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Uganda to import thumbprint machines to eliminate electoral fraud
Uganda is expected to import thumbprint machines in an effort to eliminate electoral malpractices. The East Africa country's next presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in 2016.Both the ruling NRM party and the opposition have been at each other's throats over electoral malpractices, with the latter accusing the government of fraud during the last general ...
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Pastor Arrested Over Defilement
A 60-year old pastor of Lukango Church of God in Kammengo, Mpigi district is in police custody over defilement. Peter Bananiye is alleged to have defiled a 7-year-old pupil of Ggoli Primary School. The girl said while in a market at Kammengo on Thursday evening, the cunning pastor asked her to help him carry his luggage home and he would pay her sh3,000. However they bypassed his home and the ...
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Penile Cancer Uncircumcised Men At Higher Risk
Okwalinga, 50, a resident of Mbale district, is weighed down because his penis was recently cut off in a surgical operation at Mbale Hospital, on the recommendation of a physician. "It all started two years ago when small sores developed on his foreskin," Okwalinga's relative explains. After two years, the wounds enlarged and became septic. Okwalinga did not respond to ...
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A Call for Speedy Passing of Legal Aid Bill
Kampala - Free legal aid service providers have urged the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to urgently table the draft Aid Policy Bill before Parliament, so that it is speedily enacted into law. This would then enable the providers to effectively provide the necessary services to the indigent Ugandans. The call was made by Legal Aid Service Providers Network (LASPN) national ...
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Uganda Targets U19 World Cup
UGANDA will look to win all their Group A encounters, starting with the game against rivals Namibia if they are to advance to the 2014 ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup that is due in Dubai. The qualifiers that start May 25 will be hosted at Lugogo, Kyadondo and Entebbe cricket ovals. Uganda will need to finish top of Pool A to qualify for the final. The top two finishers of both pools will contest ...
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Basoga Twegaite to Build Cancer Unit in Jinja
The Basoga Twegaite association in the diaspora is to fund-raise for a cancer treatment unit in Jinja. The fundraising drive will be the major focus of a convention to be held in Los Angeles California between May 23 and 27, 2013 as part of the ongoing corroborative effort towards restoration of Busoga's glory through education, healthcare, and culture-preservation promotion. An array of ...
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Makerere University Launces Mobile Fruit Factory
In light of reducing post-harvest costs and adding value to fruits, Makerere University has invented a mobile juice plant. Mounted on a truck, the factory will traverse the country on invitation of organised farmer groups, who exhibit the capacity to gather commercially viable volumes of fruit. Prof. John Muyonga, the dean of Makerere University School of Food Technology Nutrition and ...
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Ten Children Receive Free Open Heart Surgery
Susan Nandi is full of hopes for her 3 year old girl's future. Little Immaculate Nambowa was one of ten children who received free heart surgery at Heart Institute Mulago last week in a mission that closed yesterday. But just two years ago, it looked like there was no hope for the baby she adopted from a Compassion International project. When she got Immaculate Nambowa from Compassion, ...
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Juruni Eyes 2013 Basketball Crown
MANDY Juruni's last encounter with the Falcons ended with the humble coach exalted in championship glory. His first this season finds Mandy on a new team but with the same old assignment - winning the title. Safe to say, he might have to do it at the expense of the Falcons again. Juruni's City Oil battle the Falcons today at the MTN Arena in a showdown of two frontrunners for the ...
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Africa Better Recognise DJ Aludah
Where is the name Aludah from? Is it your real name? I get this a lot from people and yeah, Aludah is my real name. It is my middle name, given to me by my Granddad. Funny enough, I do not use it on my official papers because when growing up, I did not really like ...
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Let IMF Help Improve Commercial Agriculture
Meeting the International Monetary Fund delegation at State House Entebbe recently, President Museveni said a deliberate move is necessary to change the attitude of the people to adopt commercial agriculture and also move fast on infrastructure, particularly the development of energy, roads and railway lines. The attainment of a proper balance between industrialization and the expansion of ...
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Is Namboole Really Safe
SPORTS revenue is fast dwindling in Uganda. So, Mandela National Stadium's management is now looking elsewhere to generate funds to maintain the vast recreation facility. Weddings, workshops and religious gatherings are some of the activities from which funds have been generated to maintain the stadium. A restaurant and bar at Namboole's Southern Gate is the latest fundraising effort ...
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Uganda Has Room for Investment in Meat Industry-Wakikhona
Government has called for massive investment in the beef industry as another way of eradicating poverty among Ugandans. The Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperative, David Wakikhona said there is room for investment in the livestock and meat sector due to low meat processing capacity and high production in the country. Wakikhona mentioned the forage seed production, animal ...
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Remembering Those Killed By HIVAids
In the late 1980s, the HIV prevalence rate was 18%. It reduced to 6.2%, but has risen again to 7.3%, which is worrying policy makers and healthcare givers. Lutaaya has AIDS", read New Vision front page headline a day after musician Philly Bongole Lutaaya publicly announced that he had "slim." This was in 1989 when stigma about HIV/AIDS was at its peak in Uganda. Lutaaya went ...
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18-Year-Old Wins Miss Uganda Western Region
She is only 18, a Senior Six leaver with dreams of becoming a lawyer. But that will all have to wait a little longer because Anita Kyarimpa from Kabale was declared winner of the 2013 Miss Uganda Western Regional finals held at the Big Fun Centre in Mbarara on Saturday night. She was the overwhelming favourite to win and received a standing ovation from the crowd that braved the cold Mbarara ...
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Security Lapses Causing Mobile Money Robberies
Meddie Tamale was visiting his mother after work when he was shot at. By the time people arrived at the scene, Tamale was already dead. Tamale's assailants made off with an unspecified amount of money and his laptop. He was a prominent MTN Mobile Money agent in Mukono, the acting deputy Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, said the attacks on mobile money agents were being fuelled by the ...
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UK Defense Academy Students Meet Museveni
State House, Entebbe - President Yoweri Museveni has met a delegation of students of the Royal College of Defense Academy of the United Kingdom who paid a courtesy call on him at State House Entebbe. The delegation has been on a one-week study tour in Uganda and was led by the Senior Directing Staff of the Academy Jeremy Jarvis CBE and was also accompanied by the Deputy High Commissioner of ...
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Ugandans Adopt 100 Babies
Ugandan families have in the past three years adopted over 100 children from the Malaika Babies Home in Kampala. The Malaika Babies' Home celebrated its third birthday with an Open Day yesterday at which NGO Ugandans Adopt confirmed the adoptions. Based in Mengo, Malaika has so far provided emergency short-term care to over 130 babies. Aidah Agwang, an official of Ugandans Adopt, said ...
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Jumpsuits Prints Rock 2013 Fashion
The 2013 fashion trend so far, from various runways, has been less glitz, ruffles, and no sequins. The designers have tried to keep it pretty simple, featuring fabrics like silk, African kitenge, chiffon and cotton. Most designers have chosen to make dresses. Brenda Nanyonjo's February 14 collection featured about 14 dresses. The most unforgettable was the yellow shirt dress, the maxi ...
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NIC Launches Netball Title Defence
NATIONAL Insurance Corporation (NIC) launched their National Netball League title defence in flying fashion on Saturday. NIC faced minimal trouble as they defeated KCCA 60-30 at Nakivubo. Goal shooter Rachael Nanyonga and attacker Hadija Nakabuye were the leading architects of NIC's victory as the new season started. The two players tormented their rivals with a brilliant display. ...
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Chamber of Commerce Agent in SH349 Million Commission Rift
The Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry(UNCCI) is locked in a sh349m rift with a commission agent, with the latter claiming he is owed the money as balance for connecting the former to a businessman in purchase of a $3m(sh7.7b) city property. On May 9, Livingstone Luwaga filed a civil suit at the High Court in Kampala, claiming UNCCI owes him the money after verbally agreeing last ...
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A Push for More Gender-Friendly Laws
Kampala - Ugandan women legislators are not happy with most existing laws, which they say have not been gender-friendly. They have advocated for the amendment of most clauses in the Constitution so that laws help to protect the rights and dignity of women and enable them access justice. "We particularly want magistrates and judges to be more gender-sensitive by allowing defilement and ...
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Govt Maintains Stand On Taxes
THE Government has ruled out the possibility of dropping the taxes it has proposed in the forthcoming 2013/2014 budget. Ever since the release of the budget framework paper last month which contains the draft budget that will be read in June, various sectors have protested the taxes, saying they will be an added burden to them. In an exclusive interview with New Vision, Matia Kasaija, the ...
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Pioneer Wants Special Lanes for Its Buses
Pioneer bus company is seeking a concession to be allocated eight major city roads with special lanes. However, city councillors are yet to approve the new concession agreement. This demand, which is key to their operations, is currently being reviewed by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). If the concession agreement is passed, other public transport providers will be prohibited from ...
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Govt Launches National Transport Plan
A national transport master plan including a transport master plan for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) has been launched. State Minister for works John Byabagambi noted that the plan constitutes an essential element for the overall planning for the transport sector in the medium-term to foster economic and social development in Uganda. "In a nutshell, the plan provides a ...
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