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SECURITY is investigating reports that a number of Al Shabaab Islamists have entered the country following their threat to strike Kampala and Bujumbura last month.
Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Great Lakes region.
Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country's ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda's medicine imports.
THE army will only be involved in the 2011 general elections to provide security, the Government has said.
EAST African Community members want to harmonise the education syllabus and curriculum at all levels in the region, the first premier and minister for East African Community Affairs (EAC), Eriya Kategaya has said.
THE Commonwealth has asked developing member states in Africa to invest in activities which reduce the impact of climate change.
Enock Ssebanga, 21, on Wednesday lost the battle to leukaemia. The picture of his scraggy body published by this newspaper on August 7, 2000 shocked the world about the boundless nastiness of some parents. Then 12, Ssebanga was accused by the step-mother, Regina Nabakoza of being a thief. His father, Charles Kayongo, capitulated to the devilish plot to incarcerate the teenager in an abandoned ...
THE recently negotiated collaboration between the six Ugandan political parties in Accra, Ghana, is not aimed at a power-sharing deal between the opposition and NRM, the parties have said.
THE Government is to re-consider funding the model farmers in Karamoja whose crops failed to germinate due to drought.
THE way procurement rules were flouted and taxpayers' money was squandered during CHOGM is mind-boggling, and those identified should be brought to book. But lessons should be learned from this mess.
A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill could be taken up by Uganda's parliament shortly.
Two Fufa officials have been summoned by the Buganda Road Court to answer charges of embezzlement and causing financial loss to the tune of over Shs972m.
THE three FUFA officials accused of misappropriation of federation funds have been summoned to appear before the the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court on November 27.
THE FUFA presidential nominations and the general assembly have been further extended.
UGANDA'S U-20 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier against Rwanda in Kigali tomorrow has been shifted to a yet undisclosed venue sparking off a protest from the coach Majidah Nantanda.
The Buganda Lukiiko meets this Monday to take a final stand on the now stalled talks between Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi and President Museveni, Saturday Monitor has leant.
The Catholic Church yesterday denounced domestic violence and vowed to fight it from the village level.
Having an independent regulator, improving the procurement process and good political will can help stem corruption in the water and sanitation sector, the Ministry of Water and Environment has suggested.
A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill could be taken up by Uganda's parliament shortly.
Those Jaluos..." Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni remarked the other day in reference to our Kenyan brothers and sisters over the disputed Migingo Island. Shocking as it was, it got me thinking.
Uganda has long received praise for its successful handling of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the 1990s, when it engaged civil society in its prevention efforts and worked to reduce the stigma of the disease.[1] Prevalence rates declined as a result of government policies that promoted the empowerment of civil society, frank discussions of HIV transmission, pragmatic emphasis on comprehensive HIV ...
Principal Judge James Ogoola has been tipped to head the Judicial Commission of inquiry into the mismanagement of the education sector especially the rot in the primary and secondary schools, Daily Monitor has learnt.
The government yesterday said it was in talks with the managers and proprietors of the two-closed radio stations for a possible consensus to reopen them.
The Foreign Affairs minister, Mr Sam Kutesa, yesterday became the second high ranking official to be linked with the controversial Shs9.4 billion Chogm car deal, even as NRM MPs moved to disrupt the committee proceedings.
Explaining the basics of federalism and marketing it to other stakeholders will be the central focus of the second annual Buganda Conference, the kingdom has announced.
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