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The government is pushing for land law reforms as contained in the Land Amendment Bill 2007 to avoid "a major war" from taking place between landlords and tenants, Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi has said.
Over 11 million people are displaced by conflict and climate change-related natural disasters in Africa every year according to Afrian Union convention on internally displaced persons.
BUSIA Town Council officials have been cautioned against extorting money from the public using the LC3 chairman's name. Michael Mugeni expressed disappointment that some council employees were obtaining money using his name.
ONE of the major challenges in the fight against illegal fishing methods on the Lake Victoria is political interference, mostly by local leaders, stakeholders in the fisheries sector have said.
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UGANDA'S banking sector has been urged to fast-track the biometric finger technology to attract the unbanked segment.
Global trade contracted in 2009 at a rate not seen since the Great Depression, and those paying the heaviest price are those who can least afford it.
The unveiling of the pilot Digital Terrestrial Television away from analogue last week is a fresh window for Uganda to seize the opportunities that global technological advances are providing.
In a bid to stimulate the debate on Uganda's newly discovered oil and the sharing of the oil wealth, Business Vision runs a series of articles by Professor Kasozi, the director of the National Council for Higher Education. This week's article focuses on how Uganda can avoid depending on oil as a sole major export
The new curriculum for technical colleges will focus on the changing trends of technology. "The quality of the technology, the maintenance and repairs of the different systems are very important for a sustainable and prosperous society," said Dirk Sijbesma, a curriculum specialist from the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
The Nokia China factory at the Xingwang high tech park in Beijing China is a good illustration of what a high-value industrial park should be and can bring to a country.
UGANDA'S insurance industry accumulated gross premium worth sh167b ($84m) written by licenced insurance companies by 2008, according to the annual report by the Uganda Insurers Association (UIA) issued last week.
THE Bangladesh central bank governor has said micro-finance institutions (MFIs) should be regulated to protect the vulnerable poor from being cheated of their money.
LAST week's Africa tax administration forum concluded that integrating Africa's tax and audit systems will contain capital flights, which is the biggest source of hemorrhage of the continent's revenues.
To commemorate the World AIDS Day on December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals who have played a remarkable role in the fight against HIV in their communities. Profiles of the people nominated by the public will be published everyday until the end of November.
THE Luweero district records officer who forged signatures to help top district officials get a loan of sh945,000 is being detained at Central Police Station in Kampala.
UGANDANS do not understand the relevance of the Commonwealth to the country's socio-economic transformation.
THE Government has distributed coffee seedlings to the youth in Kayunga district in order to increase their household incomes and help them get rid of poverty.
A Karimojong warrior commander has been sentenced to nine years in prison for unlawful possession of firearms.
THE Amnesty Commission on Tuesday received an award in recognition of its nine-year-work of resettling over 23,000 former rebels.
THE massive repatriation of Sudanese refugees has left districts West Nile with unutilised land. The bushes have engulfed social facilities like schools and safe water sources, which local authorities have failed to put to proper use.
Have you given up on getting Kevin evicted yet? I mean that bulky, 'wana-be-superstar' representing Nigeria in the on-going Big Brother Revolution. Well, if you haven't, it's time you did, seeing as it is that he is definitely going to make it to the finals. For some reason, this load has managed to fool all and sundry that he's cool, the reason viewers have kept him on the M-Net reality show.
THE High Court in Kibaale has sentenced four men to 10 years in prison for murder and manslaughter. Court presided over by Justice Ralph Ochan on Tuesday found Gerevazio Eribankya, a resident of Nyakaiba village, guilty of man slaughter.
Uganda Prisons has started producing seedlings to supply to farmers and the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme.
THE parliamentary committee on social services wants parents who keep children of school-going age from attending classes arrested and prosecuted.
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