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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.
Nothing seems to excite and bond Ugandans like sports. That was very much evident during the sixth edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon on Sunday. At the venue -Kololo Airstrip, I met a lanky white young man called Alexander, born and raised in Uganda. Like me, it was his first shot at the marathon and we both had registered for the 10km race. As the race picked rhythm, I noticed Indians, Koreans ...
Expectations and a variety of options are some of the things playing on Bobby Williamson's mind as the Uganda Cranes coach seeks to defend the Orange-sponsored Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.
The former President of Tanzania, Mr Benjamin Mkapa has confirmed his visit to Makerere University where he has been invited to preside over the university's Alumni re-union.
The hearing of the case in which Ms Halima Nsiimire, one of the four wives of Higher Education Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana, is accused of trying to kill her co-wife flopped yesterday after the key witness failed to show up in court.
Heritage Oil and Gas Company is apparently offering its business stakes in Uganda to Italian energy giant Eni S.P.A because it lacks sufficient financing to construct oil infrastructure such as refineries and pipeline, according to a top official.
A minister has told government officials appearing before the ongoing Parliamentary inquiry into the misuse of Chogm funds to consult Cabinet when put under the spot by MPs.
Ugandan Muslim pilgrims who are in the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Medina for the annual Hajj are still safe despite an outbreak of H1N1 flu commonly known as Swine Flu, Daily Monitor has learnt.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is for the first time scheduled to visit Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu where he is expected to hold talks with his Somali counterpart and inspect the peacekeeping operation of African Union troops.
Seated at a u-shaped table is an assembly of middle-aged men and women clad in business suits, faces stern and expressionless. Refreshments - bottled water, sodas and giant flasks of tea - clutter the long table, competing for space with piles of documents.
Twenty-one-year old widow, Santa Auma remembers the day four men, armed with spears and knives stormed her hut at about 3:35am on March 20, 2008, and robbed her. Then they took turns raping her and her 20-year-old niece. Auma decided to fight back. She and her niece went to the hospital and then to the Police. One of the attackers was arrested and is in jail awaiting trial.
Suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of Southern Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said.
THE Government has not yet approved the sale of Ugandan oil fields to an Italian company, a senior energy ministry official has said.
Kenya is still hunting for oil in Isiolo where a Chinese firm has pitched tent.
It's now official. The oil find in blocks 1 and 3A in the Albertine region are gone to leading Italian multi-national company, Eni S.p.A. Heritage Oil Plc, hitherto operators of the wells, yesterday confirmed media reports it had sold its stakes here at $1.5 billion (Shs2.8 trillion). In a statement, Heritage says a final deal could be sealed by March next year subject to approval of transaction ...
The army yesterday paraded 10 former fighters of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) who surrendered last week to government soldiers.
AT least 30,000 children are born with HIV in Uganda every year, the AIDS control programme manager in the health ministry, Dr. Zainab Akol, has said.
Uganda's human rights situation will be reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2011 for the first time.
British oil explorer Heritage has sold its fields in Uganda to Italian oil giant Eni SPA for between $1.3b and $1.5b.
THE national soccer team Cranes might be financially handicapped, but could recoup whatever money is invested in them at the CECAFA Orange Senior Challenge Cup.
In a show that was the talk of the town, what should have been an unforgettable evening, turned into a tedious affair as technical glitches put a dent in the proceedings at the Top Model Trend Hair and Fashion Search Uganda 2009 at the Serena Hotel's Victoria Hall on Saturday evening.
THE Acholi Paramount Chief (Rwot), David Onen Achana II, has advised his subjects to form groups so that they can demand oil royalties from the exploration company in the region.
Rehabilitation of the broken Aswa bridge on the Gulu-Pader-Kitgum road will start in January 2010 with sh6.8b funding from the European Union.
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