ICT leader Joyce Nabbosa started Solar M7 kits for rural homes needing clean power. She told reporters this helps people join the digital world. Many country areas lack electricity, which hurts women, children old people who need a safe light device for charging. The small solar system works without special skills perfect for places far from power lines.
The first step gives away 1000 free kits to rural women, whom Nabbosa calls community lights, deserving of better lives. Energy helps health, learning earning money. This fits with Uganda's plans to bring power everywhere, as the president wants. Nabbosa asked partner donor companies to join them in helping every home have light, every child read every mother stay safe.
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Uganda church leaders stopped flower wreaths at funerals for tree planting instead. Their new plan for the years 2026 through 2030 tells all church areas to help save nature against weather changes. The church wants priests to talk about helping the earth during their messages to people. They ask church members not to use plastic bags because they harm the soil.
Every church district must create teams focused on nature care. These teams ensure that empty church lands grow fruit trees, native trees for food, and clean air. Church helper Reverend Canon Ongeng says they made this plan after seeing how people hurt the land around them. The plan teaches farmers better ways to grow crops through better water use and pest control farming...
Kirk Whalum comes to Kampala on Thursday before playing at the DFCU Jazz Festival. He played sax on Whitney Houston's famous love song. The Grammy winner, who works with top musicians, brings his band to the Serena Hotel on Saturday night. He said he is excited about his third Uganda show. Each time feels new to him, and he hopes many fans show up.
Local stars join him, like Isaiah Katumwa, Tshaka Mayanja Black Roots Academy group. The bank does more than make music happen. They help grow Uganda's arts scene through these shows. Helena Mayanja from dfcu says music connects people across all barriers. The bank wants to build progress through the community for sixty years.
People should hurry to buy tickets for the big night. Regular...
President Museveni asked African countries to use clean, cheap electricity instead of cutting trees. He spoke yesterday to Ghana military officers visiting Uganda about climate change. Trees help keep water flowing, but people chop them down for cooking fuel. Uganda sees less water in rivers today compared to the 1960s because of lost forests. The president wants power costs under five cents per kilowatt for factories.
He thinks Africa stays poor because many people farm small plots instead of working in factories. Only two percent of Americans farm, but entire African families crowd onto tiny lands. For sellers to make money, markets must grow beyond local areas. Raw cotton costs one dollar per kilo, but finished clothes earn fourteen...
Police search for a teen who stabbed a healer after arguing about money. The killing happened early morning, May 8, at Kito Cell. Metro police officer Patrick Onyango named the dead man as Isa Bisobolwa, age 45. The wanted teen Richard Mutyaba, age 18, remains free. They lived together before the attack.
People saw both men drinking at Mama Naka's bar earlier that night. They fought over just 2000 shillings before Mutyaba stuck a knife into Bisobolwa's neck and stomach. Friends rushed the bleeding healer to Wanda Health Center, but he died before doctors could help him. Police wrote down murder charges, took pictures at the crime scene sent the body for checking. Officers continue looking into what caused such violence over small cash.
Jazz music fans plan to dress sharp for the DFCU Jazz event at the Serena Hotel tomorrow night. The show offers more than music but mixes good sounds with the Ugandan spirit. Grammy winner Kirk Whalum plays his saxophone as the main act, fresh from working with Whitney Houston. He comes with twelve award nominations behind him, ready to make people feel good with his music. Local stars join him, like Isaiah Katumwa, Tshaka Mayanja the Black Roots Academy group for a full night of tunes.
People can enjoy fancy food and drinks between songs in a luxury hotel setting. Friends meet up, take photos have fun during each music set. New listeners need not worry about knowing every song because jazz lives through feeling, not thinking. Everyone...
Kisoro court officials charged the district vice chairman Thursday with entering land without permission. The local leader also faces blame for property damage. Chief Judge Komakech heard claims about Alex Nambajimana causing problems on Abel Agaba's land between last year and this year. Nambajimana told the court he did nothing wrong before asking to go home until the trial starts. The judge let him leave without paying cash but set his promise amount at five hundred thousand Ugandan shillings.
His helpers must promise two million shillings each for his freedom. Court leaders told everyone to come back on June 12 next year for more case talks. The trial happened at the main Kisoro town courthouse, where many people watched. Police...
Cardinals picked Robert Francis Prevost as the new Pope Leo XIV after Pope Francis died. White smoke rose from the chapel chimney, telling people waiting outside they had chosen a leader. Cardinal Mamberti told crowds about their joy at finding a new church head. The group of 133 voting church officials met inside the Vatican to make this important choice. Their decision affects more than one billion Catholics worldwide.
The new pope grew up in Chicago, USA, before running the office for bishops. He belongs to the Augustine religious group with experience helping people across Latin America. He faces hard problems like fewer believers, church changes, world crises talking with other faiths. His name choice connects him to earlier popes...
Uganda banks made more money last year, with profits climbing to 1.63 trillion shillings from 1.41 trillion shillings earlier. Three banks earned over sixty percent of all banking money. Stanbic Bank kept first place, making 486.82 billion shillings, growing fifteen percent higher than before. Centenary Bank earned 342.82 billion shillings for second place. Absa Bank took third with 177.8 billion shillings, rising fastest among top banks at twenty-two percent.
Dfcu Bank surprised everyone with huge gains of one hundred twenty-one percent, reaching 75.13 billion shillings after past troubles. IM Bank doubled its earnings with seventy-six percent growth, showing smaller banks can succeed against larger rivals. These good results show...
