Poverty bites as locals in oil fields wait for pay-out
As government continues to prospect and explore oil wells in parts of western, central and northern regions, scores of homesteads that have been displaced by the quest to have oil exports ready by 2025 have lost farmlands. In Kakumiro District in western Uganda, more than 200 people affected by the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline [...]
Kalangala to start rearing, exporting edible beetles
Kalangala District has introduced a programme to rear, process and export edible huhu grubs. The insects, which have a resemblance to queen ants, are found in bush oil palm plantations, and are eaten as a delicacy in Ssese Islands. They are so valued that they are even used as barter commodities in bride price negotiations [...]
Land acquisition hurdles await oil pipeline project
Summary Part II. In many countries, it is standard practice that if your land is impacted by a government project, you have to be paid first or later. Uganda’s land acquisition law details steps for acquiring private land but the process has lately become a nightmare and is one of the hurdles awaiting the East African […]
Children’s right to food is the reason to teach them farming
For Yisito Kayinga Muddu, teaching children to grow their own food is a human rights issue. “Young children must be well fed to grow well,” he says. “They have a right to food.” He is the director and founder of Community Transformation Foundation Network (Cotefone), a local NGO based in Kiwangala Trading Centre in Lwengo [...]
Why men should join fight for gender equality
For a moment, it seemed as if the war on patriarchy had been won. Since the 1990s, the push for gender equality had gained momentum. The Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, China, in 1995, was a watershed moment. At the conference, governments agreed to the fact that the advancement of women and […]