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Uganda Tourism Sector Is Crying Out for More
At the inauguration of a new Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) in Kampala recently, the minister of Tourism, Maria Mutagamba, called on the members to find alternative ways of funding the all-important sector, given that the government's current allocation is insufficient. While the minister is right to advise the sector, which she says has a funding gap of Shs 17bn, to find alternative resources ...
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Day 4 - Monitor Red Pepper Remain Closed
Police today continued to ransack drawers, comb every inch of buildings in search of Gen David Sejusa-related documents as Daily Monitor, its sister FM stations Kfm and Dembe, and Red Pepper, remained closed for a fourth day. The Observer has learnt that Daily Monitor is pursuing both court action and negotiations with government to get police off its Namuwongo premises. So far, police have ...
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Govt Lab Stops DNA Testing As Paternity Cases Pile Up
The government chemist has suspended forensic investigations and DNA tests for paternity, citing lack of necessary reagents. The suspension is likely to delay justice and cause a pile-up of paternity cases. "We have run out of reagents and decided to suspend it because we couldn't analyze both paternal and criminal cases, yet many people are overstaying in prisons," said Eric ...
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Rebel MPs - Katuntu Takes Nyombi to Court
Bugweri MP Abdu Katuntu was last evening set to petition the constitutional court, challenging Attorney General Peter Nyombi's opinion, that MPs expelled by their parties should also lose their seats in Parliament. Katuntu's constitutional petition will be argued by a team of lawyers led by Peter Mukidi Walubiri. "We have finalized everything and hopefully before the close of ...
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KCCA Report - Parliament Appoints Select Committee
Kampala - Parliament has resolved that a select committee be set up to review minutes of the controversial report by the parliament's committee on public service and local government regarding the mismanagement of KCCA. In a motion moved by Makindye East MP John Ssimbwa on Thursday, the house unanimously adopted the motion saying there was need for a separate committee to review the report ...
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India Policemen Probed Over Musumba Bribe
Former Minister Isaac Musumba today strongly denied media reports that he and Igara East MP Michael Mawanda tried to sneak out of the country after paying a hefty bribe to policemen there. According to the online Mumbai publication Mid-Day, the plot to flee India was hatched after Musumba, Mawanda and businessman Mathias Magoola paid three police officers Rs 1 crore, which is equivalent to ...
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Sejusa Asks Kadaga for Three Months
The now renegade Coordinator of Intelligence Services, Gen David Sejusa, aka Tinyefuza, has written to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, asking for another three months' leave from Parliament, a day after his official leave expired. Sejusa, an army representative in Parliament, wrote to Kadaga through his lawyers on May 20, saying that he needs more time to complete his unfinished business in ...
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President Museveni Makes Minor Cabinet Changes
President Yoweri Museveni Thursday made changes to his cabinet, bringing in army chief Gen Aronda Nyakairima as Internal Affairs minister. In other changes, Mary Karooro Okurut moves to the Gender Ministery as John Narsasira goes to ICT, while Ruhakana Rugunda takes charge of Health. Former Health Minister Odoa becomes presidential advisor on Health. Rose Namayanja takes over Information and ...
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Japan Court to Decide Namubirus Fate Today
Court in Japan is on Friday expected to decide the fate of Ugandan musician Iryn Namubiru who is currently detained in Tokyo on allegations of drug trafficking. Japanese authorities arrested her upon arrival at the airport there on allegations that she carried contraband packed in food from Uganda. Now her fate remains in a decision expected to be taken by a court in the Asian country. ...
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Museveni Takeover Illegal - Lukwago
President Museveni this week inched closer to taking over management of Kampala, as Parliament began to consider a controversial report of the Public Service and Local Government parliamentary committee that urges him to do so. According to the report, all the political and technical officials including the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi, would have to step ...
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Micho Faces Uphill Task
Milutin Sredojevich 'Micho' is the Uganda Cranes tenth coach since the dawn of the millennium. Following his unveiling by Fufa President Lawrence Mulindwa on May 21 at Fufa house in Mengo, the Serbian tactician follows in the footsteps of the late Paul Hasule, Mike Mutebi, Harrison Okagbue, Csaba Laszlo, Muhammed Abbas, Leo Adraa, Charles Namakola, Pedro Pasqulli and most recently ...
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Kibaale Chimpanzee Abducts Child Then Lets Go
Kibaale - It was around 9:30am local time on Wednesday in Mabale village Bwikara sub-county in Kibaale district when two children were sent by their parents to buy ropes to tether their animals. Little did they know that their seemingly innocent assignment would turn all around - against them. And there was hardly any foreboding signs for what lay right ahead. Danger invisibly prowled the two ...
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Isabirye Targets Second Straight Uganda Cup
Sports Club Victoria University (SCVU) will be searching for their first title in Ugandan football when they take on Vipers SC in the Uganda Cup final. But for SCVU coach Alex Isabirye, he is aiming for a second Uganda Cup crown in a row, writes Elly Kyeyune. The final takes place this Sunday at Masindi Municipal grounds and it will be the second straight year it is held upcountry after ...
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Uganda Uganda Now Drug Hub Admits Police
The police admit that drug trafficking is becoming a problem in Uganda, with many travellers frequently arrested for the offence in foreign countries. The Police Commissioner in charge of Narcotics, James Kyomukama, told Zurah Nakabugo that Uganda had become a drug trafficking ...
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Uganda Mulago Goes Digital to Catch Conmen Absentee Medics
Mulago hospital has installed two electronic display boards at both the causality (accidents and emergency ward) and Labour suite 5C. The boards are meant to shine a light on quacks and thieves that are on the prowl in the hospital. The boards display names of doctors, nurses and interns on duty to help patients indentify who is and is not a medical practitioner and avoid being conned. Enock ...
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USF Sets Maiden Swimming Gala
The Uganda Swimming Federation (USF) is holding a swimming event, a first of its kind in Uganda, this Saturday. Dubbed The Uganda Masters Swimming Gala, the event is due to take place at the International School of Uganda, Lubowa, off Entebbe Road. According to Ganzi Mugula, who is a member of the federation, the competition that is targeting swimmers aged 25 years and above is set to start at ...
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Wine Tasting Returns At Club Silk
It was wine tasting last Tuesday at Club Silk, so I went to the event not knowing what to expect, I sat nervously waiting for the wine tasting to unfold, then I waited and then I waited a little more until a few people trickled in. My only consolation at that time were the waitresses who kept on asking what type of wine I wanted to taste. The night was meant for tasting Four Cousins wine, ...
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Uganda Johnnie Walkers Black Tie Dinner - a Showcase of Exclusivity
When Kampala's elite choose to drink, they do it in style. Last Friday evening at the Pearl of Africa Restaurant with in the Kampala Serena Hotel saw some Kampala elite do just that. It was a black tie dinner for an exclusive group, invited to witness the launch of a new whisky in the Johnnie Walker family - Platinum Label. They were also meant to taste five other brands of whisky in the ...
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Wheels - Why Kasenyanku Star Prefers a Simple Duet
The God-fearing solo artiste, whose real name is Raymond Joseph Mugerwa, recently released the Naloba video, featuring Mun-G, which is currently rocking the air waves. But there is more talk concerning Ray recently abandoning his Mitsubishi Challenger for a simple Toyota Duet. The Naalya-based artiste talked to Joseph Kimbowa about his choice of ...
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Billionaire Sekalala Dreams of Greater Heights
Ssekalala's early success, which has seen him develop over 14 hot-selling mobile applications valued at a whopping Shs 3bn worth of purchase and advertising money, started in 2011. As one of the best-performing undergraduates of IT at Makerere, Ssekalala attended a software development facilitation workshop by Nokia East and Southern Africa, held at the college of Computing and Information ...
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Just Writing - Its Not Easy Getting Him Out of My Mind
I recently caught up with my ex on Facebook. He has always been my friend for he was the first male friend I had, apart from my brother who follows me. I had taken some years without hearing from him, but I vividly remember him inviting me for his wedding, and telling me about his twin boys a year later. Of course, as you guessed, I didn't attend his wedding. I found it so cynical and ...
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Babe of the Week - Dainty Daphne a Nurse of Many Passions
Her glowing eyes, delicately set in a flawless light skin, draw you to her whenever she smiles - which she does quite often. Twenty-nine, slender, fairly tall and curvy Daphne Kalema is a nurse with a stunning presence but also the brains to go with it. She went through five years (S.2 to S.6) of her secondary education at Greenville High School on a full bursary, following her outstanding ...
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Papa Talk - Spare the Spanking and Spoil the Child
This country has had more than its fair share of child abuse cases and it is quite heartbreaking to watch TV news items in which children have been tortured and broken sometimes by their own parents. Whereas such acts would constitute child abuse, spanking children in order to discipline them is something else altogether. One is an act of hostility; the other is an act of love, and they are as ...
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Change Your Strategy Be Honest
Last week I called on the male virgins to stand and be counted. To the few braves who responded, I say bravo! However I was left wondering if this is something that would come up in conversation. I have had my share of suitors and not one ever said he was a virgin. Perhaps I have been courted only by philanderers, but I think it safe to assume that it is 'unmanly' to discuss your ...
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Watch the Champions League At Lions Bar
No football lover in the world needs to be reminded that this Saturday is the Champions League final. The all-German affair between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will see the two tussling it out in Wembley stadium. But the game is not the only fun part as every year we have watched a Champions league final. This year, Heineken beer, the title sponsors of the tournament, decided to add ...
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