by Tonny Katongole | Aug 18, 2022 | Local News, News
Kotido-A mother of seven children in Loteerei village, Longaroe Sub County has committed suicide over starvation due to prevalent drought and biting hunger in the region.The deceased identified as Mariana Lokwii aged 28 years has been the sole breadwinner for her...
by Tonny Katongole | Aug 2, 2022 | Local News
KCCA officer takes a street kid off the street in Kampala Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) on Monday started an operation to rescue children from the city streets where at least 260 children were picked up from various parts of Kampala. The Authority said the...
by Tonny Katongole | Jun 18, 2022 | Local News
ChildFund Uganda has launched a five year strategy plan aimed at supporting 4million vulnerable children in Uganda. Speaking during the commemoration of the Day of the African Child at Soroti Hotel, Moses Otai, the Country Director of ChildFund Uganda said the...
by Tonny Katongole | Jun 8, 2022 | Local News
KCCA meets Napak District leaders over street children The leaders of Napak district have called for the demolition of squalor shelters which are being used to accommodate street children in Katwe and Kisenyi areas in Kampala. Most of these street children who have...
by Tonny Katongole | Dec 15, 2021 | Local News
Kampala Street children Legislators have called for an audit into Kampala Capital City Authority’s (KCCA) expenditure of the Shs3 billion allocated for rehabilitation, removal, tracing and resettlement of Karimojong children on the streets of Kampala. While meeting...
by Tonny Katongole | Jul 3, 2019 | Local News
When he was sentenced on Monday to a 40-year jail term for murder, kidnap and aggravated robbery, the burly Muhammad Ssebuwufu remained composed but on his way out of the dock his mask of collected calm slipped as he confronted journalists. “I have been framed, I...
