John Okot

Uganda

Ugandan Journalist | Danida fellow. Interests: energy, climate change, economics & development; email: [email protected]; @NUMEC_media (Comms)

Articles

Two brothers use mangoes to help break the hunger cycle in a Ugandan village

1 month ago | csmonitor.com | John Okot

Francis Asiku’s plan to fight hunger in his village began, quite naturally, under a bountiful mango tree. It was 2011, and he had just landed his first nursing job at Midigo Health Centre IV in Yumbe district in northern Uganda. He was excited and joyful. But in his first month at work, Mr. Asiku was surprised to learn that what many infants and expectant mothers seeking care needed wasn’t necessarily medicine. It was nutritious food.
La capital de Uganda cambiará los nombres de las vías que honren a colonialistas británicos tras la orden de un tribunal

2 months ago | msn.com | John Okot

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La capital de Uganda cambiará los nombres de las vías que honren a colonialistas británicos tras la orden de un tribunal

2 months ago | elpais.com | John Okot

Cada vez que Emmanuel Ayisibwe mira la señalización de la calle, mientras espera en su estación de mototaxis a que le llegue algún pasajero, se queda perplejo. La calle en la que trabaja de “boda” o conductor de mototaxi desde hace siete años en Kampala, la capital de Uganda, lleva el nombre del general de división Henry Edward Colville, un “notorio” alto cargo colonial británico que dirigió un grupo de soldados e invadió Bunyoro, uno de los reinos más antiguos de Uganda.
Yumbe’s sweet solution: How solar dried mangoes became a lifeline for vulnerable homes

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.
African Arguments

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”.
Africa: 'The Worst First Week of a COP' - Frustrations Rise As Week Two Begins

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).
“The Worst First Week of a Cop”: Frustrations Rise as Week Two Begins

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.
Uganda: 'The Path We've Chosen' - Uganda's Young Climate Activists Stay Defiant

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.
African Arguments

Mar 27, 2024 | africanarguments.org | John Okot |Zainab Usman |northern Uganda

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. “It represents the freedom you have here.
"The path we've chosen": Uganda's young climate activists stay defiant

Mar 27, 2024 | globaldiasporanews.com | John Okot

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