By Norman S. Miwambo
12th March 2012:
FILE PHOTO: President Museveni in 1986
Jason Russell has made a mark on the world. In the last few days, his Kony2012 documentary has been discussed everywhere. By Saturday more than 48 million viewers had watched it on youtube. It highlights the atrocities committed by the elusive and vicious rebel leader Joseph Kony as well as offer support to the dictatorship in Uganda.
Many young men and women around the world confessed (more…)
By Charles Ochen Okwir
12th March 2012:
The ‘Kony2012’ campaign video by US based NGO Invisible Children had hit 26,684,765 views by the time I watched it on youtube – not an insignificant achievement if you can call it that. But the criticisms of it, probably in the thousands by now, were (more…)
By Online Team
12th March 2012:
THE continued fighting in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced more than 3,000 civilians into Uganda since the beginning of (more…)
By George Murumba
5th March 2012:
SUSPECTS: Ministers accused of graft in oil deals
Global Witness, an international watchdog that is known for tackling “the underlying causes of conflict and poverty” has raised five key concerns about Uganda’s existing legislative and administrative framework for managing the oil sector.
In a report released February 28, and titled “Uganda’s Petroleum Legislation: Safeguarding the Sector”, (more…)
By John Stephen Katende
5th March 2012:
FILE PHOTO: Ex-LRA Spokesman Matsanga
The International Criminal Court [ICC] Chief Prosecutor has threatened to request the arrest of the controversial ex-LRA man Mr. David Matsanga after the latter sensationally claimed that a witness had recanted his evidence to him.
According to the Kenyan daily newspaper the Nairobi Star of Saturday, March 3, Matsanga convened an “international press conference” at Nairobi’s Norfolk Hotel last Friday and (more…)
By Timothy Nsubuga
5th March 2012:
Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin, who has been serving as Prime Minister under President Dmitry Medvedev for the last four years, has declared victory in the country’s presidential elections. According to (more…)
By M. Suleman
27th Feb 2012:
File photo: Could we see more of this?
Former Ministers Bbumba and Kiddu Makubuya must have felt a great sense of relief when they eventually took the decision to resign over their alleged roles in the payment of 142 billion Shillings to controversial city businessman Hassan Bassajjabalaba.
Not only had Members of Parliament called for their prosecution, some had even shockingly demanded that the duo be (more…)
By Online Team
27th Feb 2012:
A nodding disease victim in northern Uganda
A cross section of gravely concerned Ugandans based in the United Kingdom who say they are dissatisfied with the government’s lukewarm response to tackling the ‘nodding disease’ have taken matters into their own humanitarian hands and decided to launch an ambitious fundraising drive to support victims of the disease.
According to a press release issued by the organisers, the (more…)
By Norman Miwambo
27th Feb 2012:
Anti-Museveni protest in London
That is exactly the question that remained on everybody’s lips after they watched Museveni’s interview on BBC’s HardTalk show programme, hosted by Stephen Sackur on Thursday, February 24. Museveni, who denied ever persecuting or discriminating against homosexuals in Uganda said, “…the issue [homosexuality] is mishandled by (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda
27th Feb 2012:
Uncovered: Suspected fraud by employers
The National Social Security Fund [NSSF] has launched a whistleblowers campaign to encourage aggrieved employees to report employers who do not remit their NSSF contributions, NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba has announced.
The initiative calls upon employees and members of the public to provide information to the Fund about any employer who is (more…)
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