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JAMES Bananukye Kazini was born in 1957. He is a Musongora from Kasese, although his parents migrated to Ssanga in Kiruhura district, where he was buried yesterday.
THE body of the late Maj. Gen. James Kazini was on Friday afternoon laid to rest at his country home in Ssanga, Kiruhura district in the presence of an estimated 2,000 mourners.
LT Col Mawa Dula Muhindo, who has been by Kazini's side for 20 years, calls him his mentor and guardian. He spoke to John B. Thawite about his life under Kazini and the famous battle he will never forget.
MAJ. Gen. James Kazini was killed by blows on the head, according to the postmortem report. An expert privy to the diagnosis disclosed that the object that hit Kazini fractured his skull.
The East African community doesn't apply here, the immigration official at this Northern Tanzanian airport barked out at my attempt to seek a more East African reception with my Ugandan passport as I processed my entry into Tanzania recently. My illusion of a concretising vision of one East Africa was swiftly and rudely dashed.
"We have been reduced to begging from relatives and to migrate to urban areas where life is not safe. We were living in the mountain for more than 200 years. Transferring us means burying us, completely. We want to stay in our area and develop."
SECURITY suspects that the killing of Maj. Gen. James Kazini could have been the work of trained assassins.
THE Government is to promote the use of the Central Corridor as the country's alternative route to the sea, Eng. John Nasasira, the transport minister, has said.
The recent and widely reported clashes between permanent secretaries and their political superiors in different government departments is a symptom of lack of respect for administrative boundaries.
President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday night met with energy minister Hillary Onek and permanent secretary Fred Kaliisa-Kabagambe to iron out the differences between the two that have come into full public glare in recent weeks.
Early this week, NTV broadcast depressing pictures of children in a school in Walukuba-Masese Division in Jinja. The footage showcased a sad tale of child abuse and shocking brutality- apparently a result of a 'free offer' gone wrong.
PARLIAMENT yesterday passed the Domestic Violence Bill.
After touring 36 other African countries, the World Cup trophy will finally come to Uganda tomorrow night. Uganda will be the sixth country in East and Central Africa to host the coveted trophy, on the first round of the tour that will climax in Cape Town next month.
CAMEROON's former soccer World Cup stars will be in Uganda on a three-day tour.
UPCOMING Somali-born Canadian based hip-hop artiste, K'naan will join Bobi Wine, Radio & Weasel, GNL, Grace Nakimera in entertaining Ugandans during the public viewing of the FIFA World Cup on November15, at Lugogo Cricket Oval.
For food producers all over the world, the French gourmet chef is perhaps the most discerning of critics. With one nod of approval deciding the fate of many a high end supplier, it is nonetheless still seen as a prize worth aspiring towards.
Police have lost hope of finding any live people after 16 hours of rescue operation in which they removed six bodies from a taxi wreckage in Mabira Forest.
At least three people have been confirmed dead after a boat accident on Lake Victoria.
PERHAPS the news of an international artiste performing in Kampala is no longer the incredible deal it once was, given the fact that Ugandans have seen stars like Wyclef Jean, Akon, UB40, Sean Paul and Beanie Man.
ECOBANK has been named the African bank of the year 2009.
REGIONAL customs bodies from for the east and southern Africa have been urged to intensify the fight against counterfeiters.
NOKIA is to stage a competition where innovative mobile and web application developers can submit entries for local content.
The Dairy Development Authority (DDA) has embarked on arresting dealers who add water in the milk.
THE West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECO) has resumed work at the Nyagak mini hydro-power project in Nebbi.
Fibre optic cables to provide internet broadband to Rwanda are expected to reach the Katuna border post in December, a firm laying the cables said this weekend.
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