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Ugandan Muslim pilgrims who are in the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Medina for the annual Hajj are still safe despite an outbreak of H1N1 flu commonly known as Swine Flu, Daily Monitor has learnt.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is for the first time scheduled to visit Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu where he is expected to hold talks with his Somali counterpart and inspect the peacekeeping operation of African Union troops.
Seated at a u-shaped table is an assembly of middle-aged men and women clad in business suits, faces stern and expressionless. Refreshments - bottled water, sodas and giant flasks of tea - clutter the long table, competing for space with piles of documents.
Twenty-one-year old widow, Santa Auma remembers the day four men, armed with spears and knives stormed her hut at about 3:35am on March 20, 2008, and robbed her. Then they took turns raping her and her 20-year-old niece. Auma decided to fight back. She and her niece went to the hospital and then to the Police. One of the attackers was arrested and is in jail awaiting trial.
Suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of Southern Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said.
THE Government has not yet approved the sale of Ugandan oil fields to an Italian company, a senior energy ministry official has said.
Kenya is still hunting for oil in Isiolo where a Chinese firm has pitched tent.
It's now official. The oil find in blocks 1 and 3A in the Albertine region are gone to leading Italian multi-national company, Eni S.p.A. Heritage Oil Plc, hitherto operators of the wells, yesterday confirmed media reports it had sold its stakes here at $1.5 billion (Shs2.8 trillion). In a statement, Heritage says a final deal could be sealed by March next year subject to approval of transaction ...
The army yesterday paraded 10 former fighters of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) who surrendered last week to government soldiers.
AT least 30,000 children are born with HIV in Uganda every year, the AIDS control programme manager in the health ministry, Dr. Zainab Akol, has said.
Uganda's human rights situation will be reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2011 for the first time.
British oil explorer Heritage has sold its fields in Uganda to Italian oil giant Eni SPA for between $1.3b and $1.5b.
THE national soccer team Cranes might be financially handicapped, but could recoup whatever money is invested in them at the CECAFA Orange Senior Challenge Cup.
In a show that was the talk of the town, what should have been an unforgettable evening, turned into a tedious affair as technical glitches put a dent in the proceedings at the Top Model Trend Hair and Fashion Search Uganda 2009 at the Serena Hotel's Victoria Hall on Saturday evening.
THE Acholi Paramount Chief (Rwot), David Onen Achana II, has advised his subjects to form groups so that they can demand oil royalties from the exploration company in the region.
Rehabilitation of the broken Aswa bridge on the Gulu-Pader-Kitgum road will start in January 2010 with sh6.8b funding from the European Union.
THE State Minister for Agriculture, Henry Bagire, and the Arua district Woman MP, Christine Bako, clashed over the selection of the six pioneer model farmers per parish in the country.
According to the 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), 54% of women in northern Uganda have suffered physical violence and 32% have suffered sexual violence. The same survey also reveals that 53% of the men have also suffered physical violence, compared to 4% who have experienced sexual violence.
At Uganda Talks we welcome guest blogs from our readers. Today, contributor Abbey Kibirige Semuwemba writes about political murders and the need to create greater public confidence in the central government.
1986 to Ugandans was a turning point when NRM, led by a youthful Museveni, shot into power on the 26th day of January. That same year in September, the media and the world witnessed another revolution. A young Oprah Gail Winfrey rolled out the effervescent talk show; The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Kampala High Court will next week decide whether to let Mr Nestor Machumbi Gasasira retain his post as principal accountant at the Ministry of Health and keep his wealth or not.
Isaac Kawonawo ambition in the political arena won him an award allowing him to visit China annually, writes Robert Muhereza. Isaac Kawonawo, 29, resident of Kigongi Cell in Kabale Municipality is one of Uganda's lucky youth leaders who recently won the Chinese award visiting China annually at the expense of the Chinese government.
The Vice President, Prof Gilbert Bukenya and Foreign affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa should be arrested if they fail to refund Chogm cash they allegedly misused, Forum for Democratic Change president has said.
The Central government has accumulated Shs8 billion in unpaid rent arrears it owes Buganda Kingdom, officials at Mengo have said. In her recent presentation to Lukiiko members, Buganda Kingdom treasurer, Ms Nagawa Mukasa indicated that the kingdom will thrive on leasing her land as one of the major sources of revenue to support her projects.
Donors have demanded that all officials implicated in Chogm scandals be disciplined, increasing pressure on the government over an issue seen as critical in the fight against corruption in the country, Daily Monitor can reveal.
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