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1 week ago | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
___________________MV Kalangala, a vessel that plies the Lutoboka-Nakiwogo route on Lake Victoria, has temporarily suspended daily operations for annual servicing and maintenance, which will take 45 days. According to the letter from the Ministry of Works and Transport dated today (May 7, 2025), this mandatory service is aimed at ensuring the life span of the vessel as well as safety for passengers.
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1 month ago | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
________________The Uganda Red Cross Society, in partnership with the Government of Uganda, has provided relief materials to victims of a severe storm in Kalangala. Each affected household received essential supplies, including saucepans, jerrycans, plates, knives, and solar-powered lights, among others. Murekatete Emerance, an expectant mother, recounted her terrifying experience. “As I was in bed, my house disappeared, leaving me wondering where it had gone,” she said.
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2 months ago | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
___________________A deadly storm that tore through Kalangala on Saturday morning has claimed another life, bringing the death toll to four. Allen Kobusingye Mukyasi succumbed to her injuries at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, where victims of the storm’s fury were taken for treatment. Mukyasi, the wife of Corporal Mukyasi, had been critically injured in the storm. Her husband remains in critical condition at the same hospital.
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2 months ago | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
KALANGALA - The Police have run to the aid of the Kalangala cyclone-affected residents by delivering relief materials including food and non-food materials for the affected officers and tents for temporally accommodation.
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2 months ago | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
________________A couple of peculiar diseases have long clogged islanders’ bodies due to barriers in accessing appropriate health care. Kalangala, an island district with 84 islands, 64 of which are habitable, has only 16 health units. Some of these facilities serve over 10 landing sites located on different islands. Besides crossing Lake Victoria’s rough waters to access health care services, mothers and children—the most vulnerable—are always hindered by costly transport.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
KALANGALA - Activities marking the Army Week in Kalangala district have concluded with a medical camp. The Army Week's activities lead to the 44th Tarehe Sita anniversary. Medical camps were held at Bwendero Health Centre III and HCs IV at Bukasa, Kalangala and Mwena landing site. Brigadier Dr James Kiyengo told New Vision Online that 40 patients with hernias from Bukasa and neighbouring islands underwent free surgery.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
__________________KENYARenowned for using herbal treatment, Kenya-based Masai also saw an income-generating activity through selling herbal medicine across East Africa. The Masai are often seen hawking jerrycans of herbal medicine across major towns and cities in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Their belief in herbal medicine caused the residents of Kajiado County in southern Kenya to reject the Kenyan government's call to immunise all children in Masai communities following a measles outbreak.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
___________________KALANGALAThe Police in Kalangala district are investigating the suspected murder of a woman who went missing on January 10, 2025, from the Kaaya landing site on Lulamba island, Bufumira sub-county in Kalangala district. Masaka Police region spokesperson, Twaha Kasirye, says the deceased had two male partners who have been detained at Kalangala Central Police Station to aid investigations.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
_____________KALANGALAShock has engulfed residents of Kalangala district's Bunjaazi island, Kyondo landing site in Kyamuswa sub-county after a crocodile attack claimed the life of a mother while fetching water from Lake Victoria. The deceased has been identified as Nakalyango Specioza, the wife of Pastor Fred from the same area. The deceased is also survived by a four-month-old baby boy.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
newvision.co.ug | Samuel Nkuba
For island residents in remote areas around Lake Victoria, what may seem like a basic healthcare service is often a battle for survival, especially for pregnant women. With limited healthcare facilities, women from Bujumba sub-county are forced to travel distances of up to seven kilometers by bodabodas, on foot, or even by boat across Lake Victoria just to attend a single antenatal visit over the course of their pregnancy.
