Fierce debate is raging across the country about whether or not Uganda’s present Electoral Commission is competent enough to organise free and fair elections in 2011. Uganda Correspondent’s Political Editor feels therefore that this article, published in one of Uganda’s English dailies, deserves particular debate. Let the big debate commence! (more…)
Archive for July, 2010
DRC fuel tanker victims buried
5th-11th July 2010
By Our Staff Writer
DRC Fuel Tanker Victims
The BBC has reported that bodies of scores of people killed in a fuel truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] have been buried in mass graves. At least 230 people were killed when the overturned oil tanker exploded and sparked a fire in Sange village. Some of those who died were trying to collect leaking fuel but others were trapped inside buildings, including a cinema, by the blaze. UN peacekeepers, aid workers and troops have been helping the injured. The truck overturned in the village of Sange as it tried to overtake a minibus. (more…)
Thumbs up to govt for breaking NSSF monopoly
5th–11th July 2010
The government of Uganda has finally succumbed to pressure to open up the pensions sector. The proposed reforms, if passed into law, will open up the sector to competition and end the monopoly that has been enjoyed by the National Social Security Fund [NSSF] since time immemorial. (more…)
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