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One in five persons don’t have enough water in drought-stricken East Africa

Up to 90% of water boreholes in parts of Somalia, Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia have entirely dried up  One in five people in drought-stricken East Africa – a total of 33.5 million people…

Strengthen tax measures on High-Net-Worth Individuals to End Inequality in Uganda - Oxfam

Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years

 Super-rich outstrip their extraordinary grab of half of all new wealth in past decade.  Billionaire fortunes are increasing by $2.7 billion a day even as at least 1.7 billion workers now…

Hunger likely to claim a life every 36 seconds in drought-stricken East Africa over next three months -Oxfam

One person is likely to die of hunger every 36 seconds between now and the end of the year in drought-stricken East Africa as the worst hit areashurtle towards famine, Oxfam warned today.The…

Reactive: European Parliament Resolution on Violations of Human Rights in Uganda and Tanzania Linked to the Investments in Fossil Fuels Projects

BACKGROUNDOn 14th September 2022, the European Parliament passed a resolution that seeks to compel Uganda, Tanzania and the Total Energies to delay the development of the East African Crude Oil…

Young climate activists from Africa call for their participation and inclusion at the COP-27

Ahead of the COP-27, young feminist climate activists are calling on global leaders to ensure that African voices and issues are included on the COP-27 agenda. The young activists further demand a…

Programme that tackles unpaid care and domestic work closes learning meeting in Kampala

More than 40 representatives from the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program met in Kampala, Uganda, from August 1 to 5, to reflect on the challenges and successes of its unpaid care…

Government intensifies fight against high aflatoxin levels in food stuffs ahead of World Food Safety Day

The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), in collaboration with the Grain Council Uganda (…

Pandemic creates new billionaire every 30 hours —now a million people could fall into extreme poverty at same rate in 2022

As the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionairesin the food and energy sectors are increasing their fortunes by $1 billion dollars every two days.For every new…

Strengthen the Tax system to reduce the income and gender inequalities in Uganda

13th April 2022Uganda has made some milestones in the fight against inequality and poverty. However, there is continued regressivity of the tax system, affecting low-income earners, especially women…