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Category: Uganda
Police implicated in car theft
The racket that involves some Flying Squad operatives attached to Kawempe Police Station, was unearthed after a city lawyer, Emmanuel,Twagira, bought a vehicle from Overtime General Services Limited at Pine and the operatives attempted to impound it The Police’s Flying Squad Unit operatives have been accused of conniving with car dealers at Pine Car Bond along Lumumba Road to steal vehicles after selling them to clients.
Ghana @60: The challenge of freedom and African unity
… in 1950s and 1960s. Above all was the towering figure of president Kwame Nkrumah who was featured regularly on world news. Unlike the mediocre African leaders of today who too often make news for the wrong reasons, Nkrumah was a world-class African …
Uganda: Why North, Karamoja Will Soon Be Big Banana Producers
“The land seems to be exhausted, the matooke are of poor quality even when I try to practice mulching,” he adds. Up to about 15 years ago, Mr Muwonge had a flourishing banana plantation that gave him bumper harvest after another all-round the year.
Glad to buy Indian goods, services for more than USD1 m : Uganda President Yoweri Museveni1 hour ago
Kampala [Uganda], Feb 23 : Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, on Wednesday, while speaking on bilateral relations with India, in a business forum, expressed his satisfaction over importing Indian goods for more than one million US dollars. “It is true that bilateral relations are in favour of India now, and we are glad to buy goods and services for more than 1 million USD from India, while India will buy for more than 57 million USD from Uganda.
.com | Uganda seizes ton of ivory, arrests 2 West African suspects
Ugandan authorities seized a ton of illegal ivory and arrested three west Africans they believe were plotting to ship it abroad, an official said Saturday. The seizure happened late Friday at an “opulent, expansive house” in a suburb of the capital, Kampala, where law enforcement officials had been monitoring the West Africans for several weeks, said Gessa Simplicious, a spokesman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Uganda seizes ton of ivory, arrests 2 West African suspects
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Drought drives food price spike in East Africa, UN warns
East Africa’s ongoing drought has sharply curbed harvests and drive up the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special risks for pastoralists in the region, the United Nations Agricultural Agency said today. “Sharply increasing prices are severely constraining food access for large numbers of households with alarming consequences in terms of food insecurity,” said Mario Zappacosta, a senior economist for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization , in a news release.
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What is prohibited for some public officers is the engaging or forming Labour or Trade Unions and not associations in general. By Eva Arinaitwe On November 29, 2016 and recently on February 2, 2017 both in the New Vision newspaper Members of Parliament on the Local Government Public Accounts Committee asked the Government to disband the Associations of Public officers sighting violation of Public Standing Orders.
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What is prohibited for some public officers is the engaging or forming Labour or Trade Unions and not associations in general. By Eva Arinaitwe On November 29, 2016 and recently on February 2, 2017 both in the New Vision newspaper Members of Parliament on the Local Government Public Accounts Committee asked the Government to disband the Associations of Public officers sighting violation of Public Standing Orders.
A quick look at what is in today’s New Vision
Hello and good morning, have a look at what’s inside today’s edition of Uganda’s leading daily, New Vision . If you don’t want to trouble yourself walking down the street to grab a copy, you can conveniently read the digital copy HERE .
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By Kiapi K Frederick Over the past months many commentators have lauded the UNRA/Police road safety scheme Fika Salaama for it has helped in curbing the road crashes along the Masaka road and so many lives have been saved. The two government entities woke up to action after that horrible crash that cost the country close to 20 lives in mid 2016 in a single day illustrated how prepared those charged to perform their mandates under the laws of Uganda overtime act after an incident.
Museveni, British Secretary of State discuss refugees
President Yoweri Museveni has said the biggest challenge in handling and settling refugees is lack of resources that is hindering the provision of the support they need. Uganda received more than half a million new refugees from South Sudan, The Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi last year with South Sudan alone accounting for 238,145, Dr. Congo 215,309, Somalia 38, 176, Burundi 40,874,Rwanda 17,616, Eritrea 11,328, Sudan 3,103, Ethiopia 2,790 and others 1,034 bring the total number to 568,414 according to UNHCR Uganda office.
Ignore Trump, fight sharks that have spoilt the place called home
The man is likely to cut the economic aid that the US has always mercifully doled out to the poor begging souls of the world Uganda for instance is the home to the second largest fresh water lake in the world. But people just a few kilometers from its shore do not have piped water.
Drought: Isingiro people get food relief
Isingiro is one of the leading producers of matooke in Uganda but that exalted position is now threatened by the persistent drought. Isingiro district in western Uganda has been adversely affected by prolonged drought.
Experts call for continuous training of coffee processors
Coffee experts have called for the regular training of people handling coffee to maintain the quality standards which will increase consumption of Uganda coffee in the regional markets. In 2014 and 2015, Uganda exported 3.5 million 60kg bags and 3.45 million 60kg bags compared to Ethiopia’s 2.97 million and 2.21 million bags respectively.
Embrace Kiswahili to fast-track EAC regional integration
I have attended debates by our Kiswahili students in schools and universities and there are all the indicators that we now have a good crop of Kiswahili speaking population. It is actually embarrassing that some of our EALA legislators argue against it.
Museveni wants law on sugarcane by-products
President Museveni has directed the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Ms Amelia Kyambadde to bring to Parliament, within six months, a law that will allow for the blending of fuel with Ethanol to cut fuel costs Launched. President Museveni, flanked by Ms Meena Jayant Madhvani – widow of the late Jayant Madhvani, and Trade minister Amelia Kyambadde, prepares to commission the new Ethanol plant in Jinja yesterday.
30 people in city arrested as police enforce tobacco law
Thirty people were last Saturday arrested in Kampala in the anti-tobacco operation conducted by the Uganda National Health Consumers Organisation [UNHCO] under the Ministry of Health and the police Thirty people were last Saturday arrested in Kampala in the anti-tobacco operation conducted by the Uganda National Health Consumers Organisation [UNHCO] under the Ministry of Health and the police. This was in pursuit of the implementation of the Tobacco Control Act that was passed by Parliament in July 2015 and assented to by President Museveni.
China gives Uganda 200 rice containers
Gulu: The Chinese government has donated more than 200 containers of rice to the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees in a bid to help alleviate the looming hunger in the country. The revelation was made by the Minister for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees and Member of Parliament for Lamwo County Hillary Onek during an interview with Daily Monitor in Gulu Town at the weekend.
Meet the scientist who developed the orange fleshed sweet potato
In 1978, when he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Makerere University, he started the preliminary breeding work at the then Kawanda Research Station Left to right, Drs Jan Low, Maria Andrade with Dr Mwanga. In 2016, the team, together with Dr. Howarth Bouis were honoured with the prestigious World Food Prize for their work on orange fleshed sweet potato.
Reusable sanitary pads: Wash, dry and reuse
A reusable sanitary pads with flaps and fasteners at the side. With access to these, many girls would not absent themselves from school during menstruation .
.com | Congolese M23 rebels cross over from Uganda, ‘clash with army’
Armed Congolese rebels crossed back overnight into the country from their longtime refuge in Uganda, prompting fears that a guerilla conflict put to rest in 2013 could be rekindled. At least 200 former members of M23, an ethnic Tutsi group defeated by the Congolese army three years ago, arrived from Uganda and took over a village in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo government spokesperson Lambert Mende told AFP.
Like God, the Rwandan state works in mysterious ways
On Friday May 17, 2002, I was formally expelled from the Republic of Rwanda. On that day, immigration officials came to my house and asked for my passport.
Uganda: Gulu District Runs to Museveni Over Debts
Burdened by the several legal battles filed against the district by former employees and service providers over failure to pay outstanding debts, indebted Gulu District Local Government leaders have resolved to petition President Museveni to come to their rescue. During the fourth full council meeting at the District Council Hall on Thursday, councillors unanimously resolved to meet President Museveni for a possible bail out.
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Scores of people died and the Rwenzururu king, Charles Wesley Mumbere and over 160 of his subjects arrested in the incident. Joint prayers for the families of the people killed and arrested in the November bloody clashes in Kasese district were held in Kasese town.
My top 10 personalities that moved Uganda in 2016
The history that had for a long time seemed unalterable was rewritten. Yet there are individuals whose feats were the final screw to the nut that brought about the merrymaking when the landmarks were achieved.
Tayebwa: An agricultural economist who inspired students
Tayebwa was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in addition to diabetes mellitus and hypertension, ailments he struggled with for about 15 years until he developed kidney failure that prompted a transplant surgery Mr Tayebwa held a Master’s Degree in Agriculture Economics and a Post-graduate diploma. He taught at Makerere University between 1987 to 2007 as a lecturer of economics and agriculture economics.
600 places to catch fireworks tonight
New year fete : As the world welcomes the New Year, tradition has been that fireworks take centre stage at the stroke of midnight. And to usher in 2017 tonight, the Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura, has cleared 618 venues for the spectacular display of fireworks.
Kanyeihamba applauds government on Security
Edwin Mugumya the president Uganda law student’s society, Justice George Kanyeihamba and one of the publishers from Panamaline Books Uganda Limited during the press conference to launch the book. Photo by Agnes Nantambi Retired Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba, has applauded President Yoweri Museveni for ensuring that his security is guaranteed, saying retired judges and magistrates find hard time staying in society especially with people they once condemned.
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Edwin Mugumya the president Uganda law student’s society, Justice George Kanyeihamba and one of the publishers from Panamaline Books Uganda Limited during the press conference to launch the book. Photo by Agnes Nantambi Retired Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba, has applauded President Yoweri Museveni for ensuring that his security is guaranteed, saying retired judges and magistrates find hard time staying in society especially with people they once condemned.