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This is a moment of truth for the Commonwealth. The anti-homosexuality Private Member's Bill introduced into the parliament of Uganda, and now proceeding through the normal legislative process, puts the Commonwealth's legitimacy and integrity to the test.
ETHIOPIAN First Lady Azeb Mesfin who is the current Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA) chair person, arrived yesterday in Zambia ahead of today's First Lady's workshop.
According to the NRM research team, the NRM should take heed of some of their recommendations which point to the need for NRM to dialogue with other parties and the public on the reform proposals already made.
A Police officer attached to the Directorate of Counter Terrorism in Kampala detective Sgt. Enock Turikumwe alias Tumushime, was last Friday charged in the Kisoro Magistrate's Court for setting ablaze a T-shirt bearing President Museveni's portrait.
Eastern Africa coffee farmers, roasters and exporters will in February next year meet to discuss policy issues and measures that can facilitate the logistics and easier movement of coffee across borders.
Less educated and visually impaired Ugandans will in future access information on the internet by talking through their mobile phones, a visiting British computer scientist has said.
The farmers in Kirumba Village in Rakai District have received vegetable seedlings to plant during the current rain season.
Over 1,500 tonnes of garbage are generated in Kampala daily that Kampala City Council is overwhelmed by the waste output due to its lack of capacity to collect and dump it at its landfills.
Life is about to turn around for the bee farmers in Kisoro District after they received a bee breeding centre to boost their honey production output.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) are encouraging farmers to intercrop their coffee with banana plantations, a practice that has been found to improve yields. Piet van Asten, a scientist with IITA discovered this in 2005 while evaluating the success of the Agricultural Enhancement Programme in Uganda.
Modern goat rearing's future looks bright following the move by Makerere University researchers to come up with ways to prevent and lessen the goat disease burden. Now researchers say, they can eradicate goat diseases by either confining and separating male from female goats.
Uganda Martyrs University - Nkozi chancellor, Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya has asked government to create jobs for graduates to reduce on the number of those seeking greener pastures abroad. Speaking at the university's 15th graduation ceremony last Friday, Bishop Ssekamanya said the country continues to lose skilled professionals yet the locals are dire need of their services.
East African Growers (EAG) has temporarily suspended its business operations in Rwanda citing unfavourable prices for its exports in the European market.
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Rwanda is in the process of installing a new banking software that will link all its branches to those of its affiliates across East Africa and Sudan, the bank's Managing Director said on Monday.
The Democratic Republic of Congo will play host to peace talks between Uganda and the defeated rebels of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the government has announced.
Police in Kamwenge District are overwhelmed by disputes resulting from land distribution and boundary demarcations, Daily Monitor has learnt.
Lira Resident District Commissioner Joan Pacotoo has suspended the operations of the Alliance for Christians in Development (ACID) Trust, an NGO, over allegations of fleecing the public and forgery.
Police in Kumi are holding seven students of Teso Integrated Secondary School and Fr. John Memorial College over allegedly forging school fees banking slips.
Following Sunday's MTN Kampala marathon, Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) officials should be worried by Tanzania's performance.
Police have arrested 20 suspected boda boda thieves and recovered 20 stolen motorcycles. The suspects are currently detained at Kajjansi Police Station as investigations continue.
President Museveni and Sudan Vice President Salva Kiir have agreed to stop the border dispute between the two countries and attacks by Sudanese soldiers on Moyo residents.
I was quite tickled that Mr Tony Buckingham, the shrewd ex-mercenary and chief of Heritage Oil, is set to make £80million (Shs240 billion) from selling its lucrative oil fields in Uganda.
I am convinced that whereas it is not their intention, some media experts can seriously and very effectively disrupt police investigations and the latest example is the unsolved murder of former army commander, Maj. Gen. James Kazini. (See Gawaya Tegulle's Police equipped to crush riots, not investigate in Saturday Monitor of 21 November.)
Makerere University has set up an internal tribunal for its staff members, Daily Monitor has learnt. In an October 15 letter, the university secretary, Mr Sam Akorimo, said the institution has set up court in accordance with the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act.
Going by recent results, it no easy task to predict that DMark Power are retaining the MTN-Fuba League men's title. The champions have beaten Warriors four times this year and go into today's game two of the final play-off series as favourites. "In game one, we didn't play well but still managed to win," Power technical director Peter Mubanda noted.
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