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Media asked to expose parents who deny their children because of being Albinos

Media asked to expose parents who deny their children because of being Albinos

Albinos in Uganda have asked the media to expose parents who deny their children because of being Albinos. Speaking during the breakfast meeting on media reporting on disability rights, the chairperson of Uganda Albino association Jude [...]

KCCA Orderd To Review Contract Signed With Pioneer Bus.

KCCA Orderd To Review Contract Signed With Pioneer Bus.

The Parliamentary committee on Public service and local government has ordered Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) to review the contract it signed with pioneer easy bus company, pushing ahead the March 1st , 2012 planned bus [...]

Museveni intercepts a poorly written letter to the British Parliament to blacklist Tullow oil

Museveni intercepts a poorly written letter to the British Parliament to blacklist Tullow oil

President Yoweri Museveni has intercepted a poorly written letter to the British Parliament asking it to investigate the oil agreements signed between a UK based oil company Tullow Oil and Uganda government. The letter contests the [...]

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe turns 88, vows to stay in power

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe turns 88, vows to stay in power

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe who turned 88 today, is vowing to stay in power despite grumbling inside his party that he should hand over to a younger leader, and international condemnation of his economic and human [...]

Woman Delivers conjoined Twins in Ishaka

Woman Delivers conjoined Twins in Ishaka

Another woman in the western district of Ishaka has given birth to conjoined twins. The twins came out with four legs, one chest and two heads. The fifty year old Katusime Justin is reported to be [...]

UN to vote on size of Africa Troops

UN to vote on size of Africa Troops

The United Nations Security council will this week vote to increase the size the size of AMISOM. The Council is looking at increasing the AMISOM troops from 12,000 to about 17,000 with Uganda being a major [...]

US President Obama`s Director in kampala today

US President Obama`s Director in kampala today

The Executive director of President Obama’s Global Health Initiative (GHI), Lois Quam, is expected in the country today. Her six day visit is intended to support the Ministry of Health’s effort to reduce maternal deaths by [...]

Theives raid trading center/leave shops empty

Theives raid trading center/leave shops empty

Thieves attacked a whole village in Butambala district and stole goods shop by shop. The Businessmen who operate from Bulo Trading center  Butambala  woke up in the morning only to find their shops empty. Police has [...]

Ministers Endorse EAC Vehicle Load Control Bill

Ministers Endorse EAC Vehicle Load Control Bill

Ministers from the EAC Partner States at a multi-sectoral meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, have endorsed a Bill that seeks to reduce incidences of overloading on the region’s road network. The Bill, titled EAC Vehicle Load Control [...]

Museveni defends his stay in power

Museveni defends his stay in power

President Yoweri  Museveni has defended his long stay in power saying that it has helped him to learn many things and he is now an expert in governance. The President who was the chief guest at [...]