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Last week, I was in Lagos, Nigeria and witnessed the tragedy of African politics. Nigeria is home of anything between 140m to 160m people. It has some of the most educated, intelligent, innovative and hard working Africans.
Wainaina denies leading African lit renaissance but offers tips on how it can succeed - via mobile phone
In January 2008, Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi gave the Auditor General James Muwanga a 30-day deadline to deliver audited accounts of expenditure on the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Kampala in November 2007. Two years later, and in spite of two reports by the Auditor General, nothing is clear yet about the cost and benefits from CHOGM. Now, the annual report ...
Wakiso LC-V Chairman Ian Kyeyune was humiliated by his electorate recently for what they said were repeated lies and inability to deliver on promises made to tarmac Busabala road in Wakiso district. He was made to walk 12km after they showered him with dust and made him sit on the ground as they vented their anger and frustration.
The story of Rwanda is now well known. Fifteen years ago, genocide devastated the country, emptied the banks and decimated human capital. By the time the RPF captured Kigali in July 1994, half the population was either dead or in exile. Just across the border in DR Congo, a Hutu rebel army was training in UN refugee camps, while the international humanitarian community stood idly by.
While section 140 of the colonial-era Penal Code Act already criminalises "carnal knowledge against the order of nature", this new legislation will attempt to give teeth to that dictum
70% of women in Uganda think men are justified to beat their spouses
Last October, seven prisoners in Iran escaped a near-certain death sentence.
The 9th WAPI (Words and Pictures) will take place on November 21 at Hotel Africana's People's Space and it has been dubbed "Recycle".
Book: Poisoned Wells. The Dirty Politics of African Oil
That is the problem with growing older. And wiser?
As debate on the controversial Land Amendment Bill 2007 takes centre stage in Parliament, Buganda Kingdom is resigned to the fact that its protracted opposition to this Bill will not stop the NRM government from passing it into law.
MOST MPs from Buganda region on Wednesday stayed away from the heated debate on the Land Amendment Bill. Only 20 out of the 80 Buganda MPs attended the debate, which was chaired by Speaker Edward Ssekandi.
THE cat is finally out of the bag. The much awaited draft constitution for Kenya was finally unveiled this week by Kenya's top coalition leadership at a colourful ceremony in Nairobi, the capital city. Except for President Kibaki who was away in Addis Ababa for an AU Climate Summit, Kenya's Prime Minister, Vice President and top cabinet ministers were all there to witness history unfolding.
THE 14-year-old girl who caused the death of a 40-year-old man who had attempted to defile her, has been released on Police bond after the intervention of the women lawyers' association, FIDA, and local council officials.
TIM Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web and founder of the Web Foundation, visits Uganda next week.
THE European Union is funding a sh6.5b sewage pipeline project aimed at improving sanitation in the Mengo-Kisenyi area in Kampala, writes Norman Katende.
WARID will use the money acquired from the partnership with the Middle East-based telecom firm, Essar Group, for expansion, a top official has said.
THE seventh mobile operator in Uganda, Smiles Communication, starts operations today, using the 02 code.
THE Uganda Communications Commission will announce a price ceiling for cross-network rates next week.
THIS article is in response to Joseph Kisarale's story, "Police suspects should not be tortured" in The New Vision of November 13. His article was in reference to the Police forcing suspects to sit underneath the seats on the Police pick-ups.
MOSES Byaruhanga's article "Northern Uganda has embraced the Movement" that appeared in The New Vision on November 16, deserves critical observation.
TEN years ago, in 1999, the East African Community (EAC) was re-born. The EAC had collapsed in 1977 over what many have said were political and ideological disagreements between the political leadership of the partner states.
SIX senior Democratic Party (DP) officials have been suspended over indiscipline for reportedly assaulting the party chairman, Joseph Mukiibi, during a recent press conference.
THE Sudanese embassy in Uganda has started registering Sudanese living in Uganda, ahead of their 2010 elections.
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