Monday 6th September, 2010

• Avoid Force, Rwenzururu Told

  All Africa

  Kampala — The Rwenzururu kingdom has been cautioned against using force to acquire land for the cultural institution. "A uniting kingdom of the people around the Rwenzori mountains was not in p...

• Court Summons Orombi Over Bishop

  All Africa

  Kampala — The High Court in Kampala has summoned the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Henry Luke Orombi, outgoing Kinkizi Diocese Bishop Wilson Ntegyereize and the Bishop-elect of Kinkizi Dio...

• HIV Patients Fail to Pay Medical Bills

  All Africa

  Kampala — Two months after the Centres for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) in Tororo closed its home-based aid care programme, the former clients have said they cannot afford to pay medical...

• Has NAADS Become a Farce?

  All Africa

  "It is a shame, Museveni just wants to use the cover of NAADS to bribe voters with those brown envelops he is giving out. NAADS itself is a failed project," she said while on a radio talk show at Bamb...

• Was Somalia Worth It?

  All Africa

  opinion Going through the internet-based media daily, and especially since the 7/11 tragedy in Kampala, one gets a sense of despair on the long Somali conflict. The feelings and signs of frustration ...

• Support the Youth, PM Tells Government

  All Africa

  Uganda's Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi has said although the government formulates and implements policies, it needs to be assisted. He called upon the ministry's of Health and Education to listen to...

• Attorney General Warns Lawyers On Corruption

  All Africa

  The Attorney General, Dr Khiddu Makubuya, has cautioned lawyers against corruption and professional misconduct saying these acts are tainting the image of the legal profession. He said many practicin...

• Gunshots Rock NRM Polls, Fire Razes Kisekka Market

  All Africa

  Abraham Lincoln once wrote "Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successor to bullets." But during the NRM primaries, the reverse was the order of the week. Take Bukedea District for instance, more t...

• NRM Special Organs to Discuss Polls

  All Africa

  Kampala — The National Resistance Movement (NRM) special organs convene today at Namboole Stadium. They include the youth, workers, persons with disabilities (PWDs), women, elders, entrepreneurs...

• Disabled Persons Want Better Services

  All Africa

  Kampala — Persons with disabilities (PWDs) have asked the Government and service organisations to give priority to their colleagues living in rural areas, saying they are marginalized. Andrew B...

• Teso Diabetics Ask for Hospital

  All Africa

  Kampala — Diabetes patients in Teso sub-region have asked the Government to construct a hospital which will treat and monitor the disease. Ruth Achom, a member of Soroti Diabetes Association, s...

• Nambawa, Kipsiro Take On the World

  All Africa

  Kampala — Sarah Nambawa could have won gold at the Africa Senior Championships in Kenya last month but the biggest challenge of her career so far lies in wait today. The triple jumper, will not...

• Ndejje Take On Rigers

  All Africa

  Kampala — In what has been a stop-start MTN-Fuba League season, Ndejje University Angels find themselves slowly becoming part of the folklore of Ugandan basketball. Much as their second season ...

• Tribes in Kenya Wage Water War

  In These Times

  As tribal warfare rages over increasingly scarce water and grazing land, armed battles over cattle are becoming more destructive and spreading across national borders.

• Kenyan journo held over Kampala blasts

  SBS

  The journalist, a presenter on Radio Salaam based in the coastal city of Mombasa, was arrested on Saturday and taken to Nairobi for questioning, regional police chief Leo Nyongesa said."We have handed...

• UPDATE 2-Uganda inflation at 6-yr low in Aug at 1.7 pct y/y

  Reuters

  KAMPALA, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Uganda's year-on-year headline inflation rate UGCPIY=ECI eased to a 6-year low of 1.7 percent in August from 3.2 percent in July, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBS) s...

• Police Guard Mukono NRM Party Offices

  All Africa

  Kampala — The Police were yesterday morning deployed at the NRM party offices in Mukono town to control angry party members who wanted to demonstrate over the failure of the party to hold the pr...

• Kayunga Elections Postponed Again

  All Africa

  Kampala — Voting at the NRM party primaries in Kayunga district was cancelled yesterday for the third time due to lack of election materials. "We have waited for the materials in vain. We are n...

• Do Not Alienate Young Muslims

  All Africa

  opinion Kampala — I recently wrote an article and suggested that young Muslims should not be alienated if Uganda's counter terrorism strategy is to work. For any country and not only the US, ha...

• 12 Districts Fail to Vote Again Over Irregularities

  All Africa

  Kampala — The NRM primary elections flopped again in 12 districts yesterday due to voting materials arriving late and irregularities. The party's electoral officials said most polling stations d...

• Iganga Fails to Vote in NRM Primaries

  All Africa

  Kampala — The NRM party primaries failed to take off again in the 360 polling centres of Iganga district yesterday. Party members and sub-county polling agents who had gone to the NRM offices o...

• Time to Prevent Mothers From Dying Unnecessarily

  All Africa

  opinion Kampala — According to the Uganda Demographic Health Survey Report (UDHS 2006), Ugandan women give birth to an average of seven children, which is the third highest fertility rate in th...

• Police Bursts Kampala Forgery Gang

  All Africa

  Kampala — The Police have burst a racket forging seals, stamps and documents of government ministries, foreign missions, security organisations and academic institutions. The men, mainly operat...

• Low Turn Up at City Primaries

  All Africa

  Kampala — Voting at the NRM party primaries in Kampala kicked off yesterday at a slow pace. At Makerere University, candidates and their agents resorted to knocking at doors of students, asking ...

• Wanzala Banned After Open Fiasco

  All Africa

  Out of form national team star Fred Wanzala has been banned for six months by the Uganda Golf Union (UGU) after he refused to complete his second round at the Uganda Open on Friday. Wanzala, who shot...

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