November 28

• Uganda: Airtel Commissions School Building in Kayunga

  Airtel Uganda has commissioned a second building at Ndeeba Primary School in Kayunga district under their corporate responsibility program known as adopt a school. Read more »

• Uganda: Health Partners for Wider Palliative Care Coverage

  Norah, 40, a mother of seven was diagnosed with rectal cancer at Case Clinic January 2011. She was put on radiotherapy and chemotherapy at Mulago National Referral but when she... Read more »

• Uganda: Unicef, Barclays Renew Partnership Against Youth Unemployment

  In 2011, UNICEF reported that young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed compared to adults, and those in work are more likely to be in casual employment or... Read more »

• Uganda: Bravo to Those MPs That Want Our Oil Protected [opinion]

  Oil has always been treated as a sacred thing by the current regime. We have witnessed deliberate denial of information relating to oil dealings with the executive attempting to be... Read more »

• Uganda: EC Dispatches Polling Kits to Kamuli and Kween

  The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that polling materials for the by-elections in Kamuli and Kween districts will be dispatched to the respective districts today. Read more »

• Uganda: Ugandan Albinos to Be Declared Among Persons With Disabilities

  The minister for persons with disabilities, Suleiman Madada, has today said that Uganda is considering including albinos into the ministry of persons with disabilities. Madada told... Read more »

November 27

• Africa: Environmental Conservation a Must for Oil Companies

  Oil companies prospecting for oil and gas in Africa need to ensure the very highest standards in environmental risk management, Tullow Oil's director of exploration, Angus McCoss... Read more »

• Uganda: U.S. Presses Uganda on Gay Bill

  The United States spokeswoman for the State Department, Victoria Nuland, has said that the US is pressing Uganda not to pass an "Anti-Homosexuality Bill". Read more »

• Uganda: Ministry to Unveil New Policy for Tertiary Institutions

  The executive secretary, education ministry, Dr.Charles Akor said that government is coming up with policies to support private universities. Read more »

November 26

• Uganda: Mungyereza Named Ubos Executive Director

  Ben Paul Mungyereza has been appointed as the new executive director of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics effective Nov. 26, the statistics body said in a statement dated Nov. 26. Read more »

• Uganda: Rich Nations Let Down the Poor On Climate Change Financing

  The most detailed analysis to date of how well rich nations have kept promises to provide the poorer ones with funds to tackle climate change released Nov 26 concludes that they... Read more »

• Uganda/South Sudan: Milestone for South Sudan Football

  South Sudan's 'Bright Stars' may have succumbed to a 1-0 defeat on Nov 24 at the hands of Ethiopia's 'Black Lions' at the ongoing CECAFA tournament in Kampala but the result pales... Read more »

• Uganda: Mugarura Dismisses Rumours of Cheating in FDC Elections

  The FDC electoral commission has today come out and denied earlier allegations of cheating in the recently concluded FDC by elections. Read more »

• Uganda: Kadaga Recognized as Uganda's Pioneer Female Speaker

  Rebecca Kadaga has been honoured as the first Female speaker in Uganda among eight women all over Africa. They each won the prestigious African Influential Amazon Award 2012. Read more »

• Uganda: Prison Bosses Defend Kazinda's Absence at Pac

  Former Principal Accountant in the Office Prime Minister (OPM), Geoffrey Kazinda was a no where to be seen at Parliament on Monday like it was earlier reported. Read more »

• Uganda: Samsung Strengthens Base in Uganda

  Samsung, a global company dealing in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies is conducting Samsung week which aims to increase local... Read more »

November 25

• Uganda: Fabricated Killer Buses

  How lorry chassis could be causing fatal accidents Read more »

• Uganda: NSSF Ready for Liberalisation [interview]

  Ivan Kyayonka was recently appointed as chair of the Board of Directors of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). He spoke to Joan Akello about the future of the Fund. Excerpts. Read more »

• Uganda: Welby and the Wellbeing of Anglicans [opinion]

  The new leader has many challenges ahead of him, including the controversy over homosexuality in Uganda Read more »

• Uganda: Ten Potential IPOs

  Having more companies on the bourse would spur business expansion, productivity and eventually development Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Under Pressure Over DR Congo

  The Secretary-General vaguely called "on all relevant States to use their influence on the M23 to bring about an end to the attacks" Read more »

• Uganda: The Man in the Hat

  Too many questions; few answers at Daudi Karungi- Paul Ndema latest things Read more »

• Uganda: Managing a People's Bank [interview]

  Crane Bank, one of the biggest banks in the country, is implementing an expansion strategy that will see it grow its foot print to 40 branches countrywide by end of 2013. The... Read more »

• Uganda: Otunnu's Global Acclaim and Credibility [opinion]

  Critics miss the remarkableness of the US directive on Uganda's 2011 election that Otunnu wrenched from Congress Read more »

• East Africa: Something Impressive and Admirable in Rwanda

  How a devastated nation became an economic model for the developing world Read more »