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Satirist Hilary Bainomugisha in his Dr Love Column made an apt summary that when you get any capital letters- CHOGM, NSSF, NFA, NAADS, URA, GAVI, GF, RRU- and add the word government, the result is corruption.
One major area in which Julius K. Nyerere was a rival to Kwame Nkrumah was the arena of regional integration. For years Nkrumah had been virtually the unrivalled voice of Pan-Africanism and the symbol of the continent's quest for greater integration. On a more modest scale, Nkrumah had even attempted to forge a union between Guinea, Ghana and Mali. But these attempts at unification proved ...
In 2006 when the government announced the beginning of camp phase-out in northern Uganda, majority of internally displaced persons had high hopes of living a better life in their original homes. That hope, however, faded as the former IDPs met many hurdles in their return process. Paul Amoru & Cissy Makumbi explore the challenges involved in resettlement of former internally displaced persons ...
The very unfortunate and rather bizarre manner of death of former Army Commander Maj. Gen. James Kazini should help us ask questions of the investigative capacity of the Uganda Police Force.
Uganda's oldest political party, the Democratic Party has survived several political waves in the last five decades but the current bickering threatens to break the remaining nerves if not properly sorted out.
The Super League title may be too early to call but SC Villa may find themselves ruing the lost time and games if they don't step up. And step as soon as today.
Ministers and government officials who fail to provide accountability for money given to them for Chogm activities should be arrested, MPs have resolved.
Police in Kampala is hunting for a man following the death of his son under unclear circumstances. The son, Hassan Bbaale, was in his mid 30s.
I am an avid lover of film. For several like me, Dstv's Africa Magic Channel and the ever-surging Nollywood have been a detrimental chagrin deserving to be tried in the Prague for committing crimes against filmmaking.
Women activists have thrown their weight behind the opposition to demand electoral reforms before the country enters into the next election cycle in 2011.
Global Trust Bank, one of the latest entrants to Uganda's banking sector, has completed its transition into a fully fledged commercial bank but with the focus on corporate clients.
Dr. Elijah Mushemeza, the former Political Science lecturer at Makerere University, and now an Associate Professor and Dean, Faculty of Business and Development Studies at Bishop Stuart University, Mbarara, is planning to unseat NRM heavyweight, Amama Mbabazi, as the party's Secretary General.
SAM Okello Okello, one of the brains behind most Ndere Troupe's classy dance and drama productions, has finally defected. Ndere Troupe and Okello seemed as conjoined as Siamese twins for the 25 years of Ndere Troupe's existence but word reaching us is that Okello recently joined National Theatre as its Production Manager.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
THE acting Permanent Secretary in the health ministry has said embattled principal accountant, Nestor Machumbi Gasasira, was on leave, contrary to media reports that he had returned to office.
AT least 18 goats in Koch-Goma sub-county in Amuru district have been killed by stray elephants from Murchison Falls National Park since the beginning of the year, the LC3 chairman, John Bosco Okullo, said on Thursday.
CHOLERA has broken out in Kasese district with two cases reported in Hamukungu fishing village in Lake Katwe sub-county on Tuesday.
UGANDA is among the nine developing countries in Africa and Asia that will benefit from a $12m (over sh21b) family planning and women's reproductive health project.
PUBLIC sector corruption in Uganda continues to worsen according to Transparency International. Corruption is now seen by Ugandans to be more rampant than it was in any of the past five years.
THE shortage of contraceptives essential to family planning is responsible for their poor use, a senior official in the health ministry has said.
THE public accounts committee was yesterday thrown into confusion over whether or not the contract for the supply of executive cars for CHOGM had been awarded to Spear Motors, which has taken the Government to court.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has said the immigrant herdsmen in Bulisa district in Bunyoro sub-region have agreed to be relocated.
MPs on Wednesday clashed over the location of the district headquarters for Marach-Terego that was carved out of Arua in 2005.
THE Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has unveiled the logo for the 2012 population and housing census. The deputy executive director, Paul Mungyereza, explained that the logo sums up all the activities they will carry out in the census.
RESIDENTS of Kawaala-Kasubi, in Rubaga Division have a reason to smile after a new health centre was opened there on Wednesday.
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