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31 October 2026, 10:13 pm
Museveni okays relocation of Mbale garage operators to forest reserve
Museveni clears relocation of Mbale garage operators. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has granted permission for the relocation of Mbale garage operators from church land in the city centre to Busamaga Central Forest Reserve, paving the way for the expansion of…
29 October 2026, 11:31 am
Heavy rains devastate tomato farmers in Namisindwa
By Gerald Welikhe A commercial tomato farmer and boda boda rider in Namisindwa District is counting heavy losses after torrential rains destroyed his farm, leaving crops rotting in the garden and threatening his ability to repay a high-interest loan. The…
25 February 2026, 5:47 pm
The reclaimed shadow – Industrialization’s toll on Nasenyi village
By Shadrach Bethel Afayo Residents of Nasenyi village near Mbale City are raising alarms over worsening environmental and health challenges linked to the expansion of the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park, built on the reclaimed Namatala wetland. While the park—now boasting…
23 February 2026, 3:49 pm
Rains return to Mbale: Flood fears rise again
By Shadrach Bethel Afayo After three consecutive days of relentless downpours, mild flooding has begun to affect low-lying areas along the banks of rivers such as Namatala and Nabuyonga in Mbale City and the surrounding districts in Eastern Uganda’s Bugisu…
22 January 2026, 10:12 am
Poor waste disposal worsens flooding crisis in Mbale City
By Shadrach Bethel Afayo Once hailed as one of Uganda’s cleanest towns, Mbale City is now grappling with a worsening flooding crisis that residents, environmental experts and city planners increasingly attribute to years of poor waste disposal, weak enforcement of…
3 December 2025, 12:32 pm
Kayewa-Mukoto Forest ravaged by illegal logging in Eastern Uganda
By Gerald Welikhe Environmental catastrophe unfolds in Namisindwa as forests fall to stumps, sawdust, and charcoal Mukoto Sub county, Namisindwa District — The once-dense Kayewa-Mukoto forest, a critical watershed and climate buffer in eastern Uganda, has been reduced to a…
25 November 2025, 8:44 pm
Deep scars on the land: Buwere parish faces a devastating erosion crisis
By Gerald Welikhe In Buwere Parish, Bupoto Sub-County, Namisindwa District, deep gullies are tearing through farmland, with severe soil erosion threatening the livelihoods of entire communities in Eastern Uganda. Recent documentation from 6 November 2025 reveals the alarming extent of…
23 October 2025, 8:59 pm
Namamba village drowns in fear as floods become the new normal
By Gerald Welikhe When the rains arrived in Namamba village this year, they came not as a blessing, but as a warning. Within hours, what was once farmland and homesteads turned into a vast swamp. The people of this Mugiti…
23 October 2025, 8:24 pm
When the rains forget: Manafwa’s battle with dust and drought
By Gerald Welikhe In the hills of Bumasokho Parish, Bugobero subcounty in Uganda’s Manafwa district, the once-green slopes that fed hundreds of families now lie stripped and gray. Where banana groves and maize once waved in the wind, gaping pits…
17 June 2025, 8:25 pm
Climate change worsens food price crisis in Mbale city
By Shadrach Bethel Afayo Traders in Mbale city are grappling with persistently high food prices despite the ongoing harvest season for crops like beans and rice— a situation they overwhelmingly attribute to the impacts of climate change. Many believe that…