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From first woman finance boss to riots

Ira — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:59:57 +0000

The year kicked off with President Yoweri Museveni announcing the long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle that came with big surprises. The big new comers in the mid February changes included the First Lady Janet Museveni, as State Minister for...

Homosexuality: A Vote Winner in Uganda's 2011 Presidential Election

John — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:00:08 +0000

It has been and still is a very thorny issue in Uganda. It is not yet resolved. It is an issue that is going to greatly run in the Ugandan media next year. 2010 is election campaign year with the opposition candidates already on the campaign...

Making Money During Christmas Holidays in Uganda

John — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:44:50 +0000

Christmas is a period when the streets of Kampala, capital city of Uganda, fill up to the brim with people from all corners of the country. A time when pickpockets make more money than any other time of the year. Due to the traffic and people...

Revealed: Killer Al Shabaab militants fighting in Somalia were trained in Uganda

John — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:52:26 +0000

The UPDF has been shaken by the discovery that some of the battle-hardened Al Shabaab militants it is fighting in the volatile Somalia were trained here at home. Highly placed military sources have told The Observer that the commander of the...

Malaria does not kill people but misguided policies do

Cian — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:07:13 +0000

Malaria is a preventable and curable disease that kills nearly 1 million people, mostly children, every year. This disease continues to kill in large part because so many poor people living in Africa lack access to safe, effective and...

Inspector Of Government: The Entire Ugandan Government is Corrupt

John — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:17:46 +0000

The acting Inspector General of Government, Mr Raphael Baku, has issued a hash indictment of government, saying all its various departs are corrupt but only differ in the depth of the vice. “All government arms have been found to be corrupt,”...

BBC slammed for debating Ugandan bill to kill gays

Kieth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:20:13 +0000

The British Broadcasting Corp. suffered criticism from lawmakers Wednesday for inviting debate on whether homosexuals should face execution in Uganda. The broadcaster launched an on-line debate over a proposed Ugandan law that would punish...

Bush birth control policies helped fuel Africa's baby boom

Emre — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:28:06 +0000

At age 45, after giving birth to 13 children in her village of thatch roofs and bare feet, Beatrice Adongo made a discovery that startled her: birth control. “I delivered all these children because I didn’t know there was another...

Uganda: Life in Prison For Circumcising Women

John — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:20:36 +0000

Christmas merry making may have come a little early for gender rights’ activists in the country after Parliament yesterday passed a new law that outlaws and criminalises female genital mutilation. The new law, a private member’s Bill drawn up...

Respite for Ugandan Women, Female Genital Mutilation criminalized

John — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:43:23 +0000

PARLIAMENT yesterday passed a Bill prohibiting female genital mutilation (FGM). The object of the Bill is to provide for legislation necessary for criminalising the practice, prosecution of offenders and protection of victims. FGM refers to...