Water shortage

Chronic water shortage hits Basongora, Bakonjo communities hard

Kasese: In 2007, the government evicted hundreds of Basongora and Bakonjo communities who had settled in Queen Elizabeth National Game Park. Majority of these were pastoralists. When they settled in some parts of Busunga , Lwamate, Nyakatonzi and Kichwambala, they experienced several challenges including lack of clean water for domestic use and for their cattle….

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Illicit financial flows: How government lost billions in trade cooperatives saga

A report by the sectoral committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry in Parliament has revealed that billions of taxpayers’ money was lost after the government failed to provide accountability. The committee audited public funds allocated to cooperatives between financial years 2011/2012 and 2022/2033, a period of 11years. During this period, the committee discovered that a number…

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