John Okot

Dec 11, 2024 | tndnewsuganda.com | John Okot |Arao Denis |Anzoo Evaline |Nancy Atim

Last Updated on: Yumbe | When Francis Asiko got a job shortly after completing nursing school in 2012, his plan was straightforward: work hard, save money, and then start a private clinic. But as months passed, something began bothering him at Midigo Health Centre IV, in Yumbe district, where he worked. Cases of malnutrition were high—especially among infants, expectant mothers, and elderly persons—and many homes were battling with food shortages in his community.

Nov 20, 2024 | africanarguments.org | John Okot |northern Uganda

A week before the COP29 climate talks began in Azerbaijan, TotalEnergies proudly unveiled a new public electric charging point in the middle of Uganda’s capital, Kampala. It promised to establish more charging ports across the country. The launch, the French oil major said, was part of its “broader initiative to make electric mobility more accessible to support the growing demand for cleaner, reliable, and more sustainable energy solutions”.

Nov 18, 2024 | allafrica.com | John Okot

Negotiators and activists from Africa say there has been very little positive progress at COP29 as well as a worrying focus on false solutions. As the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan enter their second week, the theme of the first has been one of slow progress and frustration, according to many participants from Africa. Dubbed the "finance COP", the main focus of this year's negotiations has been the new climate finance goal, known as the New Collective Quantified Goals (NCGQ).

Nov 18, 2024 | znetwork.org | John Okot

As the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan enter their second week, the theme of the first has been one of slow progress and frustration, according to many participants from Africa. Dubbed the “finance COP”, the main focus of this year’s negotiations has been the new climate finance goal, known as the New Collective Quantified Goals (NCGQ). Developing countries want the Global North to commit to mobilising $1.3 trillion per year by 2030, and for this sum to be reviewed based on evolving needs.

Mar 27, 2024 | allafrica.com | John Okot

Despite being targeted by the police and courts, youth activists say the dangers of EACOP going ahead remain greater than those of protesting. Eric Sskekindi, 25, vividly recalls the first moments after he entered Luzira Prison in November 2023. That hot afternoon, the new inmates were lined up before a warden whose words sent chills down their spines. "Do you see this small line?" the guard roared at them, pointing at the thin black stripes on prisoners' canary yellow uniforms.