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Most Ugandans need simply scan the front page of a newspaper in order to see the effects of corruption first-hand. From the venality of the CHOGM saga to the myriad stories of witch doctors defrauding gullible clients, corruption is never out of the headlines for long.
The Independent talked to Mrs Juliet Akankwasa and below are excerpts.
Three weeks ago, the British High Commissioner to Uganda, Martin Shearman who is the current chairman of the Partners for Greater Democracy and Good Governance, (PDG) a grouping of western embassies in Uganda, published donor concerns about the political developments in Uganda ahead of 2011 elections. The Independent's Onghwens Kisangala talked to the Netherlands Ambassador Jeroem Verheul ...
In the last three weeks, the suspended Executive Director of National Forestry Authority (NFA) Damian Akankwasa has been in the spotlight over Shs 900m that he says was stolen from his house in Naguru by his estranged wife Juliet Akankwasa. He told The Independent's Ariel Rubin and John Njoroge how he lost the money, and why it was in the house.
Nine former fighters of the Lord's Resistance Army who recently escaped from captivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have returned to Gulu, northern Uganda.
Debate on the Land (Amendment) Bill 2008 continued yesterday as it became apparent that the wedge between those for and against had deepened.
A medical doctor in Wakiso District, who attempted to tap into the mystical powers of a witchdoctor to resolve a personal problem has suffered a loss of Shs7 million which the witchdoctor allegedly conned of him.
Police in Masaka District have halted the eviction of more than 200 families from land owned by an Indian businessman.
Irate residents of Natteta Village in Nazigo Sub-county, Kayunga District yesterday beheaded a resident they suspected to have stolen a chicken.
The hearing of an appeal by the former Director of Economic Affairs in the Internal Security Organisation, Mr Teddy Seezi Cheeye who was convicted on charges of corruption failed to take off today morning after the judges did not show up.
Women are the most affected by the effects of climate change, the latest United Nations Population report has revealed.
Fourteen people, including a journalist, were yesterday committed to the High Court for trial on treason charges.
A dozen cultural institutions yesterday rallied behind the government's push for speedy implementation of the regional tier of governance and also made a case for monarchies in Ankole and Bugisu.
Angola's Emma for the third time is up for eviction and with just two weeks left to the grand prize of US $200,000. She is up against the boring Nigerian Geraldine which should give her a very big chance to survive again. Isn't it ironic that Nigeria still has all their three housemates in the last seven housemates standing?
A new programme to help curb disparities in drug shop operations, especially in rural areas has been launched. The ministry of Health and the National Drug Authority last week launched the ADS (Accredited Drug Shop) logo, which will be used to help clients access the right medication.
Uganda Health Marketing Group's (UHMG) new "One Love" campaign that tells people to "Get off the Sexual Network" is quite provocative. Who has ever thought that they are part of a network, not a telecom one but a sexual one? I bet you, not that many of us. As we go about sleeping with this one and the other one, we never imagine that they are sleeping with another person who is sleeping with yet ...
The decision by Mbarara Grade II Magistrate, Moses Ndifuna, to accept a bribe of Shs 200,000 in order to reverse an order imposed by health inspectors was despicable.
I write in response to a story that ran in The Observer on November 9, 2009 under the heading 'President's man under fire over boda boda'. The writer distorted the facts which I would now like to correct.
The Observer on October 22, 2009 carried a lead story with a screaming headline: "Banyankore generals are UPDF's best, says Aronda."
History has long debated at what point a military campaign can really constitute a war victory.
The proliferation of kingdoms and chiefdoms in Uganda and the concerted calls for 'majimboism' in Kenya do not augur well for a regional political federation.
The Ugandan army yesterday said it had killed yet another commander of the Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic even as US lawmakers moved closer to passing a law to enable the White House directly get involved in anti-LRA efforts.
A select Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) side subjected the visiting English side Ealing CC to a 115-run loss in their last match of 11-day tour at Kyambogo oval on Tuesday.
Hotel owners in Kampala smiled to the banks with at least Shs9 billion from the government as advance bookings for the 2007 Chogm delegates who later never turned up, Parliament heard yesterday.
The Democratic Party has been involved in countrywide grassroot elections in preparation for the Delegates' Conference on November 26 in Mbale. These elections were meant to fill all the vacant posts in the party and to have new leadership ready to face the general elections in 2011.
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