By George Murumba
18th June 2012:
President Yoweri Museveni has called on leaders to sensitize the people about the priority of zonal projects that promote both food and income security, saying it is only (more…)
UK ‘unfairly’ rejects African visa applications
By Online Team
18th June 2012:
Britain’s UK Border Agency [UKBA] staff whose job it is to process visa applications from Africa are “acting unfairly” and wrongly refusing applicants entry to the UK, the BBC has reported. (more…)
New MTN Uganda CEO takes office
By Dennis Otim
18th June 2012:
MTN Uganda’s new Chief Executive Officer, Mazen Mroué, took office last week in the capital Kampala at a ceremony officiated over by the Minister of Information, Communications and Technology, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda. (more…)
BBC ‘Focus-on-Africa’ TV set for launch
By John Stephen Katende
11th June 2012:
The BBC has announced its first-ever dedicated daily TV news programme in English for African audiences. The new programme, BBC Focus on Africa, brings together the expertise of (more…)
Parliament urged to ‘revise’ Public Order Bill
By George Murumba
14th May 2012:
The Uganda parliament should significantly revise the draft Public Order Management Bill, which would drastically restrict freedom of assembly and expression, Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) and (more…)
NSSF to introduce unemployment benefit
By Sharon Tibenda
14th May 2012:
The National Social Security Fund [NSSF] has announced plans to introduce a wide range of benefits for its members as soon as the pensions sector is liberalised. The planned products include (more…)
Gay Marriage: Obama support excites homos
By Norman Miwambo
14th May 2012:
The decision by US President Barack Obama to throw his political weight behind the liberal campaign to legalise gay marriages has caused massive excitement among gay and human rights activists around the world. (more…)
We must fight Museveni apartheid – Otunnu
By Norman S. Miwambo
26th March 2012:
UPC Party President Dr. Olara Otunnu has called upon Ugandans in the Diaspora to join the current struggle and fight for the restoration of sanity in Uganda. In a speech to (more…)
Meningitis kills 16 in northern Uganda
By Online Team
26th March 2012:
At least 16 people have died in a meningitis epidemic in two districts in northern Uganda over the past three weeks, the UN’s news agency IRIN has reported. According to the report, (more…)
Child Soldiers problem is a worldwide scourge
By Jo Becker
26th March 2012:
The International Criminal Court, or ICC, found the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers in the armed conflict in that country, sealing his fate as (more…)
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