By George Murumba
14th Jan 2013
The Governor of Bank of Uganda (BOU) Prof Emmanuel Tumusime Mutebile has said the inflationary pressures that have been threatening to (more…)
We cannot accept homosexuality – Museveni
By George Murumba
17th Dec 2012:
Conservative President Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda “…cannot accept the promotion of homosexuality as if it’s a good thing.” The president however also said gay people should not be killed or persecuted, as MPs continue to consider a controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
The original version of the Bill stipulated the death penalty for some homosexual acts, but this has reportedly been dropped. According to the BBC’s Catherine Byaruhanga, the president was careful to (more…)
Donor aid cuts threatening Uganda’s poor
By Online Team
17th Dec 2012:
The recent wave of donor aid cuts (amounting to $260million) in protest at the theft of approximately $13million dollars from the (more…)
Blood Minerals: When corporate power defeats justice
By Charles Ochen Okwir
17th Dec 2012:
On October 17, 2012, the UN Panel of Experts accused Uganda and Rwanda (for the second time) of supporting Congo’s M23 rebel movement led by (more…)
Museveni tells clergy to preach anti-HIV gospel
By Sharon Tibenda
17th Dec 2012:
President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to religious leaders in Uganda to continue preaching the gospel of the danger engendered in (more…)
Police foil attempt to kill President Zuma
By George Murumba
17th Dec 2012:
South African police today said they had foiled a plot by suspected right-wing Afrikaner extremists targeting an African National Congress (ANC) conference (more…)
Analysis: Gay lobby risks death in Uganda
By Elijah M. Tumwebaze
10th Dec 2012:
Anti-gay protestor calls for death penalty
Uganda’s biggest tabloid newspaper The Red Pepper last week published graphic pornographic pictures of a man allegedly having gay sex with a sixteen year old boy. In just a few hours, the news had spread across the entire city like the proverbial wild fire.
It was as though something catastrophic that threatens the very survival of the republic of Uganda had just happened. Very soon, news starting trickling in that the man who (more…)
Global Fund appoints anti-corruption ‘cop’
By John Stephen Katende
10th Dec 2012:
Ministers: All accused of corruption
GENEVA – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria last week named German national Norbert Hauser as the Interim Inspector General whose job will be to ensure that there is transparency and accountability in the management of funds disbursed to beneficiary countries like Uganda and many others in the “third world”.
Norbert Hauser, who is (more…)
World applauds convention to protect IDPs
By Timothy Nsubuga
10th Dec 2012:
IDP Camps in Northern Uganda
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Chaloka Beyani has applauded Africa leaders for passing the world’s first ever international convention to protect the rights of internally displaced persons.
Africa has “achieved a milestone and demonstrated its leadership,” Beyani said on December 6. “I believe that the significance of (more…)
Tragedy: Father’s gun kills 7-year old son
By Online Team
10th Dec 2012:
A father shot and killed his 7-year-old son last Saturday morning outside a Pennsylvania gun store in what police described as a (more…)
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