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The debate about the overly hyped patriotism or lack thereof, and the millions of shillings channeled therein could only be more salty if Kabajago Ka-Rusoke, the NRM ideologue, were to inject an input. Many of us who have, either by proxy or direct contact, intimated with the economic and political ideas of Ka-Rusoke will attest that there is no such a thing lacking in Uganda's polity as ...
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There is a misperception created that the late Major General James Kazini was mistreated by President Museveni and the system during the evening of his life. Though a national hero, evidence suggests that Kazini committed grave offences against the state of Uganda.
Orange Uganda and Apple will launch the iPhone 3GS in the country next month after the phone turned heads in the USA and UK. Orange is hoping to target the elite clientele, seeking more value for their money from their cellular phones.
The biggest argument the NRM Chairman, Yoweri Museveni, has put on the table to push for the Land (Amendment) Bill 2007 is that it will stop rampant eviction of peasants from the land. This sole argument has been chorused by all paid up cheerleaders in and outside Parliament.
Someone who returned to this city a couple of years ago after a stint in Europe admits he was amazed at how much transformation there was in the fashion industry. The girls' dress sense was very much in step with what he had seen in some of the fashion capitals of the world.
MILK producers and processors, who compromise quality, will be dealt with "ruthlessly," Bright Rwamirama, the animal husbandry state minister, has warned.
THE National Organisation of Trade Unions of Uganda has started an HIV/AIDS programme for workers to reduce stigma and boost productivity at the workplace.
The finance minister, Syda Bumba, has asked Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) to give special consideration to small-and-medium size firms to compete for public contracts.
THE education sector stands to benefit from the ongoing economic growth and oil discovery, the new director of Kampala International School (KISU) has predicted.
A CODE of ethics for manufacturers, meant to curb corruption in the business sector, is in the offing.
BUSINESSES, especially small-and-medium enterprises, need to embrace strategic marketing to be competitive, attract demand and sustain growth, a marketing consultant has said.
Oblivious to most people, the East African Common Market Protocal was signed by the five participating presidents in Arusha on November 20.
While addressing people in Kalita, Nakapiripirit district, on November 13, Col (rtd) Dr. Kiiza Besigye, promised to give guns to the people in that district. This pronouncement aims to reverse the achievements so far registered by the disarmament programme.
One Sunday morning, I was going to church when I met a lady who was so skimply dressed, one would think she was a sex worker. I initiated a conversation with her, only to find out, she was going to church.
THE Islamic University in Uganda has gone to court to block the cancellation of their land allocation at Nakawa housing estate by the Government.
THE Police have arrested the parents of a 15-year- old boy who was discovered abandoned in a chicken house.
OVER two million Ugandans are thought to be diabetic, an official has said.
THE American Embassy has advised its nationals in Uganda against using boda bodas, following crime incidents in which its citizens have been targeted.
UGANDA has been urged to develop its vocational training system to make students more productive in life.
A senior Bank of Uganda official has called for the joint effort in the fight against fraud in the economy.
THE Education Service Commission is to recruit about 4,000 teachers and other staff for secondary schools as well as business, technical and vocational institutions this financial year.
Celebrated music preacher Pastor Wilson Bugembe, will tonight host worshippers in a night-long worship gathering under the dub Worship Night '09. The night, which has previously attracted a mammoth crowd, mostly of the born-again, is bringing together a number of names in the gospel music circles as well as top church choirs.
Barely two weeks have passed since the day when Nakivubo War II Memorial Stadium was thrown into darkness and filth after Umeme and National Water & Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) disconnected utilities due to failure to clear spiraling bills.
Opec Prime Properties Ltd, the company that won a tender to re-develop the Naguru/Nakawa housing estates insists it will carry on with its suit against the government if they do not get their 56.1 hectares of land in the disputed area as per the contract.
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