri...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Floods spread to Kiboga
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaFRED MUZAALE, DAVID MAFABI, ANDREW BAGALA & TABU BUTAGIRATHE floods, which have ravaged the northeastern parts of the country since April this year, are...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Agriculture to aid flood-hit farmers
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaSALOME ALWENYKAMPALA - The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has earmarked Shs4.8 billion to enable flood-hit farmers in the north and eastern...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Floods kill 5 in Mubende
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaBy Fred Muzaale Mubende - Floods, which have battered the eastern and northern parts of the country for the past five months, have also swept away two bridges in...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Floods leave thousands on verge of starvation
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaJANE NAFULAIn Katakwi, Soroti and Bukedea districts, several affected people say they have never received any food relief despite the fact that the heavy rains...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Teso recovering from floods
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaRICHARD OTIMWHEN misfortune strikes, nothing lifts a distressed spirit better than a neighbour's timely intervention. For Mr Julius Okello, a resident of Amaseniko...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Hunger kills 15 in Moroto
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaRichard OtimMoroto - At least 15 people have been reported dead from hunger in Moroto District in the last three months, the LC5 chairperson, Mr Peter Ken Lochap...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: UPDF gives out cassava cuttings to Teso farmers
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaRichard OtimKatakwi - The UPDF Third Division in Teso has handed out fast maturing and high yielding cassava cuttings to fight in the Teso region. UPDF Third...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Teso to get Shs6b to fight famine, Ecweru
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaJoseph MalingaKumi - Government has set aside Shs6b to avert famine in Teso sub region, State minister for Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru has said. Addressing...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Hunger pushes Teso residents to extreme ends as food becomes...
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaThe recent past has seen the media reporting about the severe food shortage in many parts of the eastern region. Saturday Monitor's Evelyn Lirri visited Teso...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Teso schools to close over flooding
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaYASIIN MUGERWA KATAKWI - PERSISTENT flooding in Teso region have left local leaders with no choice but to close down some schools as a temporary measure to save...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Epidemics, famine coming after floods
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaPETER NYANZI & FRANK NYAKAIRU KAMPALA FLOODs currently battering the country mostly in eastern and northern Uganda are forecast to get only worse. Experts have...
View ArticleUganda: Uganda: Floods cut off 25 districts
Source: Monitor-UgandaCountry: UgandaMONITOR TEAM KAMPALA SEVERE Floods have so far killed 18 people, cut off 25 districts in the country and the worst is yet to come, the government announced...
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